Start to Finish

I didnt give myself much of a score in week three,, I didnt know what to expect for myself at that time. With that said for physical assisment I gave myself a 3, the reason for this is I was getting ready for back surgery and I was on alot of restrictions due to my injury at the time, I know am 4 weeks out of surgery and doing great, I would have to say that I score myself at a 5, the reason being is I still can not do alot but I am getting better every day and I have less pain now than before, I will be at  a 10 by August, I give myself no slack I love to be in top shape for my health and stress levels.
Psychologicaly I gave myself a 6 in week 3 due to the fact that I really didnt know who or what I was. I know now how to have and keep control of who I have become and I didnt let all the stress get me down from my surgery, therefore I give myself a 8 and I am still working on it. In these past 10 weeks I have come to realize that there are very few people who can relate to what I am dealing with and the level of conversation is very few. I have let a few bad apples go in these weeks knowing that I am moving up and not down and that is all they would have done for me.
Spiritually I gave myself a 3 not knowing where I stood with anything spiritual. Now I give myself a 5, I call this my work in progress. I am a very skeptical person and usually I have to see it to believe it, well now I see that there is a huge spiritual being inside me and getting it out is becomming what I want for the earth. I think that I have learned that nature and earth are my spiritaul outlets and Im learning to imbrace them.
I am making great progress in my life in all 3 aspects. I am getting stronger every day with my surgery and have made it a goal of mine to never stop giving my all in my health for I am the only on in control of, not only that but I am the only one who can have control of what I make of my mental health and my spiritual health as well.
Without this class I know that I would not be who I am today. This class helped me through back surgery and has and is helping me with the negative things that are turing positive. I have learned truelly what I want in life and how I am now. I will continue to keep up with all of the pratices I have learned in this class and more. I have already bought more books to help me to continue this process.

Unit 9 Growth Plan

Growth Plan

Melissa Lyons

HW420

5/2/2011
We are not just expanding the medical tool kit; we are transforming medicine and evolving it to a new level (Dacher, 2006). In order to become and change medicine to benefit people than the practitioner needs to be able to transform them as well.

It is important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically due to the fact that how can they teach if they do not have the skills or the experience. Health and wellness professionals need to go through a transformation process themselves in order for them to be able to educate or teach others. The health professional will create a journey for the integral process and what they learn from that point will be the process into teaching integral health.

For myself there are many areas that are in need of improvement. I need to develop how to make time for myself. I have a very high level of stress, which is how I was raised, so dealing with that is my main goal. I have made it a point to meditate each day, that way I have a release of the stress. This is an on going goal that will be a part of my daily routine.

II. Assessment

I realize that I am far from what I think is ideal, and I realize that there is always room to reach for perfect, in my eyes there is no such thing as perfect so it is a goal that is on going. There is always ways to perfect things. When looking at my mental status and how much I have learned about myself in just the past few weeks I would place my self at about a six or seven I do practice mental wellness, meditation, at least a few times if not every day, out of a ten.

I would have to rate my spirituality at a six, the reason it is so low is that during the time I have spent in this class I have been able to transform what I knew was possible to what I truly believe in. I just need to keep up on what I have found in myself and work towards improving that.

Physically that I would rate an eight, the reason that this one is higher then the others is that I have always known that I need to be healthy with the way I eat and the exercise I do so that I can live a long healthy life, there are many different health problems that run in my family there for I choose to eat right and workout to keep them away.

III. Goal Development

Developing my physical health is at the top of my list at this point in my life. I had back surgery about three weeks ago and I have not been able to do much at this point, no bending or twisting is a major part of my restrictions. I start physical therapy tomorrow and that is the beginning of my goal. I was always at the gym before my surgery therefore I hope to get back there in about five more weeks. I also want to make it a goal to start doing thi chi and yoga for the flexibility, so I do not run into this problem again. 

One goal that I have for my mental health is to keep up with meditation and learning more about who I am every day. I work on my self confidence, and loving myself and being thankful for all I have in my life. My goal is to be less stressed and more loving and positive in my everyday life.

Spirituality the goals that I have are to keep up with meditation and working on a loving kindness everyday. Not only will the thi chi and yoga help me physically but it will help me spiritually as well, finding a calm peace within myself on a daily basis.

IV. Practices for professional health

Strategies that I can implement to foster growth in my physical health are too fallow what I am to do with my physical therapist. Right now my physical health is somewhat in the hands of others. I walk around the block every day on my own, but with just having back surgery there is not much I am able to do right now. However I plan on running a marathon by the end of this summer and I also plan on climbing a 14er. I do not let this surgery get me down I look at it as a new start for all the plans I already had.

