Unit 9 Final Project

Introduction

     Health and wellness professionals need to develop in all aspects of wholeness that encompass psychology, spirituality and physical well-being of patients. All of these aspects of wholeness work together to create homeostasis in the human body and aid in the healing process. I need to work on all areas of wholeness because when I work on one aspect the others might be lost. The next endeavor for me in to work on the physical aspects of wholeness to aid in helping with stress.

Assessment

     The assessment of my sense of wholeness varies in each area of integral health. On a scale from 1 to 10, number 1 being the lowest where the greatest need of improvement is needed. Psychologically I have worked to improve my mental thinking and having a loving kindness towards everyone and everything. This is an ongoing process which will be a life time challenge that can be both enjoyable and hard to do at times. Score is a 6. Spirituality for me is mostly prayer but I am now learning to incorporate some meditation techniques also. Score is a 5. My physical areas of wholeness need some work to remove some bad eating habits, weight gain, heart palpitations, aches and pains, but nothing serious at this time. Score is 3.

Goals

     My goal for obtaining “wholeness” is something that is one step at a time.

1.      Psychological: Take every opportunity to practice loving kindness.

2.      Spirituality: Practice and learn meditation skills.

3.      Physical: Do more exercising like walking and stick to closely to the plan.

Practice for personal health

     I have learned to also have loving kindness for myself because the thought of having a schedule each day does not work will for me. The plan that works for me is to set aside a day(s) of the week to work on an aspect of integral health and then incorporate the activity every day. An example of this is that I have often skipped the vegetables in my daily meals but if Wednesday is a day that is designated for me to eat vegetables I am more likely to stick to the plan and have more vegetables throughout the week.

My plan is to practice each area on certain days (training wheels) until the exercise can be added each day without much thought or guilt that the goal was not completed.

Commitment

     My commitment to health and wellness will be a challenge but I am hoping to make it a fun adventure for me, my family and others who wish to learn meditation. It is more fun to share this experience with others than to just do this by myself.

 Latonia Austin