Unit 10 posting

When I went back and looked at my goals form unit 3 I realized the only thing I have really done was increase my exercise I am know up to 20 minutes walking about 1.3 miles in that length of time. As for the rest I have not got much done, I had issues come up at work and I have to say I let it all take it's tole on me and I lost my vision on where I was going. This was a traumatic experience for me because I had never let something like this happen before and never felt the way I have over the past few weeks. I have never worked within a working environment like this and I let the office gossip and politics get a hold of me and it was devastating more so to my own self esteem and that I let it happen. It was really nobody's fault but my own and I have to say I hope I never let it happen again .  So as I work forward I am going to take the goals I set within the final project of this class very seriously and hold to them. If I do this I will be working toward integral health and human flourishing. I am so excited to be back and to be looking forward to working toward helping me and only me. Then I realize that by helping me I am helping many around me without even trying because if I become the person I used to be and improve from there it will glow on the inner of me and the outer of me and all will see without me even having to tell them and they will start working toward the same thing. Life is good and GOD is even better. 


Many Blessings to all and my God give you all the best of LUCK as you work toward your ultimate goals in life.


God Bless
Jackie


Here is a video that some of you might like to watch. It is about an hour and it talks about natural defense toward cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDt3AJQ98c

Unit 9 Final Post

                     I.                      Introduction:
Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself?

It is very important for health and wellness professionals to develop within any area they will be teaching; if you have not been there yourself you do not know how to tell others to get there. You would not be to help them with challenges and accomplishments that may come along as they are creating their own path of healthy living if you have not been down that path to some extent. When one has been through the challenges and has the rewards of the accomplishments then others around them can feel and see the excitement that you have to have the opportunity to share that with them. If you do not have that same excitement then you could probably not be able to truly reach them and help them to see that through all the trials there is a reward at the end.

Psychological - For me I need to improve probably in all three areas but mostly physically and psychologically. My psychological health is probably pretty good I feel I have a good state of mind; however I do lose it once in a while and let the outer world suck me into things that I should not be involved in. I have a peace of mind most of the time, what gets me of track once in a while is being at work and letting the gossip and such get to me. I have never worked in an environment where one had the office politics so I think it is just something I have to adjust to and work toward handling it in a better way they I have in the past.

Physically - As for my physical health this is the area that really needs improvement. I have always been one to exercise and was getting very committed to it; then about a year ago I had changes within my system and it through me all off. I feel like I am at the age for menopause and this is what happened to me. I became very emotional drained and fatigue set in, then cam depression and it all just went downhill from there. With all this I was still working and going to school full time so with all this I felt I could not function or even think straight. My mind felt like a fog all the time and so it got to the point that I could not even exercise. I did some research and found that these are symptoms for menopause and found some natural products that would help with these symptoms. So I can say today I am doing much better and I am back to walking on my gazelle a mile a day and feeling much better.

Spiritually - I feel that I am doing fairly well. I have always been one to be in church on Sunday mornings but with school it is getting harder and harder to get there. However I have learned from this that one does not have to been in church to be spiritual and I do feel that God understands as to why I am not there and I have to quit worry about what others think and just know I am doing what I am called to do by God. I do listen to Christian music all the time even at work and as I drive to and from work. So I do believe I am keeping my spiritual aspects of life on the upper side of life and that is what keeps me focused and working toward the ultimate goal of life.

                  II.                      Assessment:
How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?

I have assessed myself in each domain above and can see that I am doing fairly good in most areas but can always use improvement in every area as well. I think we can all always improve in all things as we work through life, for one life changes and we need to always be ready to adjust to match the changes that have come about and this takes the willingness to change no matter what it takes. As I look to the area to be considered I will score myself on a scale of 1-10 with 10 be excellent and 1 being needing great improvement.

Spiritually – I score myself at an 8 because I do feel that I still have all the faith that I have always had in the past, even though I let my guard down once in a while and get thrown off track. I am scoring myself a little lower due to not being in church as often as I have in the past, this is not to say I think we have to be in church to be spiritual but for me I know it make me feel better and revives me for the week. I remember my Grandmother used to say if she missed church on Sunday the week just did not go as well as if it did if she had attended church. I carry those words with me and I think she is right to an extent.

Physically – I am scoring myself at a 4 for physical health just because I know in my heart I can do better because I have done it and I know I can do it again. I used to walk a mile every morning on my gazelle even with the compressions on and had no problem and felt GREAT! Know I have not done that for many months and I just got to the point where I felt I could and so I am walking a mile every morning but with no compression on it so it is more of a free swing walking and I can feel I am getting a workout. So this tells me I am very out of shape, but I know in my heart I can get back to where I was and I know I will feel much better as I work toward getting there.

