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Please don't excuse ignorance as stupidity. Because it isn't! Everyone is not a rule follower but they can learn. Just like everyone is not born to know what is right from wrong, they have to be taught. Asking questions is a learning tool we have, but it does make you wonder how some people have made it through life without knowing the answers to simple everyday questions of life. Working to answer these peoples questions can be tiresome and rather frustrating at points because you feel like a record that is on a continuous loop, sort of like a bad dream. 

I go through the same routine every morning before work; shower, dress, cup of coffee or three, grab my bags and head to work. I get there thinking I ready for any question the population can throw at me but I am never disappointed at the one question of the week that I just hang my head down and pond my choice of careers. Working as a receptionist at a jail can be tedious, especially when you and one other person is doing the job of 4 people with phones that do not stop ringing after nine in the morning. In this job you are the first to get blamed for someone being in JAIL! 

PUT ON THE BRAKES, PLEASE!

"No ma'am! We did not arrest them. We are just the holding facility, but I will be more than happy to give you the name and number of the arresting agency and the name of the officer if you have any more question on the detail of the arrest!"

I could hear the lady mumble something profane before slamming the phone down in my ear. I replace the phone back on the hook and dropped my head in my hands. I feel a hand pat me on the back, "it's going to be okay. You can't let people get under your skin."

"Yeah, I know! I'm just burned out" I said, "I taking a break. I'll be back in a little while."

Unit 9 project

1. Introduction:
   Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself?
2. Assessment:
   How have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?
3. Goal development:
   List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual.
4. Practices for personal health:
   What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example.
5. Commitment:
   How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness?

Health And wellness teachers should be able to practice what they preach. We must be able to teach people how to look into their minds and clear out the bad or rambling thoughts in order to make room for the inner peace that they seek. If you are psychologically unsound people will be leery about following your direction, because having a balanced system means being free from your own mind of mental disturbances.

            Spiritually you have to know what you believe. There are many different gods people can chose from to worship and it's up to us to chose what wisely fits us. Many religions offer a meditative pray that can help many people. Physically we must take care of ourselves in order to get a full balance of health and wellness, in many cases you can't have one without the other. Honestly I need to work on all 3 sections of mine. I feel I have no balance, I can't shut off the negative thoughts that cross my brain, I have no true spirituality and physical I am out of shape and sick.

            In my physical health I would like to be more active. I feel right now I have so much going on I can hardly find time for this. I'm not talking about going to the gym and working out four house a day, but just getting outside running around with the kids, working in the yard. Psychologically I have to clear my mind of the negativity that is there. This can be ridding myself and life of the things that cause this. I can only grow psychological if I don't have things pulling me an my thoughts back. Spiritually I need to find something to believe in. There's really nothing more than that. Religion can be an uncomfortable area for any people and in my case, being burned by so many so called Christians have ruined religion for me.

            Practice, practice, practice! Study, study, study! Research is important in to finding ways to grow each domain of health. Mediation and prayer can help grow psychologically and spiritually. These will open my mind to great mental health, clearing out the clutters of my mind making room for the positive energy needed. Physically, getting up and moving around, eating healthier are two main important parts of the health in general. How you treat your body is important to open up the rest of the healing path.

            My problem is sticking with something once I start it. If I can manage to stay with a program that I start the better I will be in six months. Building a program from the ground up, making sure I stick to a routine will help me monitor how all three areas of my health are when I start at different stage of my training and practice. During the course if this class I have become found of meditation. I had done it before but sporadically. Since I had to do it on a regular bases it has help. With everything going on in my life meditation has been the my sanity. I have put apps on my phone that gives me instructional meditation sessions.

Unit 8 benefits

The two exercises I benefited the most from was the Journey On meditation from the first unit and the Subtle Mind. I was able to get so relaxed that I slept really peacefully with undisturbed dreams. With all the stuff that go on in my life, with my family, work and school, it use to take a lot for me to relax.. I have enjoyed the peaceful almost light headed feeling I get after one if these practices. It make me feel that I can handle almost any challenge that heads my way no matter how trivial. I use to lose my temper easily and get frustrated with the dumbest things, now I am learning to let these thing go because its not worth getting upset about. Even the things people in my life bring on themselves, not my problem anymore, they have to grow on their own eventually no matter how much you want to hold their hand and guide them back in the right direction. Hopefully I can keep this up and teach my children to do the same thing, nothing is worth losing you mind and health over.

