My Journey: Then, Now, Tomorrow

Success in life can be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy spiritual, physical and psychological goals.  There are many aspects and goal levels in which in other to achieve we must first obtain wholeness. Success is a journey not a destination. Success includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, and the sense of well-being completely.

          Success through wholeness is much easier than what many people might think.  Through wholeness our ability to fulfill our desires with effortless ease is much more likely to happen. The beauty to obtain success in our spiritual, physical and psychological life is the power that resides there – The power of our inner being the power of our mind and spirit which will show on our physical well being.

          Any professional in the health and wellness field must obtain success first in their spiritual, psychological, and physical life through obtaining wholeness because this way they can teach and guide individuals that are seeking wholeness. Professional must be able to use each individual pure potential to help them success through the process. For some this process might be long and hard, for other will be easy and short it all depends in how well the professional is trained and prepared to assist the individual in hi/her journey to find wholeness. Everyone’s journey and destination is different, but the beginning is the same – we all start by wanting to achieve WHOLENESS!

  As every individual who seeks change and the goal to achieve wholeness I need to develop my own personal goals to achieve them. My journey to change and achieve wholeness has started, but yet I have not reached my most pure potential through wholeness just yet, but I know that eventually I will achieve it. Back in March 22, 2011 this is how my physical, spiritual, and psychological being was based on a scale of 1-10 (10 being optimal well being):

First Assessment

          Physical: I was a 7, the reason why I scored myself a 7 was because I was 30 pounds overweight, which I gained due to stressful life events.

          Spiritual: I was an 8; because I back then I felt that even though I believe in God, I still needed to build a deeper relationship with him. Back then I recognized the need of spirituality in my life.

          Psychological: I scored myself a 6! on this one.  It was hard and painful to accept the psychologically I was not where I needed to be specially being a mother of three and being a 34 year old adult. Many factors played a role in my psychological state back in March, for example a separation, not a place of my own, a child diagnosed with ADHD,  no job, and some others.

          Back in March when I did this short assessment, I set some goals for these three areas:

          Physical: My goal was to lose 40 lbs, by the end August. Losing 10 pounds per month the goal is doable.

          Spiritual: Seek spiritual help and learn more about God. Going to church and stop judging others and forgiving others as well was the first step towards achieving my goal.

        Psychological: the goal was to ease my mental tension, by working on my anxiety and stress levels.

Current Assessment, Goal Development and Practices for Personal Health

My current situation on these three areas has changed. The change is a positive and encouraging one. Because of the assessment in March, I have been able to record and evaluate and even modify my goals to achieve success! My current situation is as follows:

          Physical: I have lost 10 lbs!!! I’m so happy because that means that I’m on the right track to achieve my goal of losing 40 lbs by the end of August. The way that I was able to lose these 10 lbs was by eating less junk, for example sweets, sodas, fried food, bread, and not eating after 6 pm unless is a small fruit or a cup of green veggies. Also, I started an exercise program called “Insanity” which is really insane! It’s hard but I’m doing it, even though I don’t do it like them I’m doing my best because I know that one day I will do it just like them!

Spiritual: I feel like I have been doing much better about judging other and even forgiving! Before I judge I try to put myself in the other person’s shoes and think how would I react, feel and think if the same was happening to me? This has been really helpful. Every time someone says something that hurts me I just pray for me and I let go and let God! I pray for them to stop being that way too!...=). I now pray more often and go to church as well.

Psychological: I’m doing better in this area too, but not as well as I would like because I’m still living with my parents, and my ADHD child is to hyperactive for me to handle in such a reduced space. I’m working on relaxing and letting my mind be stress less by meditating and praying, and its helping!

My current goals and how I plan to achieve them based on my current situation are as follows:

Physical: Since I lost 10 lbs in a month by eating healthier and exercising, my goal is to lose 10 lbs per month, by continue eating healthier and exercising. What I would like to add now that spring is here and summer is approaching is taking long walks with my child that has ADHD, this way she can use the energy walking with me while we talk and build a better relationship!

Spiritual: My spiritual goal is to keep on practicing: “Let go and Let God”. Also I would like to find and online group about the law of attraction and how to live a happy positive life because this way I can benefit my spiritual and psychological life. Also I want to some biblical studies that might help know more about God and religion itself.

Psychological: My goal is to keep on working on my stress and anxiety levels (without medication). I want to be able to sit and think about the best way to solve these two issues without getting angry or anxious. I want to meditated, take walks by myself (when possible), take long baths and listen to soothing music, and/or talk to someone that will listen to me without judgment and assumptions.

Commitment

          Even though I won’t be a health and wellness professional, I think that if I adhere to the guidelines that an integral practitioner, I can achieve my goals and may be help other later in life.

          I will continue my process of self-development. I will make changes to my life and my goals as necessary to achieve wholeness. I will make sure that I study, fully understand and practice an integral vision and its principles and practices into my personal and daily life. I will continue to visualize health and healing whose final goal is health, happiness and wholeness. I will recognize that I’m the ultimate source for my health, healing and the author of my own life (Dacher, 2006).

I will hold all life as unique and precious! (Dacher, 2006).

         
Reference:

Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing . CA : Basic Health Publications, Inc. .