1. Introduction
a. It is critical for health and wellness professionals to develop themselves spiritually, psychologically, and physically because unless we are in the best possible position we can be in our own development, we cannot hope to properly assist our clients in their own search for health and wellness. I feel I am doing well psychologically and spiritually, but my physical health is lacking and affecting the other two areas of my life. The stresses of pregnancy at 30 with constant sickness and kidney stones has been wearing. To obtain my goals, I need to take the time to address my health issues so I can repair the nicks in other areas of my wellness.
2. Assessment
a. I have assessed my health in each area by reflecting on it daily. How do I feel about where I am at versus where I could be? For the most part, I feel that I have reached as many of my goals in my psychological and spiritual domains as I can until I can improve my physical health. My main focus right now is on maintaining my current levels of health and wellness in the first two while I spend the majority of my energy on my physical health.
3. Goal Development
a. My primary goal in both the psychological domain and the spiritual is to do what I can to maintain my current level of wellness. I have two goals in the physical domain. The first is to complete my pregnancy as healthy as possible, and to have a healthy child. My second goal is to continue being followed by my specialist for my kidney stones and get those treated as soon as I can.
4. Practices for personal health
a. To foster growth in my physical health, I can maintain a close relationship with my doctors to figure out the treatment I need to recover and improve my health. I can work with them to decide what medications and procedures will be best for my needs. To foster growth in my psychological health, I can pay attention to my moods and implement methods to equalize the mood swings. These can be nutritional supplements, relaxation techniques, or pharmaceuticals, as needed. To foster growth in my spiritual health, I can make time each day to focus on meditation techniques, and practice breathing and mental clarity exercises.
5. Commitment
a. I will be able to assess my progress primarily in the physical domain. As I complete the pregnancy and begin to recover from that, and get the kidney stones dealt with, my body can begin to heal. As my body heals, I will be able to focus more attention towards maximizing my psychological and spiritual wellness. I will know I am making progress as I am able to focus more and more attention to these two areas. Maintaining my close relationship with my health care providers and dedicating more time to other areas of my wellness will help me maintain my goals in the long term.
Pregnancy can bring about a lot of hormonal changes. You can still work on all the areas of integral health/ wellness while pregnant. There is yoga class, massage therapy for you and for the baby. Try not to over whelm yourself in doing the right thing right. Do a little of each as they mental pop up. That can be a way of the body and spirit telling the mind what you need for that moment to get balance. Filling the mind with thoughts of what you need to be doing can turn into moods of not doing what is needed by you.
ReplyDeleteI’ve enjoyed having you as a classmate and wish you a healthy delivery.