Unit 7

I remember getting comfortable on the couch, listening to the sound of the waves crashing about. I remember trying to picture a wise person, next thing I know my 11 year old is waking me up telling me the recording was over. Granted I was tired yet restless and probably would not have gone to sleep on my own. I tried to listen to it again to get on the words being said but then again went back to step 4. These relaxation sessions really work for me. Since starting this class I have been much calmer at handling stressful situations than I use to. Even the crazy stuff my kids do doesn't bother me too much anymore, I tend not to lose my temper as bad when I have to get on to them now. I even went as far as downloading apps on my iPhone and listening to them when I go to bed at night. I remember starting it and then I am waking up to the sound of my morning alarm. Awesome! I really plan on continuing the use of the relaxation pieces because they help calm my mind and my body. They have helped me find piece within myself and my life. I hope everyone else has enjoyed them and this class as much as I have.

Unless you have been through a certain situation you cannot help a person going through it. You can study nutrition and health and wellness, teach people how to eat better, exercise and lose weight, but if you have not had to fight this same battle it is difficult to understand what a patient or client is going through with their weight issues. Clients have to be able know you understand how they feel and that you can lead them to their goals. Teaching someone how to get in touch with their inner being is no different, you have to have experienced a clear subtle mind and how to forgive in order to lead a person to this. Many teachers grow with their students and learn a lot from them just as the student learns from the teacher. It is important that our psychological, physical and spiritual being are developed in order for us to understand what the student find out about his or herself. 

Describe the exercise and assessment process. What did you discover about yourself? What area have you chosen to be a focus of growth and development? Why? What are some specific exercises or activities that you can implement to foster greater wellness in this area?


My exercise and assessment is very confusing. I have had a lot going on in my life that I have so much to sort out. I found my mind is full of endless thought and worries about where I'm going in my life and how my older children are sorting out in their new lives. Most days I stop and tell myself I can't worry about the decisions of others in my life but it's hard not to worry about your children. I discovered I need to focus on me! My biological self has to be focused on. Over the past 10 years I have put on an excessive amount of weight, my eating is out of control and my health is not the best. Many of us are not but mine is a special case that we are not sure of the cause. I would like to do more meditations to ease my mind, I want to be in more control of the way I live and treat myself and my body. I know this is something many people wish they can focus more on and may be a dead subject with them. 

Unit 5 A subtle mind

Ah the sound of the ocean is nice. I felt a lot more relaxed with this exercise, maybe because I just had to focus of something in the room with me and not imagine something I honestly didn't have. To me it's easier to calm my mind when I don't have to think about it. I was not frustrated during this exercise either, I had a long day at work and this just let all the tension float away with the sounds of the waves.

Spiritual wellness is important to the mental and physical wellness in the fact it allows you to take care of yourself. Clearing your mind of all the random thoughts and feelings, your mind and body can rest peacefully when you sleep. When you can sleep well you physical body has a chance to heal itself from any physical fatigue that beats your body down.
Since I have started doing these mental exercises, except for one I have slept more soundly and felt well rest the next day. I don't seem to be in pain like I usually am. I have felt better than I have in a long time.

Loving-kindness

I had a bit of a hard time focusing on the love and kindness mp3. So I didn't get much from it. I had a rough time trying to relax even before I started it. I listened to other pieces to try to relax before trying it. Plus, work has kind of had everyone in an uproar that it was hard to focus. Not sure if I would recommend it since I couldn't enjoy it myself.
Everyone needs a mental workout, it helps us to teach ourselves how to relax and focus on our inner being and wellness, to cut of the mental chatter at night so we get a well rested sleep. Who hasn't woken up tired even after getting at least 8 hours of sleep? Also it's good to meditate to keep your mind in good working order. We get forgetful the older we so exercising the mind could help us with this. After a good meditation I seem to think more clearer and can get a hold of my emotions before they spill out and onto others.