Hiro Yamada
Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of healing
Unit 9: Project
Introduction
As a health and wellness professional, it is essential to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically. Once you are entitled as a professional, it is your responsible to comprehend what you practice and preach. God has created a beautiful world for human. Although, the human have fallen tendencies, and known as imperfect unlike God. Yet, he has given each person he created a gift, or in this sense ability to make contributions to others and even the world. For health and wellness professionals, their gift is to help those who are in need. Thus, not only you save your dignity, but by working hard, you will be working to glorify the one who has blessed you.
Personally, my strength is the spiritual aspect. Ever since I gave my life to Christ, I have been successfully influencing others and their health. On the other hand, if I were to pick one weakness, that would be the psychological aspect. I may have great appreciation to God for everything he has done for me, but that does not mean everyone else has the same attitude towards God, nor they may not even be Christian. Over the years, I have come to realize that I tend to struggle filling the gaps.
Assessment
Each of the three aspects: psychological, spiritual, and physical are very unique, yet different from each other. The diverse characteristics come together to define one's wellness. Because they are so different, I have used different methods for each of them.
First of all, I used meditation to asses my psychological wellness. I meditated in a quiet room and timed how much it would take to calm myself. There were some days I was overly emotional and took more time to find peace. On average, I found out that it took me about 10-15 minutes to calm myself down. During each meditation, I managed both positive and negative thoughts, and tried to interpret as life experiences God has given me.
Secondary, I have assessed my spiritual wellness. I am a proud Christian and I live by what the Bible says. Nonetheless, I am not close to a perfect human being. In fact, oftentimes I fail to follow what the Bible says and engage in sinful actions. My spiritual health appears to be based on how faithfully I act. For example, I noticed that I felt much better after participating in religious activities such as Sunday services, chapel, and the Bible study sessions. Therefore, I concluded that staying faithful is the key to the spiritual health.
Lastly, physical wellness was the easiest, yet the most important part of the three. The lack of physical wellness greatly affects one's overall wellness, thus it can be very harmful. Another important factor is that physical wellness is important to everybody regardless the states of other two areas. Personally, I focused on three things: amount of sleep, eating habits, and exercise. More sleeps I get, I feel more energetic and feel peaceful. Then, proper eating habits would help preventing health issues such as obesity, diabetes and others. Lastly, exercise plays a role in the combination of what sleeps and eating habits would do. Exercise reduces anxiety and stress, not only that but it also contribute to control body weight. I timed how much time I spent on each of the three and compared how I felt each day.
Goal Development
In order to improve my own wellness, I have set a goal for myself in each area of psychological, spiritual, and physical. For the psychological part, I would challenge myself to be more patient, and act slowly. By doing this, I can give myself more time to think and react properly. Spiritually, it would be beneficial to get to know what God has to say about life. Thus, I would read at least one verse on the Bible every night. Physically, I would challenge myself to constantly exercise and stay in shape.
Practices for personal health
One thing that came to mind to foster growth in all the areas of wellness is that, I make a routine and live accordingly. Lack of discipline correlates with laziness and sloppiness. Thus, I think it is important that I would make a routine or schedule and follow it. Also, I think it would be more enjoyable to do it with friends and family. Social support can contribute to maintain motivation, and keep positive attitudes. So I think it would be a great idea to practice with others.
Commitment
Since the goals I have set for myself are for my own health and not for others. I would first emphasize that this is not a competition, meaning that nobody wins or loses. Thus, I would try to enjoy working on my health. After all, it will come back to me eventually. Harder I try, better the progress it would be. In order to make a commitment, I would take journal everyday and write what I did each day so that I can actually see how I am doing. I used to take journal before and it helped me keeping my mind positive and healthy. So I believe that this is a great idea for myself. Overall, it would be challenging to make a dramatic progress within six months. Although, it is possible to do something everyday to make a small difference and that can possibly turn out to be a great change in future. Therefore, I would stay humble and do the small things people would usually fail to care.
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