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.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Unit 5 Blog Posting


  1. Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.
In comparing both exercises Loving Kindness and the subtle mind exercise I found them both to be relaxing. I do better with directed exercises as opposed to self- directed, seems I need something to follow. The Loving Kindness exercise was more frustrating as I tried to concentrate on taking into myself others pain and allowing it to dissipate. I liked the subtle mind exercise the most. I was able to concentrate on my breath and let go of my distracting thoughts or mental chatter. I did find it hard to observe my thoughts without participating or grabbing at them. I found it easier to simply let them go but I understand that I need to be a witness to my thoughts so that I can observe and evaluate them with an unbiased and clear mindset.
  1. Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness.
Spiritual wellness affects our mental selves and our physically bodies and vice versa. They are interconnected and intertwined within each other. It is important to find a balance within each of these aspects of ourselves in order to be happy, healthy, and spiritually complete. If we are mentally or spiritually ill our bodies will begin to show the effects by causing physical symptoms of stress such as heart issues, stomach and fatigue. Being physically ill in turn can affect how we feel emotionally and spiritually by creating a depressed state of mind as this happens we the cycle promotes more of the same until we can pull ourselves out and put ourselves intentionally on the right track.
  1. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.
I can see how being emotionally stressed over work, family or my classes affects my physical body. My stomach begins to hurt, I will feel overly tired and want to sleep, and I may develop headaches. This in turn creates more stress as I have a harder time completing what I need to in order to reduce the stress.
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  1. Lisa ZJune 17, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    required posting for Unit 5 Blog.

    Making the time to meditate and to take care of my physical and mental self helps me to relax, feel better and be better able to meet the challenges in my life. It is easy to get so busy with all the things I need to do and to then forget what I really need to do to care for myself. But if I do not care for myself I will not be able to continue caring for others, my children or to function.

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