Unit 10 blog

I would have rated myself a 5 out of 10 in the beginning of this course.  There are areas in my life that need changing before I can advise others on health and wellness.  Now that we are approaching the end of our ten week course, I would rate myself as 7 out of 10. I am not where I want to be yet before I advise others but I am working to reach my goals for my personal lifestyle changes.  When I examine myself I see the desires of my heart. I see that I want better and I will always strive for better regardless of what life throws my way.I need to train my brain to retain what important verses is remembering random things that do not do any good but take up space in my brain. My physical health is improving. I will start working on a daily schedule of exercises. I am already making healthier eating choices. Examining myself and ways to make it me a better me, has helped me realize that I like who I am and that loving myself is one of the most important things I can do in life. People should learn how to appreciate their own company. I am thankful for this course because it has allowed me to refocus on what is important in life. To help me stay committed I plan to share my goals with friends and family so that they can help me stay the path. Since I intend to continue blogging I will post updates probably on the first of every month (easy to remember) that will highlight new things that I am doing and reflect on what I am not doing.  I have shown my blog to my husband and he thinks it is a great idea.  My husband and my children love to write so they will also blog. If I don't take care of myself nobody else will. I will document my progression as time goes on so that in six months from now I can go back and review.  I plan to make life changes not short term goals with this. It is not always easy to do when you are a military spouse with four children and going to college but hey, I can do this!

 

 

 

Unit 9

Health and Wellness educators should "practice what they preach".  If they are not applying what they know to their daily lives they will acting hypocritically and their clients will have a hard time taking them seriously.  You have to lead by example.  A person can't advice someone if they do not know what it is like to live in their shoes.    When I examine myself I see the desires of my heart.  I see that I want better and I will always strive for better regardless of what life throws my way.  My spiritual goal is to connect closer with God.  Read my bible daily and pray throughout the day.  My psychological state needs some work.  I need to train my brain to retain what is important verses remembering random things that do not do any good but take up space in my brain.  My physical health is improving.  I will start working on a daily schedule of exercises.  I am already making healthier eating choices.  Examining myself and ways to make it me a better me, has helped me realize that I like who I am and that loving myself is one of the most important things I can do in life.  People should learn how to appreciate their own company.  I am thankful for this course because it has allowed me to refocus on what is important in life.  My health and wellness practices were slipping and needed work.  If I don't take care of myself nobody else will.  It is not always easy to do when you are a military spouse with four children and going to college but hey, I can do this!

           

          

          

  

          

Unit 8

The exercises I have enjoyed the most are Journey on Relaxation and Universal Loving Kindness. Journey on Relaxation is one of my favorite. The narrators’ voice are calming. I have reflected on family members living and past away.  I love being able to reflect and focus my attention on what is important in life.  Connecting with my inner spirit has been a positive change in my life in the right direction.  My life can be crazy like everyone elses, especially with four children in the home yet I am so blessed to have the life that I have.  These exercises have also brought that to my attention and for that I am grateful.

Unit 7

Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?

Aesclepius would be my son, LJ. Even at the young age he has inspired me by his love for life. Everything is new and he takes it all in. His desire to learn and use his scenses that most of us take for granted everyday is amazing to me. It reminds me how little things in life are not so little after all, they are certainly a big deal. I know that if I woke up one morning and couldn't see, smell, taste, or hear, I would be scared and would want the ability to do what I had lost back. Mindfulness meditation has helped me appreciate life more and not take for granted its beauty that we experience everyday. I can continue to foster greater health and wellness by applying my gratitude in more areas in my life. Making each day count and not taking life for granted, "taking time to smell the roses."

Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?

I cannot advise someone of something that I have not experienced myself. I have never expereienced anything close to their emotions, thoughts, or feelings. If I can't relate from my own experience then I can't advise them of anything to help them. I do have an obligation to patients that I work with on developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually. Actions speak louder than words and they will relate to me based on how I treat them. I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my personal life by prayer and meditation. I have to give my mind and body the time to balance and focus.

Unit 6

I enjoyed this exercise.  It forced me to spend time meditating and I desperatley needed it. In the begining a few different people came to mind and then one stuck out specifically.  The narrator asking to draw connection and it was interesting after that.  My focus was broken when I started to really feel like it was working because I was shocked that it was working. I wouldn't be able to do this on a daily basis because it is hard enough for me to find time to do my school work, let alone do this exercise.  I do however mediate during yoga.  I know its not the same but it still does my mental health and wellness some good.    As a professional, a client should have all there needs and wants met as long as they are reasonable and part of the professionls job to do so.  The health and wellness professionals should be educated and up to date on their knowledge so they can do their job throughly and successfully. 

Unit 5

Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.

I liked the Subtle Mind exercise better than the Loving Kindness exercise because I think the Loving Kindness exercise was a bit much. I didn't see the same results that I see with the Subtle Mind exercise. I liked reflecting on family with the Loving Kindness exercise but I naturally do that often so the Subtle Mind exercise was more helpful for me personally.

Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.

The connection of spiritiual wellness to mental and physical wellness I believe is found when a person lets their emotions take over their soul. If a person is very negative and foul natured, they will think and look the way they are inside. If a person is positive and kind natured, they will think and look that way. When I am in a funky bad mood people can tell. I don't look or act the same. My normal persona is happy and that is the vibe and look I give off to others.

Loving-Kindness

The exercise this week is the practice of loving-kindness.  I reflected on my children and my husband during this experience.  I do this exercise daily. My experience has been heartfelt and blessed.  I highly encourage everyone to do this exercise daily if possible.  People need time to count their blessings and reflect on the good that they have in their life.  Being rich doesn’t mean having money.  There are so many other ways to have wealth in life, and family is one of them. The concept of mental workout is the theory we have the capacity to train the mind to function at a higher level of integration and organization. Studies has demonstrated that mental training can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions that cause anger, fear, confusion, and doubt while enhancing positive emotions such as patience, loving- kindness, openness, acceptance, and happiness. 

First, on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being optimal well-being) . Starting with my physical well-being, I will give it a rating of 5. I exercise 5 days by taking my son on an hour walk in his stroller. I need to do more cardio. I rate my spiritual well-being at 7. I attend church every week, but I do not always make the time to read my Bible and pray every day. I want to start reading my bible everyday.  I give my psychological well-being a rating of 7.  I do need to work on keeping my stress level down but for the most part I am fine.  

Journey on relaxation

After listening to the recording, I found myself tired.  I am not sure if it is because it put me in such a relaxed state that I wanted to fall asleep? or if it was because I was already on the verge.  I found the mans voice on the recording kind of creepy yet soothing.  His consistency really grabbed my attention and I was able to focus in and relax.  Even when I was interrupted by my 6 month old baby I was still able to resume the recording and continue where I left off. 

Have a great day!
--Chelsey

Welcome to my Blog!

Hey Everyone,

Welcome to my blog! I have never blogged before so I am pretty stoked about this! All feedback is encouraged.  I'm not sensitive to constructive criticism at all so have at it! I am looking forward to hearing from my classmates and reading everyone's blogs also on our health and wellness journey!

--Chelsey