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, June 12, 2011

Unit 7 Blog posting

  1. Complete the "Meeting Asciepius" exercise on track #4 of the Dacher CD. Describe your meditative practice(s) for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?
I found the experience to be relaxing and enabled me to be mindful of my thoughts and feelings, by being able to be mindful and aware of myself and my needs, my weaknesses and my strengths I can work on the areas that need work and modification, this moves me towards greater spiritual wellness. I can continue by continuing to practice the meditations and self reflecting inwards so that I can maintain my mental fitness and health.

  1. Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” (P.477) 
This means that if you have not learned or practiced yourself what you are trying to teach another they are not going to respect what you are teaching them. They will not have any confidence in your understanding or ability to teach the same.
  1. How does this apply to the health and wellness professional?
This applies to the professional... If I try to advise a client to practice meditation but the find out that I do not practice it myself they will not believe that it will truly benefit them as I have demonstrated that it is not beneficial in my own life. 
  1. Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not?
Yes I have an obligation to my own whole-health so that I will be in a healthy state of mind in order to see clearly their needs and be able to treat them effectively. 
  1.  How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?
By practicing meditations that will help me to attain a witnessing mind, a subtle mind and unity of mind.
by doing so I will free myself from chaotic thoughts, flighty unorganized ideas and images.I will be able to intentionally act rather than react with emotion without control. By looking inward and reflecting on myself I can work towards changing negative, unproductive, and unrealistic ideas and beliefs.
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    1. Lisa ZJune 17, 2011 at 9:51 AM

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      By practicing a witnessing mind and utilizing the principles of the subtle mind I can step back from my anger, evaluate the best course of action and then act on it.

      This is typically my normal state of being.. I tend to leave out emotional feelings when I make decisions and instead have to actively bring them to the surface so that I can include them in my decision making.

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