Psychologically – I will score myself at a 4 because I know I have a lot to work on in this area. I think I have a peace of mind but I know I can do better with meditation and relaxation. However, I do have a hard time clearing my mind and just meditating or relaxing. So this is something I will be working on and I know in my heart I can accomplish this task because practice make perfect.

               III.                      Goal development
List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.

Physical Health – The one thing I will do to improve in this area would be to keep walking the mile everyday and increase the speed to where I can get up to a mile and half within the 20 minutes and then extend the time to 30 minutes. When I can achieve this I will add the first setting of the compression which will give me a harder work out.

Psychological – I will start by doing some yoga each day, which I can do after I exercise each morning to keep my muscles from getting sore, which by the way has been working for me these past few weeks. I think yoga helps to clear the mind as well along with increasing blood circulation. Then I will work toward turning the radio off in my car two days a week so that I can just work to clear the mind. One thing that I could do is down load some mediation music of off the internet onto my Ipod and then I can use that listen to as I drive and see if that will help me to be able to clear the mind and get to the point where I can really feel the benefit of the exercise. I know in my heart that I can do this and that it can be very beneficial toward improving my overall health and taking me toward my ultimate goal of integral health and having the peace, happiness and wholeness of life about me.

Spiritually – The first thing I will do is start my day at the office with a reading out of a daily inspirational reading. I was moving offices and found a book my daughter gave me for my birthday last year for my office when I went to work in an office setting. So I feel that this is something I can do that will only take a few minutes and work toward the better of the good and keeping me moving in the right direction.  Then I will keep listening to my Christian music at least two days a week as I drive to and from work. Then my main goal is to try and get back into church at least once a month, just because I know in my heart that for me that is what I need to help my spiritual growth and get me through the week. Lately I have wondered if me being out of church is why I feel I have had so many challenges that I feel I could not overcome like I usely do

               IV.                      Practices for personal health
What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.

Physical – I will start by walking a mile every other day such as Monday, Wednesday and Friday on my gazelle and then work to increase that up to a mile and half within a 20 minute workout. Then I will increase the time up to 30 minutes a day and when I get that accomplished I will increase the compression to give me even a better work out within the 30 minutes.

I will start working out on my abesizer every other day to help to build my stomach muscles. This exercise machine is a machine that you sit on and then take your arms and pull the handles down from above your head and your feet come up toward you chest at the same time. You do so many sitting straight forward and then you can turn the set to the side and do so many and then to the other side and again to the sitting straight forward. I will start out by doing 25 in each sitting which would amount to 100 crunches and I will do this on Tuesday and Thursdays. I think by doing this twice a week and the walking three times a week this will work more aspects of my body rather than just walking or just doing the crunches.

Psychological - I will start doing meditation exercises on a daily basis. I had thought I would work toward turning off my radio driving to and from work but I am thinking I will accomplish this better if I was to do this at work during my lunch hour. I have an hour for lunch and as of know I have my own office so I will start shutting my door and taking about 5-10 minutes to do meditation. This is will be a quiet time for me and I think it would be more beneficial for me to do it during this time rather then while I am driving.

The next thing I would do is relaxing techniques. I would first use the loving kindness thoughts and then bring it into some self talk of my own. This will help to put my mind in the right direction and help me to get back some of the self esteem I have lost over the past few months. I can tell a difference in myself and I am not happy with the turn it has taken in my life. I want to be that loving, kind, gentle person I used to be and I am not seeing that in me anymore. So I will start doing some self talk in the mornings as I drive to work and then throughout the day. I will pick five things each month and work through them each day. I will write them on a card and put them on my mirror in the bath room and also put one at work to give me that reminder throughout the day. Each time I see it I will just give myself a reminder to give myself a little pep talk and this can make me become the person I want to get back to and beyond to the person I look forward to being as I move forward in life. 

Spirituality – Within this area I am going to work very hard to get to church at least once a month no matter what. I know that this is not necessary to be strong within your spiritual realm but for me I know that it helps to make me feel as the whole person that I need to be.

The next thing I would do is to read a daily devotional book every morning when I get to work. My daughter gave me this book and I have never taken the time to sit a read some of it on a daily basis. So I am going to take five to ten minutes every morning when getting to work to read this book and to set me up for the day in a better way. I know that these little changes in my life can all work together to make me the better person that I know I can be.

                  V.                      Commitment
How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?

As I work to change these things in my life I will keep a journal on my kindle fire and set me a certain time everyday that I will use to do my journaling as to how I am progressing with the changes. Journaling is something I have never done very well before so this will be a challenge for me but I will have to work hard to get this part of my progress done as to be able to tell if I am getting anything out of the rest of the changes in my life. I need to stay committed to this process so that I can be able to share it with others as I begin working with them and not only that I need to do this for me to show me that I can make these changes and work toward that integral health of love, happiness and wholeness of life and be the person that I know I can be and not the one that has moved in on me un expectantly.

