Unit 9 Assignment

Introduction
It is important for health care providers to develop spiritually, physically, and psychologically to maintain complete balance. Being fully developed in all of these areas will make you the best and most effective provider you can be.
I think I need to work on my physical aspect most. I tend to eat small, but not well. I cannot provide nutritional information to patients if I am overweight and unprofessional looking. I need to learn to eat healthy and produce and maintain a healthy exercise regimen as well.

Assessment
I have have not done very well in assessing myself in each of these three areas. I do pray daily, but that is generally a part of my lifestyle. I am a true believer in prayer and I do so constantly throughout the day. I also try my best to practice a positive thinking mindset. This does not always work as well, but I do try to come back into that mindset when I feel myself swaying toward negative thoughts. Physically, I am just terrible. I don't eat any particular way, nor do I exercise regularly. I do walk a lot with my job, so I have to think inadvertently I get some exercise in at least 5 days a week.

Goal Development
My goal in the spiritual realm is to pray longer each day than I have been in the past. To find a "quiet place" where I won't be distracted so I can truly focus. I need to psychologically start my day with a positive frame of mind no matter how good or bad I may feel. Physically I think eating well balanced and healthy meals from breakfast until dinner will be a task for me since I generally lunch is my largest meal and it should be breakfast. So I need to learn to balance.

Practices for Personal Health
In the physical realm I think I would really get a strict and personal exercise program that I could follow with my busy schedule. Also change my diet. Spiritually pray more and utilize the mind-body concepts. Psychologically I would put the visualization and loving-kindness practices into my daily existence. This will also help me in the spiritual realm as well.

Commitment
I think I am going to have to keep up with this blog to see the goals I've written and see how far I've come or have not in the next six months. They are clear cut goals so I will know if I have or have not achieved them or not. Depending on how much I have progressed will determine how I need to re-assess. If I have reached the goals I've set, I will set new ones. If I have not, I will have to look at why, and reestablish them or continue to move forward with those previously set.