My Plan to Integral Health
I Introduction
The reason why I believe it’s important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically is because they are the professional and there job is to help those that come to them for what ever they need. I see a professional as someone who knows all about a certain subject. My health is not just biological but integral, mind/body/soul. And I want to be able to trust that the professional I am seeing for my health is going to be able to help me on all levels. Not just prescribe a drug for me and send me on my way.
The areas I need to develop in my life to achieve integral health are physical and psychological. I wish to improve on my physical/cardio activity. I am at a high risk for diabetes and heart disease. I also feel I need to develop more psychologically to improve my boundary issues and foster healthier relationships. Through meditation, this class, and the books I have read I have learned that there are areas in my energy field that are much weaker than other parts. I know through consistent meditation and improving my mental fitness I will be able to over come those challenges. Spiritually I feel that I am a healthy individual. I am emotionally grounded when it comes to my faith. I have a strong belief in God and his son Jesus Christ. That knowledge has got me through the most difficult times in my life.
II Assessment
I assess my health in each domain by my ability to deal with the challenges I face in each area of integral health, spiritual, physical and psychological. In each domain I will give myself a score of 1-10, ten being the greatest. Spiritually I feel that I am at a 7. There is a lot of room for improvement and that I look forward to, yet I have a strong sense of who I am and why I am here on the earth at this time. My faith continues to grow with my increasing challenges. Physically I would have to give myself a 4. I am capable of taking care of my family and working full time with limitations due to back pain. However, my activity level is limited because of my weight. It keeps me from enjoying life to its fullest. Psychologically, I would have to give myself a 6. For the most part I have healthy relationships and I believe in always seeking the truth and to remain open minded. Due to my weight I know that I have psychological issues to work out and because I rate my spirituality at a 7 I am able to stay clear from depression and other self defeating actions.
III Goal development
I have set a goal for myself in each area of physical, psychological and spiritual. My first goal in the physical domain is to get more exercise and cardio workout to prevent disease and improve my endurance. My second goal in psychological is to meditate more and be more aware of my actions and words to improve my relationships. And to improve spiritually, in my faith we are taught to read our scriptures daily and pray always. In turn this gives me the desire to serve and help others and be a Christ like example.
IV Practices for personal health
I plan to implement strategies to foster growth in each of the following domains of physical, spiritual and psychological. First, to reach my goal of becoming more physically active and fit I have decided to enroll in a gym to motivate myself to be more productive. This gym is very close to my new home and will be convenient. I have also purchased new cook books to prepare more nutritious meals for my family. Next is my psychological goal to create healthy relationships wherever I go. I love to help people and in doing so I sometimes am not sure of my boundaries, which can be unhealthy and in turn, I can be easily taken advantage of. I know through meditation and visualizations done daily I will be able to see clearly the areas I can psychologically work on to improve my skills for creating healthy relationships and limitations. My goal to spiritually improve myself is much like my psychological goal. To meditate more and find time to be alone with my thoughts whether it is through nature or some other means that provide peace and tranquility. When I find time to feed my soul then I can feed those around me with more service, kindness and loving actions.
V Commitment
To assess my progress I will keep a journal of my weekly activities and a calendar of my daily activities. The calendar will provide me a visualization of my progress and my journal will help me to be reminded of my goals and progress. Another thing that I have done to help myself reach my goals is I have purchased 2 books that will help me further my meditation practices and balance my chakras through nutrition. “The Inner Peace Diet” by Aileen McCabe-Maucher and Hugo Maucher. The other book is a cook book called “A World of Wisdom” by Amy Cox Jones. It is a seasonal, grain based low animal product whole foods cookbook. I am really excited to try these exercise and new recipes to better my health and improve my quality of life. I know through testimonies I have read by those who have gone before me doing exactly what I am attempting to do, have testified what a wonderful life changing experience they have felt by improving these areas in their life and creating integral health of mind/body and soul.
