Hey everyone,
Just wanted to that I have downloaded my project for unit 9 into Docsharing. Make sure you go check it out and let me know what you think.
Thanks
Wendy
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Unit 7
Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself: (P.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional?
What I think this means, is what I have been saying from the beginning in this class. If you do not practice what you preach then you cannot be of benefit to your clients. I do not think you will be able to answer questions as honest as you should be able to if you are practicing what you are telling them they need to do. By experiencing what you are teaching your clients, you have a better understanding of what you want them to do. You can answer their questions and give them other alternatives to better themselves.Anyone can be book smart, it takes someone with passion to really experience what the books are saying.
Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your heath psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?
I do think we have an obligation to our clients to be developing our own health psychologically, physically, and spiritually. It goes back to practicing what we preach to a degree. If we are not happy with ourselves and comfortable within ourselves then it is hard to convince our clients that human flourishing really does exist. We have to do what is best for us as far implementing psychological and spiritual growth. I pray every chance I get, I send letters and boxes to my husband, read, enjoy time with my children, and spend time with great friends and family. I love to spend time with my husband when he's home. Those are somet hings that I do to keep me psychologically and spiritually focused.
What I think this means, is what I have been saying from the beginning in this class. If you do not practice what you preach then you cannot be of benefit to your clients. I do not think you will be able to answer questions as honest as you should be able to if you are practicing what you are telling them they need to do. By experiencing what you are teaching your clients, you have a better understanding of what you want them to do. You can answer their questions and give them other alternatives to better themselves.Anyone can be book smart, it takes someone with passion to really experience what the books are saying.
Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your heath psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?
I do think we have an obligation to our clients to be developing our own health psychologically, physically, and spiritually. It goes back to practicing what we preach to a degree. If we are not happy with ourselves and comfortable within ourselves then it is hard to convince our clients that human flourishing really does exist. We have to do what is best for us as far implementing psychological and spiritual growth. I pray every chance I get, I send letters and boxes to my husband, read, enjoy time with my children, and spend time with great friends and family. I love to spend time with my husband when he's home. Those are somet hings that I do to keep me psychologically and spiritually focused.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Unit 6
Hello everyone,
Hope this finds you well. I'm doing okay. Just a little stressed and feel like I am constantly going. I feel like I have had no "me" time since my husband left a month ago. I have thought about quitting school and focusing on those things around me at the moment, but I only have 4 more classes after this term. I have so much to think about and not enough time in the day it feels like.
The exercise that I did was the integral assessment in Chapter 11 of Dacher's book. I would have to say that the source of difficulty for me is my psychospiritual. I am having a hard time since my husband left. This is his 3rd tour and I seem to be struggling more this time then I did the first couple of time he left. My emotions are all a mess, I feel like I have so much to do and not enough time to do it, and I feel like I am not doing what I need to do in order to keep things going smoothly. My fuse is shorter and I am more on edge these days. I have had to stop going to church on Wednesdays because I have class. My whole world seems to be turned upside down these days. Sometimes I feel like I should just turn the world off and be by myself for a while.
The most essential thing for me right now is to get back to "me." I need to find myself again and find out what makes me tick again but I am having a hard time with that. I'm not sure what I can do to get back to my authentic self. Some days I feel like I got it and other days I feel lost as a goose. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Hope everyone has a great day.
Wendy
Hope this finds you well. I'm doing okay. Just a little stressed and feel like I am constantly going. I feel like I have had no "me" time since my husband left a month ago. I have thought about quitting school and focusing on those things around me at the moment, but I only have 4 more classes after this term. I have so much to think about and not enough time in the day it feels like.
The exercise that I did was the integral assessment in Chapter 11 of Dacher's book. I would have to say that the source of difficulty for me is my psychospiritual. I am having a hard time since my husband left. This is his 3rd tour and I seem to be struggling more this time then I did the first couple of time he left. My emotions are all a mess, I feel like I have so much to do and not enough time to do it, and I feel like I am not doing what I need to do in order to keep things going smoothly. My fuse is shorter and I am more on edge these days. I have had to stop going to church on Wednesdays because I have class. My whole world seems to be turned upside down these days. Sometimes I feel like I should just turn the world off and be by myself for a while.
