Final Project

Introduction:

The development of the physical, psychological, and spiritual elements are essential for every health and wellness professional. This is because overall health and wellness does not just include the physical body, but it includes spiritual and psychological components as well. In order for a person to be healthy overall and to attain optimal wellness, they must be physically, spiritually and psychologically healthy.

The areas I need to develop more are the psychological and spiritual areas. I tend to do what is recommended for a healthy physical body such as proper nutrition and exercise, but I do not exercise my psychological and physical aspects as much as I should. I must make psychological and spiritual health a priority by practicing exercises such as yoga and meditation on a regular basis. I need to remember that health and wellness does not just include the physical body, and I will make it a priority to develop myself psychologically and spiritually.

Assessment:

I have assessed my health in domain by measuring my knowledge about the domain and then determining how often I do what is needed in order to grow in the domain? My physical score is an 8 because I tend to exercise regularly. I attempt to eat well on a regular basis, but sometimes my food and drink choices are not the best.

My spiritual health was assessed by gauging how much I pray and attend services to support this. I pray on a daily basis, but I do not attend church regularly, so my score is an 8 in this area.

I engage in yoga and meditation on a random basis, yet I know the benefits that exercise such as these provide to my psychological health. Right now, my score is a 4 in this area, but at times in my life, it has been as high as an 8. I really need to make a conscious effort to practice yoga and meditation several times a week.

Goal development:
            Physical – I would like to compete in another triathlon, so my physical goal is to train for and complete a triathlon.

            Psychological – I would like to implement yoga and meditation on a regular basis. My goal is to participate in yoga class three times each week.

            Spiritual – I tend to pray very regularly, but I do not attend church as much as I should. My goal is to attend church each Sunday in an effort to increase my spiritual health and wellness.

Practices for personal health:
            The strategies I can implement to foster growth in each of these domains are numerous. In the physical domain, I need to practice swimming and biking more. I have been running regularly, but in order to meet my triathlon goal, I need to practice the other two components.

For psychological growth, as I stated in my goals, I need to practice yoga and meditation several times a week.

For my spiritual growth, I need to pray several times a day and also attend church at least once a week.

I will accomplish each of these by setting a schedule for every activity and making it a priority to actually do every activity.

Commitment:
            I plan on using a checklist to assess my progress in the next six months. Each week, I will write down the physical, spiritual and psychological activities that need to be completed. Each week I will count the check marks and calculate my percentage I completed. Throughout the course of six months, I will need to have a 90% completion rate.

In order to maintain my long-term practices for health and wellness, I must actually complete the activities. I must not procrastinate or make excuses because my goal of overall health and wellness can only be accomplished with a balance of physical, spiritual, and psychological health.