It is important
for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually
and physically because if they do not have these skills developed than they won’t
have the trust from their clients to help them. Going to see a practitioner for
help would not be very comforting if they do not show the knowledge or skills themselves;
if you do not have the trust of your clients you won’t be able to keep your
clients. Also most are in this business because they truly care about people
and want to help people and you cannot do that if you have not helped yourself.
As a person wanting to work in a field of helping others means I need to
develop myself and I need help in all areas psychologically, spiritually, and
physically.
In assessing myself spiritually I would give
myself a five. I have really drifted away from this and need to definitely work
on this. I do pray every day and not always needing guidance, but just to say
thank you. I am not sure going to church every week is what I need or want
however it couldn’t hurt. I am a firm believer that no matter if you go to
church what is in your heart is in your heart and nothing will change that.
Psychological I would asses myself
at a seven, I know what a great person I am however my self-esteem could really
do a lot of work. I can never look at myself and feel great I just see what is
wrong and what I need to fix. The good thing is that the outside is the easy
part to fix, but the inside needs the most work.
Physically I asses myself at an 8 I
eat a very nutritional diet and almost never eat the bad stuff. I cannot say
never because well no one is perfect but I do pretty good at staying away. My
exercising could use the most work. I love to exercise and feel so great when I
do however I fall in these ruts to where it seem not finding the time to not do
it is easier than setting time a side to do it.
One Goal I have spiritually are to
start with reading The Purpose Driven
Life and make it through the 40 days without skipping or stopping it. I
seem to start it and do so great the first week or two but then life gets busy
and I make other people or things more important and I will not longer do that.
My Psychological goal is to meditate or relaxation
exercise every day. I need to relax my body and my brain. I am on the go too
much and never have down time and it causes a lot of stress. Again I am always
trying to please everyone and do everything I can for everyone and I know I
need to learn to say no and take that time for myself.
Physically my goal is to come up
with a reasonable exercise schedule and stick to it. Even if I do something
little as long as I am moving every day, getting rid of some my stress with
involve running it out. I reached my first goal of buying a treadmill now I
need to make sure I get my money’s worth and use it.
Spiritually I will practice for my
personal health will be to read my book and to attend a spiritual even whenever
I find one in my area. I may possibly try to go to church a few Sundays a
month. Psychological I will practice for my personal health I will practice
subtle mind and use what I have learned in my health and wellness classes.
Keeping positive thoughts and replacing each negative thought that comes to
mind as often as I can until it becomes habit and all my negative thoughts are gone.
Physically I will practice for my personal health is running and strength training.
These are very important in my everyday life and I will be strong and healthy
to live a long enjoyable life
My commitment is to keep a journal
of my starting point today and write in it every day how I feel what my
struggles are and how I feel about each part of my life and in six months sit
down and look at what my starting point was and where I am at that point and
write about my accomplishments and also what my goals are for the next six
months. I believe if I do this then I will carry this long term and continue to
grow and become the person I want to be. This will be a commitment I will keep forever;
no human is perfect so there will always be goals and improvement needed.
Hello Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteGreat Project! I understand completely how you feel about not seeing that great person when you look in the mirror, the good thing is everyone feels that way at one point so you are not alone. Good luck on your journey and much respect. Your Classmate Jewel