The most essential thing for me right now is to get back to "me." I need to find myself again and find out what makes me tick again but I am having a hard time with that. I'm not sure what I can do to get back to my authentic self. Some days I feel like I got it and other days I feel lost as a goose. Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Hope everyone has a great day.
Wendy
Monday, October 25, 2010
Unit 5
Hello All,
Hope this finds you well. I am doing great. Just a little slow this week. It has been busy the past week. On top of a project in this class, I have an essay due in my other, and my youngest had a project that we had to finish up so he could get graded on it. I think 5th grade projects are more stressful then college projects to me. I want the best for my boys and with my husband deployed everything falls on me. I feel like my work load has tripled. I do give all the kuddos to single parents out there. They are some of the strongest people to raise kiddos by themselves. It is HARD work.
So for this week we were asked to discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness.
The way these are all connected is through balance. If one wellness aspect is out of whack then eventually they all will be. They all work together in order to keep us at peace with ourselves and the world. In my opinion, our spiritual wellness guides our mental and physical wellness. We all either believe in a higher power (mine is my Lord and Savior) or we do not. Whatever your spirituality is, it guides you in the decisions that you make on a daily basis.
My spirituality guides me on a daily basis. I am praying constantly about every thing that I do in my daily life. It allows me to be more at peace with myself and I know the Lord is going to keep his hand upon my husband while he is fighting for this country. My faith has been tested the past few weeks but I know I will get through. I have so many friends and family that gives me encouragement daily and I put everything into the Lords hands. I cannot do everything on my own and there are some things that I have had to put on the back burner for now but I know the Lord will not give me more than I can handle.
Hope everyone has a good week.
Wendy
Once I am done with my project for this week, look for it in DocSharing because I have no clue how to download it onto this.
Hope this finds you well. I am doing great. Just a little slow this week. It has been busy the past week. On top of a project in this class, I have an essay due in my other, and my youngest had a project that we had to finish up so he could get graded on it. I think 5th grade projects are more stressful then college projects to me. I want the best for my boys and with my husband deployed everything falls on me. I feel like my work load has tripled. I do give all the kuddos to single parents out there. They are some of the strongest people to raise kiddos by themselves. It is HARD work.
So for this week we were asked to discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness.
The way these are all connected is through balance. If one wellness aspect is out of whack then eventually they all will be. They all work together in order to keep us at peace with ourselves and the world. In my opinion, our spiritual wellness guides our mental and physical wellness. We all either believe in a higher power (mine is my Lord and Savior) or we do not. Whatever your spirituality is, it guides you in the decisions that you make on a daily basis.
My spirituality guides me on a daily basis. I am praying constantly about every thing that I do in my daily life. It allows me to be more at peace with myself and I know the Lord is going to keep his hand upon my husband while he is fighting for this country. My faith has been tested the past few weeks but I know I will get through. I have so many friends and family that gives me encouragement daily and I put everything into the Lords hands. I cannot do everything on my own and there are some things that I have had to put on the back burner for now but I know the Lord will not give me more than I can handle.
Hope everyone has a good week.
Wendy
Once I am done with my project for this week, look for it in DocSharing because I have no clue how to download it onto this.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Unit 4
Hello everyone,
Hope this finds everyone doing great. I am having a better week than last. This adjusting process is hard but I know that my kids and I will manage for the year or so that my hubby is away. I have been so scatter brained lately and just trying to get into a routine is hard work. I do not know how single parents do this day after day. They are very strong people I must say. On top of trying to get adjusted without my hubby around, I was sick most of the week. I started Wednesday evening running fever and feeling yucky and stayed that way until Saturday morning. I have not ran fever in over 10 years and I have to say I did not miss it one bit.
