Introduction:
Health
and Wellness professionals have the unique role of working in a field that is contently
changing in all aspects. This would include in study, treatment and progression.
Psychologically the professional needs to stay on top of new studies and
materials that are being published and breakthroughs are occurring in on a
daily basis. This information could help in the treatment of patients and the critically
thinking of the professional. Spiritually these people need to be strong and
fulfilled to be able to deal with an open heart with the mew problems they will
face on a daily basis concerning their patients. Physically needing to be fit
and stay as healthily as possible in order to treat and experience treatments
that could help their clients. The areas of most concern for me would be psychologically
and physically because there are always new things to learn on a daily basis.
Physically because optimal health is a ever changing goal that needs to be
exercised and practiced every day, it is also something that may take a minute
or lifetime to achieve.
Assessment:
Assessments
are an important part of daily life and are something that we do within most
moments of the day, realizing it or not. When assessing myself I look at many different
aspects including the goals that I have set, the routes of progression that I
have taken to further myself in each area and the lessons that I have learned
from each step or “bump in the road”. This is important for me because I set
goals for all aspects of my life. If a goal has not been set then there is
nothing to be working towards or for. The options that each one has on how to achieve
these goals can be very different, trying to find the right way is important
and can be completely different for each scenario. Learning form mistakes is
the most important lesion I believe in life, this is because human life is
about making mistakes no one is perfect. I feel my assessment has changed
somewhat from our unit three assignment. Back then I felt that spiritually was
my highest score however, since then I have seen that no one is perfect in gods
eyes and improvements needs to happen on a daily basis to be a better christen.
I now see myself around a 5 trying to be the best person overall that I could
be. Psychologically I see myself now being still around a si this being because
I still lead a very hectic life working as many hours as I do, trying to be the
best family man that I can be and still but getting ever closer to finishing up
my school work and earning my degree. Physically I feel much better about myself,
would rate it about a 6 or 6.5, because I have done things, and made improvements
to my lifestyle including getting healthier.
Goal Development:
I have
started many goals for myself since beginning this class. One physical goal
that I have set for myself at the beginning was to get healthier. I have since
started a running regimen and now have set a goal to run in my first 5k. Psychological
goals I feel are harder to obtain then others because of the variables that are
surrounding them. For me at the beginning it was to figure out the best way to
deal with the workload that I have put on myself. Now it is to find time for
myself to meditate or visualize because I have found these actions keep my mind
healthy and myself on point and sane. Spiritually I have found that my goals
from 8 weeks ago have not changed very much. I still try to find any time that
I can to have a personal conversation with the “big man upstairs”. However, now
I feel that instead of a personal conversation I try to have that connection within
a group because “being a fisher of men” (Luke 12, (1-25) is the way that the
lord has taught us to communicate with him as disciples of god.
Practices for
Personal Health:
“Practice makes perfect” is
what my father has instilled in me since a child and it is a lesson that I am
trying to instill in my children. Physically I have started to exercise, this
includes running at least three times a week around three miles and each time trying
to better my time then the run before. I have also started to use the employee
gym. Working on a cross training program with a coworker that I am going to
participate in my first 5k run with coming up in two months. Psychological
exercises I have learned are just as important as physical exercises and are
important to keeping mental health. I have learned through this course that
meditation and visualization are two ways that I feel comfortable and that have
helped me gain my mental composure. Spiritually I want to share my two favorite
exercises, the first is to participate in prayer every day. The second would be
participate in Christian fellowship at least once a week, this would include
using my time to counsel other member of our church or members of the community
that are having general issues including their faith, abuses of all sorts and
mental issues such as compassion and or comprehension of life activities.
Commitment:
I feel that assessments need
to be consistent otherwise; it is very hard to judge withier the progress is
being made or not in any aspect. So in 6 months I will asses myself the same as
I did in this assessment with the first being what goals did I set and have I completed
these goals. Second taking a long look at either what path I took to accomplish
my goal or what went wrong on that path that prevented me from completing my
goals. Third would be to look at the lessons that I am taking from this journey.
Are they the right lessons to be taking? Are they important to my goal or goals
of the future? What I could learn for future paths and goals from this goal? By
assessing myself in this way, I can conjure what is important and learn the
appropriate lessons from these goals.
References
Dacher,
E. (2006) Integral Health- The Path to Human Flourishing, Basic Health
Publications, Laguna Beach, Cal.
New
Testament (NA) The Holy Bible, Saint James editions, retreved from http://biblescripture.net/Bible.html
