Introduction
The importance of a health and wellness
professional developing psychologically, spiritually and physically is very
important in my opinion, as a personal trainer and a student of health and
wellness how can you teach what you haven’t learned. Psychological is the
development of human beings’ cognitive, emotional, intellectual, and social
capabilities and functioning over the course of the life span, from infancy
through old age, this is your learning phase which never stops but gives you
experience to deal with different aspects and outcomes in your life to help you
become knowledgeable and wise. Spiritual this is pertaining
to the
spirit or soul, as distinguished from
the physical nature when you may have a spiritual
approach to life. Having this sense of spirituality or understanding can give
you better view to deal with people and other religions and beliefs. Physically
is also very important because it represents the physical appearance of mind
and body and some people need the visual appearance to determine how they deal
with you. In the fitness world I won’t say everyone but there are a lot of
people from my experience that judge you on the physical appearance as a
trainer. Your production as a trainer is also is establish by your health and
wellness, which is your mind and body.
Breaking down which of the 3 I would need more to
achieve my goals can be hard to say because they all work together. But if I
had to choose it would be my physical because the physical to me is your mind
and body which is also defined as your health and wellness so if I take the
time to improve my physical which is my body it force you to deal with your
wellness which is your mind. This improvement would be a key component to
achieve my goals in health and wellness.
Assessment
In my assessment for each domain of my wellness
status in my spiritual, psychological, and physical domains, I scored myself
using numbers 1 threw 3. I kept it
very simple, 1 needs improvement, 2 good and 3 Excellent.
The assessment for my spiritual wellness I gave
myself (1) because I don’t feel I am spiritually involved as I could be, my
wife would be a (3) which I feel that is helping me to accomplish a 2 because I
am becoming more involved and what I don’t understand she is always willing to
help me learn. The physical wellness I would give myself a strong (2) because
being in the fitness industry it has helped to push me with healthier eating
habits, taking care of body and becoming very focus as far as mind and body. Also you must practice what you preach.
Final my psychological wellness I gave myself a (3) because I am 44 years old
and I am still learning but I have learned from my life experience, I have a 22
year old son graduating from college with honors, I have begun a new career after
being a graphic designer for about 17 years, now beginning a life in the health
and wellness field, I have a 4 month old daughter and a new bride and I am
learning and building new goals everyday so my understanding of my thoughts and
feelings are key to helping build and conquer these new dreams and goals.
Goal development
A goal I would love to accomplish with the
physical development of my life is improving on healthier eating habits. I am
learning and making changes but it is hard, you have to find that mid area so
the change can become permanent. During this process learning about what they
put into foods and actually understanding what labels mean has made this change
become harder to just grab something and eat but on the positive side it is improving
my planning.
The goal I would like for psychological is
reading more getting chance to really study more about what I am learning in
health and wellness and improve my knowledge and understanding of fitness and
health.
My goal for spiritual is simple just to be more
involved, if its church, church programs or just reading the bible I would like
a better understanding.
Practices for personal health
Strategies that I could implement to
foster growth in each of the following domains, Physical, Psychological, and
Spiritual. Well for a general answer for all I would do two definite things one
I would make a effort to schedule time once or twice a week for 30 minutes to
evaluate the steps I am taking to have growth in these three domains and if no
progress or plan has been written down then I would take that time to create
small goals for the week for each domain, then I would also have a long term
goal and see if my progress from my short term goals have me on the right track
for the long term goal. That would be one option, the second option get a
partner someone you trust that would push you and you can push them and with a
partner you can make a competition or just you motivating each other.
What i feel are good for my physical
domain, are muay thai kickboxing and running with music. Muay thai kickboxing i
was doing 2 to 3x a week but work and school slow that down. i am now
organizing my schedual better so i can try and get to a few morning classes.
Muay thai is a form of martials art that takes disicipline, strength, endurane
and concentration. You can do it with a class which with the support and
motivation of other classmates help me to stay focused build confidence and
relaxes my mind. This is a mind and body exercise that helps heighten your
sences and builds strength. It can also be done one on one or by yourself.
Running is another form of exercise that can be done as a group or individually
it is great to do it on the treadmill with your favorite music on but lately
the weather has changed and Saturday mornings sometimes Sundays I get to go in
Prospect Park in Brooklyn NY and run. It does everything for you feeling the
sun on you, watching all the families and kids playing and smelling all the new
spring flowers and trees it relaxes, gives you a sense of energy that makes you
feel alive.
Spiritual goes back to setting goals,
I would need this to read more and be more involved. Sometimes reading about
spiritual things can be hard to understand and discouraging, I would like to
make more time and discuss spirituality with my wife. Make and effort not only
to make it to church but bible study so I can ask questions and learn. Also by
getting involved I want to plan more Sundays at church, get involved in the
youth, outreach and other programs that associate with more spiritual belief
and background.
Psychological and my spiritual have the same type of goal setting but
with psychological it is a bigger spectrum I want to take time out from my day
and read more about what I am learning, teach my self more organization so my
days are not overwhelmed then I can take the time and learn more about
meditation. Take time to spend and grow with my new bride and newborn daughter
also take a class about fitness, meditation or health and sit back and receive
all the knowledge and not be so overwhelmed that you don't actually receive all
of what is being taught.
Commitment
I will assess my progress or lack of progress in
the next six months with my short-term goals and long-term goals. I would set
aside time with my wife and I every 2 weeks to go over the progress and see the
changes I have made to achieve my goals. The reason I would involve my wife
because then you are accountable for somebody other than yourself and I know
me, sometimes I need that push and my wife is that type of woman who is
organize and believes and understands the reason in setting goals. She is a
woman who always says to me “fail to plan and plan to fail” but just using the
method of setting short-term goals to prepare you and keep your eyes on the big
goal is a great way to succeed in almost any task.
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