Another thing I am going to do to help me to stay committed to this plan is to print this document and put it out where I will see it every day. It will be like a contract that I have made with myself and if I see it laying around it will bring me back to the thoughts of doing what I am supposed to do to create this better person that I so desire. I am not saying that I am a bad person as of yet but I do know that we let things get a hold of us and it can take us in a direction that we may not see right away. My life has had some high stress and drastic changes since I went back to school and working full time and has stretched me to the limit of my ability at times. This can create thoughts within one that may not be so good and one can feel so torn in different directions and get to the point of just giving up and this is not what I want to happen to me so I want to stay committed to this contract to keep this from happening, because I have felt that I have been very close to this a few times in the past. Thank you LORD for giving me a second chance and I pray that I do it right and look to you for the strength to make this dream a reality and me the person that you would want me to be.   

Unit 8 blogging assignment

Hello everyone:

As I look back over what we have done in this class there is so much that will help me as I walk through life and on into helping others. When I think of the exercises we have done I think the two that are most effective for me was the visualization and loving kindness. These tow work hand in hand to me as I think of that special person in my life I think of the loving kindness that they have put fourth in life and this is the same thing I want to do in my life is to always show that loving kindness and be there for those that are put in my path. Some time is it just a matter of saying good morning to someone and that makes their day. We don't know how many people out there don't have that person in their life to say good morning to them. I want to treat all people the same and not pick and chose who I work with.  I think this is partly looking back over my life and seeing how people would just ignore others because of their back ground or their knowing their family and judging them on that. I think this is so wrong we have to help each individual form where they are to where they can go and we have to help see where they can go and some times help them get there.

I think using all the exercise will benefit me to increase my mental fitness. I know I have struggled with them all but I will continue to work on that and try to improve my over all mental fitness so that I can be able to relate to others as I reach out to them in this area. I guess we have to go through this process so then we can really relate to others as they begin this journey and have the same struggles as we have had. As I have said in the past to clear my mind is really hard one because it is hard for me to fine a quiet place as my husband always has the radio or T.V on, another because there has been so much going on in my life that my mind is always racing. So I will be working on this and try a figure out how I can work to find that place in my life where I can have the meditation time. Right know it is driving to work as I listen to my Christian music the words from the songs really touch my heart and so maybe that is what I need for know and later on it can go to a more quiet and clearing the mind type of meditation. When I hear the words of the song that is all I hear and think about and it lifts me up and prepares me for the day of work ahead. So is this meditation or not I am not sure but that is what I am going to call it for the time being and then move forward from this point on into the future. I think at times we have to be happy with what we can do for the tiem and just know that in the future we can work to improve the process.

Thanks to all for all your positive feed back
Jackie

Unit 7 Exercise Meeting Aeslcepius:

As I listened to the audio the first person who came to mind was my husband. He is my night and shinning armor and the rock in my life. This past week has not had much meditation time for me, my mom had surgery so we have spent a lot of time at the hospital and going back and fourth. My husband has been my rock through all of this, he has so much wisdom and courage as we move forward in life and gives me so much encouragement.
So as I listened to the audio I realized that he is the one that gets me through each day as we walk through life ( other then our God being with us and guiding us). When I did get the chance to listen to the audio it was early this morning here at the hospital with my mom while she was resting. I was falling in and out of sleep and feeling the comfort of my husband there beside me even with him being at home. I was able to just clear my mind and just listen to the ocean as I just truly relaxed. I think this is the first time I have really ever just truly relaxed. It was awsome.

Unit 6 Integral Assessment

As I listened to the loving kindness again I had a hard time focusing on much of one thing. So I went to reading the Integral Assessment process and realized why I could not concentrate. There in one area for sure I need to focus on and get back on track and that is fitness and nutrition. I have lacked int his area and know I am going through other things in life that is taking me down even further. I realized that if I was to get back on track with fitness and nutrition then it will help my other issues of health which in turn will help my over well being bringing me back to the wholeness of health and happiness. It is very interesting how when listening to the true mind we can figure out so much. We get rid of the rambling mind and finely hear the true thoughts and that can bring us back to reality of what we need to do to bring achieve integral health.

Life is so grand but we ourselves make it difficult. It is very hard to do what we need to do when our mind is wondering all over the place and taking us in many different directions. If we can control the mind we can see what we need to do and usually it is working on one thing that can improve many areas in our life. GOD is good and I am looking forward to celebrating his day of RESURRECTION with a warm and loving heart and peace of mins.

Gods Blessing to all
Jackie