Unit 9 final project: My Action Plan

Unit 9 Final Project: Assessment

Anna Hill

Kaplan University

HW420

Professor John Aguilar

April 29, 2013

Introduction:

There is a saying “one cannot lead another where one has not gone him or herself.”  (Micozzi, 2005)This quote explains why it is important for a health and wellness professional to develop psychologically, spiritually, and physically because this quote is talking about being an example. As a health and wellness professional we will be telling people how to better their lives but how can we expect them to do something that we ourselves may not be doing? This is why it is important for health and wellness professionals to develop in all three domains because we can’t ask others to do what we ourselves have not done or have attempted to do. We must lead by example and do it ourselves.

As we have gone through this course I have been able to see my weaknesses and strengths; I still need to work on area of each domain. I fall short primarily in my psychological and spiritual domain. I do have a strong hold on my physical domain although there is always room for improvement.

Assessment:

At an earlier point during this course we were asked to rate our psychological, spiritual, and physical domains in our lives; here are my previous rating: psychological – 2, spiritual- 5, and physical -3. These are low because I feel there is a lot of improvement that I need to do. Now that I am re-evaluating each domain I am going rate these domains again, so currently I am going to rate my psychological domain as a 2; this is staying the same because I still have not moved forward with getting help to heal the wounds of my past out of fear which is excuse I keep using and I just need to jump and take that step. I am giving myself a rating of 6 in the spiritual domain because I still feel that I have a lot of work to do to be where I want to be, this has improved slightly and I am continuing to work on it daily. I am giving myself a 6 in the physical domain because I am back to working out a few times a day and working on getting back on track with my nutrition. I am still overweight which puts me at a high risk for many health conditions and will continue on the path I am on.

Goal development:

   I have rated myself pretty low on all categories and therefore I am going to make a goal for each one that I will work towards in the next year.

Physical- I will lose 50-90 lbs. by December 31, 2013 in order for me to feel better about myself and be more physically fit which will help sustain a healthy body, mind, and spirit because I will be filling my thoughts with " I can" attitude instead of the " I can't".    The actions that I will take to reach my physical goal will be to get back on track with good eating habits and workout daily, by focusing on losing 10lbs a month starting in April and by letting people know my goal so they can help me stay accountable. 

Spiritual- I will take part in daily scripture study and prayer so I can feel more in tune with the spirit and help me become more in tune to the things that I need to be doing to better myself and be more positive. I am also going to be implementing the practices that we learned in this course and do them as often as possible.

Psychological- I will face my fear of the thoughts that I have of the things that will come up if I were to go to a therapist and I will be strong so I will start by going and talking with somebody to help me get these thoughts out of mind that are holding me back from reaching my full potential and so I can get the help the I need to feel like I am worth something.

Practices for personal health:

There are many strategies to improve in each domain but the strategies I will be using are:

Physical: I will continue to work out 3-4 times a day doing a mixture of cardiovascular and strengthening exercises to improve my endurance and help get me back to a healthy weight. I will be setting up monthly check-ins with the Wellness Center on Fort Carson to get myself physically assessed and get a Bod Pod assessment done every three months. I will continue to focus on my nutrition and possibly ask to get a referral to a nutritionist.

Psychological: I will be contacting Army One Source to start seeing a therapist to help me figure out what I am holding deep inside and help me release it so I will stop sabotaging my efforts in everything that I undertake. I will also work continue journaling which helps me get my thoughts out and will allow me to see where some of my past of surfacing which I can bring up in my sessions with a therapist.

Spiritual: I will continue daily prayer and scripture study and practicing mindfulness meditation practices and continue with the practices from this course.

Commitment:

I will assess my progress or lack of progress in the next six months by following up with the Wellness Center then also taking a look at this project again and seeing how far I have come with my goals in all of the domains and then re-evaluating where I am at; at that point. I can use the practices that we have learned throughout this course to help assist me in maintaining my long-term endeavors to achieve optimal health. I also plan on re-reading Dacher’s book a few more times to help me remember to apply the things that I have learned on a daily basis in my life to help me become stronger so I can be a better person to those I come in contact with as well as be stronger and healthier form my family. 

References

Micozzi, M. S. (2005). Consciousness and Healing. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.