My Plan

Integral health is a total transformation of the mind and the body. In order to become completely healthy we have to learn how to use the mind and body as one unit instead of two separate entities. Integral health requires us to be open receptive, daring and bold (Dacher, 2006, p. 1). In the book entitled the consciousness and healing Ken Wilbur’s Integral theory states that the integral medicine is not only used to treat the dilemmas that are associated with medicine but it also is use to help the health care provider to treat his/her patients. Psychological, spiritual and physical health is important for professionals to develop these concepts because when the professional has experienced this journey and is healthy in mind, body and spirit then they will be more beneficial to their client’s treatment process. When the professional is healthy in their mind, body and spirit their clients will have a higher success rate with their own health. If one was to go visit a doctor and the doctor was not a healthy person then the client will most likely not gain anything from the visit but if the doctor was healthy in every aspect his/her being would be flourishing and this idea would transcend to the client. I have personally enjoyed learning about spirituality and I have become more aware of the changes that need to be made in my life in order for me to achieve integral health and be whole. I believe that all the areas in my life need to be developed psychological, spiritual and physical. Integral healing focuses on a multiple dimension of the human experience the four areas that are of focus are Psycho-spiritual, interpersonal, worldly and biological according to Integral health. I believe that one area affects the other areas so if one needed to focus of the physical area of their lives the psychological and spiritual would be affected. All the areas need to be well in order to be balanced in order to have complete wholeness.

         On a scale from 1-10 I rate my physical well-being as a five I rate it as a five because I am not yet where I want to be weight wise. I am not yet where I want to be with my weight but I am doing all that, I can do to get myself physically healthy. I was always into my health I  lifeguarded and swam my entire life when I had kids (two pregnancies) My body fell to the pits I keep saying to myself I am a tiger who earned my stripes but I am not one of those women who bounce back after they have children. I am one of those women who have to work extra hard to lose weight and get back into shape. I have joined weight watchers and since I have joined I am down 15lbs I am nutritionally healthier I incorporate a lot of fruit and vegetables into my diet and more healthy food. I give myself a six on my spiritual well-being because I want to be more spiritual. I pray to god all the time and he gives me hope and strength to get through my days. I want to be spiritual with everything else in my life and by doing the exercises I feel more at peace with myself and I think by continuing these exercises I will gain the level of spiritual well-being that I want to have. My psychological wellbeing I would give an eight I think that I am psychologically well but at times, stress and other things overcome me and throw me off balance. I want to learn how to have control of stressful situations at all times in order to gain optimal wellness and by engaging all three components and working at them.

         I have set up goals for myself in each area Physical, psychological and spiritual. In my physical being I feel that I am not totally healthy I am overweight I have lost 33 pounds since I had my daughter (2 years ago) I am currently on weight watchers where I am getting nutritionally fit and losing weight, but I need to start incorporating more physical activity into my weight loss goal. I need to start doing some cardio, toning and strengthen exercises. My psychological goal is to try and not let stress get the best of me there are stressful situations everywhere we look but having a better grasp on stressful circumstances in what I need in order to get my psychological wellbeing into the level where it will incorporate with wholeness. My spiritual goal is to encompass more meditation, relaxation techniques, and guided imagery. I think that by giving myself time to make meditation, relaxation and guided imagery into my life will allow me to be at peace with myself and allow me to enter into a new level I would be able to incorporate more loving kindness into my life and other elements which would allow me to deal with others and situations better.  For each area, I am going to make a commitment to have these concepts for the rest of my life. There is a lot of positivity that surrounds having total optimal health and being whole. This is the life that I want and I am going to do all that I can do to encompass the thoughts of integral wellbeing into my entire life. In the physical element I am already a committed member of weight watchers I am focused on my weight loss but there are times that I lose focus I  need to overcome the times that I loose focus and stay committed so that In the next 6months I can lose another 30lbs plus. I also have to start exercising more frequently. So my commitment is that I am going to stay focused at all times and have to work even harder during the times that I feel unmotivated and less focused and refocus myself because I am doing this for my health and wellbeing. I am taking a stress management class in the next month so I am planning to learn how to deal with stress and by incorporating mentation and yoga which falls into the spirituality aspect as well in order to overcome stressful situations. I want to be able to deal with stressors without in overcoming my wellbeing and myself. Stress affects every aspect of life because when we are stressed we take the stress home with us and it affects our home life. I want to be able to learn how to deal with internal and external stressors in away so they do not affect my life and my internal self. Spiritual goals for myself is that I want to being to meditate and practice guided imagery in order to have that alone time with myself, empty my head from cluttered thoughts and be able to elevate daily stressors I am planning on spending 15minutes a day on practicing meditation and other related meditative ideas in order to gain the level of spirituality to have wholeness in my life.  I believe that I will be able to have integral health and I am going to do everything I can in order to gain wholeness into my life. I am putting it into my head that If I am healthier my being healthier will rub off on my family and ultimately they will be healthier. I am going to own my goals and work on them in order to gain optimal health in my life.