When it comes to my spiritually some of the strategies that I can foster into growth would to keep meditation into my daily routine, I try to meditate every day but given the fact of a busy life it can be forgotten. I listen to music on an every minute basis, and the music makes me feel better and brings out positive emotions.  I have little sayings all over the house that are positive and uplifting that way I can think about what is important throughout the day.

When growing in my psychological health I have realized that if I am not healthily in a physical since than my mental well being is not healthy either. I have a great group of positive friends and those who are not are no longer an issue. I feel that my physical health has a huge impact on my mental health they go hand in hand and I am in for a long road to recovery but it will be worth all the pain.

V. Commitment

In the next six months the way I plan on measuring my progress with my physical health will be the easiest. Considering that I have just had surgery I will have weekly therapy sessions and that will tell me where I am with all my progress. I have to just take it slow that way I do not reinjure my back. I will also be entering a marathon in august and I will run it that is when I will really be able to tell where my progress lies.

I will use the information that I have learned in this class to continue my meditation practices on a daily basis to achieve a loving kindness in my live.

I have learned a lot about myself and I continue to every day. I do not plan on ending that journey now but to awaken it further as I keep exploring new areas every day.

Reference:

Dacher, M.D., E. (2006). Integral health: The path to human flourishing.

Favorite

During this entire process i have learned so much about myself. So to choose just one or two practices that I enjoyed the most is not possible.
Learning so much in just a few weeks about myself is enough in it self for me to not have to choose. I know that I am longing to be the best person I know how to be and I keep pushing for loving kindness in my family setting as well as at my work setting.
 I know that with out any of the lessons in this class I would not have known were to even begun my new journey. I have found a place that consists of only my time to take that time to meditate and loose myself so to speak in transformation.
I have a long way to go in my journey but I am off to a great start and I know what to do and how to do it at this point.

Back Surgery

Last Monday I had back surgery and let me tell you what and experience that was or is still. I know that your back is part of your core of your body but really how much you use your back you do not realize until you can not use it. I am thankful that all went well and now am just dealing with pain from the cutting. But I will say that this class helped me get through the first days. I never would have thought of using breathing or meditation to get me in and out of bed. A positive attitiude is keeping me going every day and making it better for me and my family.
i have come to realize i am in conotrole of my pain and what I can and can not deal with, a positive attitude is making my recovery that much better.

Loving Kindness

As I am sitting here thinking about what part of my life I tend to focuse on the most it is with no doubt my intrapersonal part of me that takes up all of my time and energy. I am not saying it is all bad but it is not all that good either. I have two daughters both from different fathers and I am now married to a man that has no children. I try to make sure all in my house are happy and I tend to put myself on the back burrner. I do this because I want to make sure my kids are happy and that my husband is happy, it is a very fine line to walk and most of the time I can not seem to make anyone happy. In all reality I use to focuse on myself quite a bit, but when you are constantly worried about what other are doing and if others are happy it is impossable for me to be happy.
I have made a promise to myself that I am going to start going to the gym all the time again and find a hobby just for me. I have decided to take my life back and try to make everyone happy all in the same token. I believe there is peace and harmoney to be acheaved in any situation.

Great Web site

Here is a great web site that I would love to share with all of you. Linda is a very briliant educator and I need to share her findings with all.
http://www.creativetransformations.biz/

Loving Kindness

As I sat and listened to the cd I found myself opening up to the thought of loving all that is around me. I realized in this moment I have alot of love to share with the world and this excersize helped me to realize that there is alot of loveto go around.
As I sat and thought of all the people who need positive thought I thought of all the people suffering from being homeless and enduring tough times right now. This experience was very moving and it brought very positive emotions to myself.
As I listened to the cd ans thought about my enimies I couldnt think of many but I thought of all the people in my life who could use any positive thoughts and who wouldnt bennifit from positive thoughts.
I feel very inspired to keep this positive attiteude twards all areas in my life. This has changed me as a person for the better.

Crime of the Century

Listening to this was very impowering relaxation excersize. I personally took a lot form this. A littl about me is Im going through a divorse right now, so this excersise was perfict for me. I have alot of healing to do right now so this is very helpful for me.
When he was talking about the love portion I realized my focuse was on my children so I know that in my healing process I should focuse on my children to get me through this .
i felt very overwhelmed with this excersise because it made me face what I am facing. This will now help me heal and move twards integral health.