Now to the question of the week. We were asked to listen to our CD this week and talk about what we thought of the Loving Kindness exercise. I really enjoyed it. I think that if you are loving and kind to others (whether they are nice to you or not), it will pay off in the long run. I have always heard and I still tell my kids to kill people with kindness no matter how ugly they are to you. Eventually they will either get tired and leave you alone or stop talking to you all together. I really did like the meditation exercise. I had to be careful though, I was listening to it on the way to work and that is not a good idea for me. I tend to relax a little too much at times. I have realized with my husband gone that meditation helps me so much. It seems that when I am stressed I can do something in this class and I feel so much better. I do not think I could have taken this class at a better time. I would recommend this exercise to my friends and family because I think we all need to learn to listen better and learn ways to calm our spirits. I am not saying that I hang around with a bunch of high maintenance wacky people all the time. I just think that finding ways to calm ourselves down (since we are hot tempered most of the time) would be a great exercise for us to do.
Hope everyone has a great week. I know I plan to.
Do not forget to Live, Laugh, and Love as much as you can,
Wendy
Hope this finds everyone doing great. I am having a better week than last. This adjusting process is hard but I know that my kids and I will manage for the year or so that my hubby is away. I have been so scatter brained lately and just trying to get into a routine is hard work. I do not know how single parents do this day after day. They are very strong people I must say. On top of trying to get adjusted without my hubby around, I was sick most of the week. I started Wednesday evening running fever and feeling yucky and stayed that way until Saturday morning. I have not ran fever in over 10 years and I have to say I did not miss it one bit.
Now to the question of the week. We were asked to listen to our CD this week and talk about what we thought of the Loving Kindness exercise. I really enjoyed it. I think that if you are loving and kind to others (whether they are nice to you or not), it will pay off in the long run. I have always heard and I still tell my kids to kill people with kindness no matter how ugly they are to you. Eventually they will either get tired and leave you alone or stop talking to you all together. I really did like the meditation exercise. I had to be careful though, I was listening to it on the way to work and that is not a good idea for me. I tend to relax a little too much at times. I have realized with my husband gone that meditation helps me so much. It seems that when I am stressed I can do something in this class and I feel so much better. I do not think I could have taken this class at a better time. I would recommend this exercise to my friends and family because I think we all need to learn to listen better and learn ways to calm our spirits. I am not saying that I hang around with a bunch of high maintenance wacky people all the time. I just think that finding ways to calm ourselves down (since we are hot tempered most of the time) would be a great exercise for us to do.
Hope everyone has a great week. I know I plan to.
Do not forget to Live, Laugh, and Love as much as you can,
Wendy
Monday, October 11, 2010
Unit 3
For this week we were asked to look at our physical, spiritual, and mental well-being and rate where we think we are, why we think that, and develop a goal for each area.
Let me start with physical. I would say I am at about a 4 to 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. The reason I think this is because I have always struggled with my weight. I do good for a while and then I jump off the band wagon again. I am always fighting with myself on what I need to do. I get to a point of feeling good and doing good on my journey and then I backslide again. It is really frustrating but I have made a commitment again to do alot better. I am starting to eat better and I want to start exercising again. I have done pretty good today considering that I have been under a lot of stress here lately.
Spiritual wise I would say I am about a 6. I have went backwards in the direction that I know I need to go in. I started a new job about 3 months ago and I am still trying to get into a routine of juggling a job, school, kids, a husband that just got deployed, and finding time for myself. I am having a hard time trying to get things in order and doing what I know I need to do. I have a great church family that is supporting me so very much, I just need to where I know I need to be.
Mentally, I would say I am about a 2 or 3 right at the moment. I have been under so much stress lately but I know that it is going to get better. My husband deployed yesterday for a time of 14-16 months and dealing with that and trying to stay strong for my boys, work, and school, I am just overwhelmed at the moment. My husband has been deployed twice before but they seem to be taking it the hardest this time around. I plan on just staying busy and finishing my degree by May, so that I do not have to worry about school when he comes home for R&R in June. I know that I have to find time for me in between everything else that is going on and I have to find out what works best for us. It will take some time but I know that we can get through this tough situation.
