My project...Best of luck to you all and prayers for me to achieve my goals :)

      I feel it is vital for health and wellness professionals to grow psychologically, spiritually, and physically in order to keep up with a world that is ever changing. Something we need to do is maintain a constant within ourselves in order to provide help for others seeking transformation, and help. If we know ourselves inside and out it becomes easier to help someone else figure it out. Not because they are the same as us, but because we understand the tools and have the knowledge it takes to get them there no matter what obstacle they face.

      I need to make my spirituality a priority, and my psyche and physical habits more of a constant in order to complete this transformation and feel confident in helping others. I do believe no one will ever reach perfect potential, but we can all constantly strive to reach it. Once I am making a daily effort to improve upon something in my life, then I will feel like I can change someone else’s life if they are ready.

      Over the course of this class in assessing myself on a 1-10 scale; I rate my spirituality at a low 2 because I have the interest to learn about all things religion, and a connection with faith, but I don’t go to church and I pray when I remember rather than everyday. Physically I rate myself at a 5 because I have come far in my efforts and lost a lot of weight, but in my life right now I have back slid in my habits, and am fighting to maintain my healthy life style choices. Lastly, I rate my psychological health at maybe a 4 or 5. I am satisfied with my life but only for the moment, and then from there I have no idea what is next. This is exciting and scary at the same time. It causes me stress, and happiness. I know I am making choices to better my future, but my present is all over the place. I have turned my everday life upside down, and need a more constant in order to focus on today rather than tomorrow. I need to find a balance, a place that drives me to success, but fulfills my present, and I don’t have that right now so I feel my psyche is drastically different from day to day, and even within each day.

      Goals for me are a tough one, because I am living my life a bit by whim right now. I would say in spirituality my goal would be to attend church more often, and if I don’t feel satisfied in church to find a retreat to attend in order feel or gain some clarity on the direction of my life. This would also be beneficial for my psychological state. I do have a goal for that though, and it is to find peace once I get to Hawaii. I want to get closer to figuring out my career, and what is next in my life. That is the whole point of going there. Hawaii is hopefully going to catapult me into a new way of thinking and taking on life. This will calm my psychological state. As for my physical health I need to reinforce better eating habits. I have continued going to the gym, but am not satisfied with my workouts. I must find a place that makes me feel like the gym in Cali did, but eating habits are more important at this point. My goal is to find a way to control unnecessary cravings, and eating when I am emotional. I want to get to my goal weight and maintain it.

      Strategies in reaching my goals are also tough for me, because Im not really a thinker, I just do. With that being said, for my spirituality goals getting up and going to church at least one Sunday would be beneficial. Once done with church maybe an exercise I could do would be almost meditative in evaluating how I feel after. How did church affect me? Did I feel as if I took anything from it? Will I go back? As far as a retreat, my practice would be finding a day long one that I know I can handle, and then journaling about it. I have a hard time concentrating on meditation, and if I journal about it I may be able to find the thing that actually makes it feel successful. With my psychological goals, I need to practice taking the pressure off. Exercising positive thought, and encouraging words for myself that will help me deal with the minimal stress I have that is overwhelming. I also need to really sit down and do some soul searching on what I want from my future. I need to figure out my life because right now it is a mess. Everything I thought I had or was going to have is different. I need to come to terms with that and find a way to internally feel satisfied again. I want one of my practices to be loving kindness as well, because though I think it is time to be “selfish” and figure out myself, I need to practices loving kindness in order to not forget others as well because I am too wrapped up in myself. Physically I can reach my goals by practicing calorie counting again that proved successful for me before, and I need to get to a doctor to evaluate my knee because that is keeping me from running which is a huge love of mine, and since I cant do that Im not feeling fulfilled in any workout I do. I would also like to practice making my own workouts because I was so reliant on my trainer in Cali I feel like I am failing on my own and I wont have anyone but me forever and I need to fulfill myself in my physical efforts. How I will implement any of these things is to take on something new everyday, and grow. Journal my success and try harder if I fail.

      I will assess my progress by the journal I intend on starting. I will also have pictures, or voice memos that I will take in order to keep myself on track. I will practice meditation if I feel overwhelmed, and hopefully become successful in peaceful practice. I will not overlook stress, I will face it and deal with it in order for it to not derail my progress, and I will find a positive support system that motivates me to stay on track. I use my fitness pal to track progress as well. I have fallen off that a bit, but will be refocusing on that. I think my strategy for maintain long-term goals is to understand what I am doing and why I am doing it. Accountability, talking to people, encouraging people and being successful. Spread the word if you will. I wish you all success and hopefully an attitude adjustment on my part will help me in my goals I have now shared with you all. J