Unit 9

FINAL PROJECT - INTEGRAL HEALTH

Introduction: There are multiple reasons why a healthcare professional should have to knowledge of psychological, spiritual and physical healing. The patients want complete healing for what their ailment is, however, many of these ailments are mental or in the patient’s mind and they are unable to define it. When a healthcare professional who is not familiar with the benefits from this form of complementary and alternative medicine tries to find a treatment for mental health issues, they are more likely to rely on pharmaceuticals for treatment (Dacher, 2006).

My personal areas in need of development are the physical and psychological areas. My spiritual well-being has been tested a great deal in the past year. Over the past eight weeks, I have finding that even though I had questioned my spiritual beliefs that I am doing quite well in maintaining them in a healthy manner. For my physical and psychological health, I have put on weight that I am not pleased with. I need to work on an exercise plan to lose it. I also need to work on focusing on myself and developing a healthy, calm-abiding mind.

Assessment: Not only have I learned a great deal in this class, but I have looked at myself closely regarding these areas. I assessed my spiritual wellness to be the best of the three. I am always praying or talking with my son, who is no longer with me. By doing this on a daily basis, I feel more centered in my beliefs and it makes me feel calmer. My psychological wellness was sort of alright, but I had found that I was allowing negative thoughts to enter into my mind on a daily basis. In the past few weeks, I have implemented into my daily life ways to eliminate these thoughts the moment I know they are there. My physical wellness actually needs some work. In the past few months, I have put on weight that I had lost back in 2001. I am not real pleased with myself, but I am considering the many changes recently in my life that could have caused it.

Goal development: My personal goal for the physical area is start an exercise plan as well as finding the time to complete it multiple times a week. With regards to my spiritual goals, I will continue praying or talking with God as well as my son. I will continue to attend church and keep it in my heart on a daily basis. My psychological (mental health) really needs a lot of work. I am currently on medications to assist in maintaining my mental health. Since taking this class, I have found that there are other alternatives to achieve mental health wellness. My goal is to wean myself off of the prescription medication and achieve mental health happiness.

Practices for personal health: Strategies for these areas include eating better and having an exercise plan, implementing more meditation and possible yoga plan and continue with the loving-kindness and subtle mind exercises. After researching in more detail about the meditation and yoga programs, I feel that these would assist in achieving the mental health wellness I need. For my spiritual domain, I am continually finding myself practicing the loving-kindness and subtle mind exercise. This area I find myself doing these at different times during the week. Physical domain will need a program that I can complete as well as eating better to achieve the weight I use to be. I need to look more closely at my schedule to allocate the time necessary to complete an exercise program. I feel that if I am able to implement and continue these exercises, I will reduce the amount of stress that is in my personal life.

Commitment: When making in changes in one’s life, you need to have a specific game plan to assess progress or regression. After I make the changes in my life to achieve a healthier lifestyle, I will monitor any changes I make in my mind, body and spirit areas. The best strategy I can use is consistency. By sticking with a schedule, I should be able to implement them into my life as natural and I should be able to achieve my ultimate goals, which are regain my weight to what it was, no longer be dependent upon prescription medication and reduce the stress levels in my life. This is the best for me to achieve my goal of a healthy mind, body and spirit.
 

 

REFERENCES

Dacher, E. S. (2006), Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. ISBN:

# 9781591201908, Basic Health Publications