Welcome

Hi and welcome to my very first blog!

I have created this blog as part of my class called Creating Wellness, I was not expecting to be asked to do this but I am excited to have the opportunity to learn about blogging and learning more about my classmates.

A little about me...

I am a Christian first and foremost, I struggle to be the person God wants me to be and I am a long ways from being perfect but I have confidence that God loves me and accepts me despite my many issues and imperfections. Having God in my life has given me balance, a safe haven from the traumas of life, peace, comfort, joy, a reason to fight for the important issues in my life. He is my rock and my strength, without Him I am nothing.

I am 47 years old and the mother of 2 wonderful children; Kenny, my oldest is 18 years old and graduates from High School in May of this year. Crystal my youngest is 15 years old and is in the 9th grade. I love them both and I am very proud of them.

I am in my second year at Kaplan and loving almost every minute of it.. I am working towards my BS in Psychology with an emphasis towards Applied Behavioral Analysis.

I chose to take this class because I was intrigued by the class and its approach towards healing with integral medicine. Being a psychology student I already have a basic understanding of whole health, believing that true health is not just a physical thing but also includes the mental aspect; which includes, emotional stability, social environmental, chemical, structural, and spiritual well being.


I am interested in using this class to learn how to heal myself and to find and create a wholeness within myself. Then to incorporate it into helping my children to find wholeness as well as interlacing it with what I am learning about psychology and behavior. With this combined knowledge and experience I hope to be able to reach out and help my future clients to find balance as I work with them regarding their behavioral issues, developmental and learning issues.


I am passionate about helping others because my daughter struggles with developmental delays, learning issues, and emotional problems as a result of contracting bacterial meningitis when she was 5 weeks old. During her first 3 years of life she was constantly on the brink of dying as she struggled with cysts in her brain. She is past most of the medical problems but struggles with being whole emotionally within herself. I want to be able to help her with what I learn and to extend myself out so that I can help other families and children as they struggle with similar emotional issues.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Goals Unit 3

For my goals:
I want to improve my physical health 

1. I want to lose 10 lbs by the end of this class
2. Improve my physical strength and endurance
3. Reduce physical tension intensifying joint and muscle pain

I plan on accomplishing my physical goals by riding on my exercise bike for 10min  3 x's a day and then increasing the time as my doctor approves it. I also am going to start a low Carb, High protein diet to lose weight
To reduce tension I will practice meditation and relaxation exercises, and consistently use my Alpha Stem daily.

Goals to improve my Spirituality

1. I want to be more attuned to my social world
2. Have a greater sense of peace and feeling accepted
3. I want to have a greater knowledge of God and my relationship with Him

To reach my spiritual goals I will continue working with Alicia on my relationship skills
Working with Alicia will also help me to realize acceptance from myself and others and help me find a sense of peace. To gain a greater knowledge of God I will read  and study the bible daily and try to understand how Gods words apply to my life.

Psychological health

1. I want to define my life and my future or be able to accept not knowing definitively what my future holds.
2. I want to eliminate my procrastination and avoidance of things that scare me or seem overwhelming
3. I want to be comfortable expressing my emotions to others, and in knowing when it is appropriate

To reach my goals I will continue to work through my anxieties, social relationships and in understanding myself with Alicia. By doing so I will become more comfortable with my own feelings and in feeling safe expressing them to others without guilt. Practicing meditation for relaxation, self imagery for both physical and psychological health. Exercising my body to help with my emotional and psychological health.

To reach my goals I need to strengthen all aspects of myself for whole health and healing. Each of my methods of reaching specific goals strengthens the other areas by helping me come closer to a balanced whole health.

I appreciate any comments or suggestions that may help me to reach my goals.

Lisa
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  1. ChristieMay 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Hi Lisa,
    I’m Christie and I was greatly inspired after reading your blog this week. I too am a Christian and one of my spiritual goals it to have a closer relationship with God as well. He is such a mystery, I feel the more we learn the more we realize how little we truly know about him. I think you are on a great start with your physical goals, riding a bike is a great way to train your body in a nice moderate progression. You definitely wouldn’t want to go out by start running 5 miles. Start small and as it gets easier then increase time and intensity. Great plan! And as far a psychological goals, you have a few great ones. I often refrain from trying new things for fear that I won’t be good, and for fear of what others may think. It’s definitely something I hope to one day concur. And kind of as you mentioned I sometimes have a difficult time handing my life completely over to God and allowing him to work out all the details, I think it’s because I have always been a planner. This is something I have truly been working on lately.

    Overall I think you have some great goals, and sounds like you have a good plan to achieve them. Good Luck!

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