My plan to reach my goals of bettering myself physically, spiritually, and mentally is to take time for me, exercise as much as I can to get to the weight I want to be, eat healthier, pray more, read my bible more, and know that there are people that are willing to help in any way. I have to remember that I am not by myself in this journey and I have more people that care and love me and will do anything if I need it. Taking one day at a time sounds like a plan to me.
Let me start with physical. I would say I am at about a 4 to 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. The reason I think this is because I have always struggled with my weight. I do good for a while and then I jump off the band wagon again. I am always fighting with myself on what I need to do. I get to a point of feeling good and doing good on my journey and then I backslide again. It is really frustrating but I have made a commitment again to do alot better. I am starting to eat better and I want to start exercising again. I have done pretty good today considering that I have been under a lot of stress here lately.
Spiritual wise I would say I am about a 6. I have went backwards in the direction that I know I need to go in. I started a new job about 3 months ago and I am still trying to get into a routine of juggling a job, school, kids, a husband that just got deployed, and finding time for myself. I am having a hard time trying to get things in order and doing what I know I need to do. I have a great church family that is supporting me so very much, I just need to where I know I need to be.
Mentally, I would say I am about a 2 or 3 right at the moment. I have been under so much stress lately but I know that it is going to get better. My husband deployed yesterday for a time of 14-16 months and dealing with that and trying to stay strong for my boys, work, and school, I am just overwhelmed at the moment. My husband has been deployed twice before but they seem to be taking it the hardest this time around. I plan on just staying busy and finishing my degree by May, so that I do not have to worry about school when he comes home for R&R in June. I know that I have to find time for me in between everything else that is going on and I have to find out what works best for us. It will take some time but I know that we can get through this tough situation.
My plan to reach my goals of bettering myself physically, spiritually, and mentally is to take time for me, exercise as much as I can to get to the weight I want to be, eat healthier, pray more, read my bible more, and know that there are people that are willing to help in any way. I have to remember that I am not by myself in this journey and I have more people that care and love me and will do anything if I need it. Taking one day at a time sounds like a plan to me.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Unit 2 Reflection
Hello everyone,
Hope things are going good with ya'll. I just got through doing my exercises for Unit 2. I was thinking the Welcome Statement was going to be next week. Oh well. I will eventually get on track. Anyway, I found the Journey On Relaxation to be very relaxing. I did it on my lunch break at work today and I was very much relaxed for the rest of the day. I found myself enjoying the day a little more. I am going to have to find me some relaxation tapes that I can do on my lunch break that are quick and easy. I have done some of these exercises before because of being in a couple of other classes that Professor Fouhy has taught but I honestly it did not dawn on me to try it at work. I have a feeling that I need to do more of these during the little free time we do get.
What was ya'lls reaction to it??
Wendy
Hope things are going good with ya'll. I just got through doing my exercises for Unit 2. I was thinking the Welcome Statement was going to be next week. Oh well. I will eventually get on track. Anyway, I found the Journey On Relaxation to be very relaxing. I did it on my lunch break at work today and I was very much relaxed for the rest of the day. I found myself enjoying the day a little more. I am going to have to find me some relaxation tapes that I can do on my lunch break that are quick and easy. I have done some of these exercises before because of being in a couple of other classes that Professor Fouhy has taught but I honestly it did not dawn on me to try it at work. I have a feeling that I need to do more of these during the little free time we do get.
What was ya'lls reaction to it??
Wendy
WELCOME
Welcome,
Hello everyone. Glad to see you found your way to my blog. I cannot wait to see what all this class is going to teach us. I am excited to be taking this journey with each and everyone of you. Hope ya'll enjoy my post because I know I will enjoy reading ya'lls feedback.
Remember to Live, Laugh, and Love,
Wendy
Hello everyone. Glad to see you found your way to my blog. I cannot wait to see what all this class is going to teach us. I am excited to be taking this journey with each and everyone of you. Hope ya'll enjoy my post because I know I will enjoy reading ya'lls feedback.
Remember to Live, Laugh, and Love,
Wendy
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