Reflections

In your blog:

a. Reflect on the activity results that you just completed. How did your own stress levels related to the hierarchical position match up with what the video said? Do you agree that your position in a hierarchy has an inverse relationship to stress levels?

b. Use the following terms in an analysis/reflection. Go any direction you want with it.

a. Decision making, self esteem, wellness

Wellness Plan

We have already talked about the basic elements of goal setting, but as a reminder, we use the SMART approach to goal setting:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Realistic
• Timely

For this assignment, we ask that you choose a health-related goal that you want to focus on for the duration of this semester. The goal you choose to work on should fulfill the following requirements:

a. It should be a goal that needs to be completed by the end of the semester.
b. It should be a goal that follows the SMART elements noted above
c. Keep in mind that goals that are completely under our control (i.e. losing weight) are easier to control then goals that are, to some extent, out of our control (e.g. making a team involves decisions made by others and many variables that are beyond your control)


Steps for achieving a goal

1.Select one goal to work toward.
2.List what you will do to reach this goal.
3.Identify others who can help you and support your efforts.
4.Give yourself a specific period of time to reach your goal.
5.Build in checkpoints to evaluate how you are doing.
6.Give yourself a reward once you’ve achieved the goal.

1. The area or I would like to change or improve is:

2. Pick a primary goal in your lifestyle within the above mentioned Wellness Wheel
area that you want to work on achieving.


3. What health benefits would you receive if you made a change in this area?


4. What difficulties might make achieving this goal a challenge?


5. The people you will ask for support and assistance are:

In what way will they help you?

6. Three specific steps involved in making this change/improvement are (be specific)

a.
b.
c.

7. How will you record of your progress?


8. Date you will start / have started:
9. Date you are going to complete:


10. Reward for completion (should be appropriate):

Self Esteem Self Assessment

Now that we're heading straight into the mental aspects of the wellness continuum, take a couple moments to complete the survey below.

What to do:

1. Complete the survey (link below)
2. Answer the following questions on your blog:

• Is the source a good source of information?
• How accurate do you think the results are?
• In what circumstances might results be invalid?
• Are these types of online sites good to have available? Why/Why not?

http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=3207

Health Interview

Interview an older person (at least 25 years old) you know who seems to be especially healthy. Complete the questions below as a blog post in your own blog.

What is his/her relationship to you?


1. Have you always been as healthy as you are now? Please explain.


2. What particular health habits in the following areas do you practice, that contribute to your level of health?

Nutritional Habits_______________________________________________

Fitness Habits__________________________________________________

Coping with Stress_______________________________________________

Dealing with Conflicts____________________________________________

Keeping a Positive Attitude_____________________________________

Any Additional Healthy Habits___________________________________

3. How did you develop these habits? Please explain.


4. What motivates you to practice a healthy lifestyle?


5. Create a question of your own that you would like to ask regarding this person’s healthy lifestyle. Make sure that the question allows your interviewee to expand on his/her thoughts (not a one word answer).

Question: __________________________________________________

Answer: ___________________________________________________

How Healthy am I?

Now that we've covered the basics of the Wellness Wheel, it's your turn to self-evaluate. How do you rate yourself (1=lowest, 10=highest) in each of the categories on the Wellness Wheel? Explain briefly why you rated yourself the way you did in each category and give yourself a total/final score for your overall health.

Posting Basics for your Blog

Though this blog is largely for classroom purposes and serves, to a large extent, as your portal to health-related assignments, thoughts, etc, you should also consider it a chance to share any of your own thoughts, concerns, questions, etc., about anything health-related. In the end it is your blog and putting your assignments on it is just a beginning. To get things started, I ask that you set up your first post related to things you are proud of. Feel free to list or narrate (be creative) the things that you are proud of (at least 5). They can be related to yourself or others around you.

A couple pointers about posting:

a. You have to sign in to your account before you can post. Use the email and password that you used to create your account.
b. Once signed in, you need to press on "New Post" button.
c. When you are finished with the post make sure that spelling, format, font, etc. are correct.
d. If you want to save for later, press the "save now" button at the end of your post. You can then return to finish it later.
e. If the post is ready to go, press the "Publish Post" button at the and of the post and it becomes part of the cyberworld and can be viewed by your teacher, your classmates and your family and friends around the world. :-)

That's it! Welcome to the world of Health Blogging!

Creating a Blog for Health

Just to get things online to a steady crawl, I would like you all to create your own health blog. You will later use this blog to complete assignments as they arise.

Your task is the following:

a. Go to www.blogger.com
b. Create a username and password for yourself. Please make sure you remember to note your username and password for later reference.
c. Follow instructions on creating a new blog.
d. Once your new blog is up and ready to go, paste your blog's URL (web address) as a comment on this post. Be sure to add what period you have health.
e. If you have any questions, just ask away and I'll be happy to help.
f. Have fun!