I rate my physical well-being as a 7. I generally exercise intensely every day for about 45 minutes. My spiritual well-being is a 6. From my perspective of spirituality, I would like to have deeper “God” time. It seems lately I have been just skimming through my scripture readings and spiritual meditations. For psychological well-being I will rate as a 6. I am chronically stressed right now about money. No job, unemployment is running out, and no car to look for jobs. These are really bugging me. However, I do see improvements coming in these areas and trust God to provide my needs. I generally have a positive outlook on life.
My goal for physical well-being is to be more consistent with my exercise program. I want it to be a daily habit. Spiritually I want to feel more grounded in my pursuit for a deeper spiritually growth. I will do this by starting a bible study course I have here at home. My psychological well-being goal is to incorporate guided meditations every day, express gratitude everyday, and to develop psychospiritual flourishing as outlined in Dacher (2006) on pages 66 – 77.
My goals mentioned above can be reached with time management. All of these goals are better done in the morning. However, when I start working this may not be possible. I will plan to wake earlier, 6:00 a.m. to meditate and study scripture for one hour. After my daughter has left for school, I will exercise for 45 minutes to an hour. After a shower, I can work on my psychospiritual practices. Guided meditations can also be pursued in the evening to set the stage for better sleep.
The Crime of the Century is one of my favorite guided meditations. It sets my mind in a positive groove.
Dacher, E. (2006) Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteWe don't know why certain things happen we sometimes feel it's the worse time of our lives. But God is using it to refine us and make us stronger for the next phase of our life. With that said let go and let God when it comes to work and a car and money, He knows what you need more that you do:). Awesome post ,I love that you work out each day, I am still stuggling with time management so I get an hour of zumba per week. I have to work out in the morning and since like you I am in desperate need of more one on one time with God, I am hoping to wake up at 4Am...no,no typo pray for me:). This weeks relaxation put me to sleep but the motivated me a lot
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteI can certainly relate to your struggle with unemployment. I, myself, lost my job in June. It has been really hard for me because I have had to ask my mother, my mother, to help me financially. I cry out to God all the time and ask Him what is the purpose for this and He seems to always send me to this website http://intouch.org/. Today's message was "Walking with God Through the Dark Times-Part 1" (tomorrow is part II). (for you, too, M. Lovelace) Please check it out. My email address is m-evern@hotmail.com-let me know what you think. As for your psychological goal, I know that will help in keeping things in perspective and remember that situations do not last forever. :) As for your physical goals, I struggle with that too...we can be workout buddies. Accountability with no stress. I will track my progress and let you know and vice versa. What do you think? No worries if you don't want to do it. I am definitely going to use the relaxation exercise frequently. I really enjoyed it.
I forgot to add....that I believe your suggestions are manageable and very applicable to many people in the real world. When I have a clientele base I am going to regularly make these suggestions to them from the physical, to the spiritual and to the psychological point of view.
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Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be keeping a great attitude when situations become difficult. This is wonderful to see and you seem like a great role model! I know for myself, I have been falling behind in the spiritual well-being as well as to some extent my psychological well-being. After reading everyone else posts about spiritual well-being, I am finding some great ideas on how to improve mind. Thank you for your ideas and great post!
Thanks