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wholeness-reflection-exercis.pdf

STEP 4 Reflect on Your Vision: Reconciliation, Rebalance, Values, Inspiration Compare your actual energy habits and investments from Step 2 with the ideal vision in Step 3. What do you notice? What would you like to improve upon, feel, or be (if anything)? Accept whatever you notice as a possibility. As you do so, reflect on the different values listed below. Is there any value or group of values that you need to identify, align with, celebrate, or re-assert in your life that can be helpful to you right now? Check off up to five values. Can you think of others not on this list? What inspires you?

Spirituality Transformation Social Good Challenge Boldness Stability Popularity

Family Legacy Beauty Fun Influence Service Pleasure

Security Growth Success Curiosity Power Friendship Religion

Peace Exploration Wholeness Justice Freedom Recognition Mystery

Love Community Achievement Reputation Creativity Intimacy Gratitude

Integrity Unity Nature Wisdom Status Respect Adventure

©2017 National Wellness Institute, Inc.

Wholeness Reflection Exercise Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of,

and make choices toward, a more successful existence.

STEP 1 Review the Six Dimensions of Wellness (See full description at NationalWellness.org/6Dimensions)

Physical: regular exercise; healthy nutritional habits; self-care; monitoring vital signs; sense of vitality

and energy; avoidance of alcohol, drug misuse, and tobacco use; connection to nature

Social: positive connections; encouraging community; giving and receiving social support; intimacy; compassion; love

Intellectual: creativity; stimulating mental activities; learning; reading; problem-solving;

staying current with events you enjoy

Spiritual: sense of purpose; connecting to a higher power; meaning in life; knowing one’s values; awareness of life as a journey; tolerance; integrity

Emotional: acceptance of feelings; management of emotions and stress; ability to center; resilience; attuned to others emotions

Occupational: financial health; ability to share gifts, talents, and skills through work; satisfying career; sense of achievement

STEP 3 Create Your Ideal Vision of Wholeness Imagine you have only 30 “energy blocks” to devote across the six dimensions. Fill in a total of 30 blocks below to indicate how your ideal self would distribute those blocks across the dimensions. Devote a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 energy blocks to each dimension.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Spiritual

Emotional

Occupational

Physical

Social

Intellectual

STEP 2 Assess Your Current Energy Investment In which dimensions of wellness are you investing the most — and least — energy right now? Color in each of the bars below to indicate how much time and energy you have positively invested in each of the six dimensions this week.

None Just Enough A Lot

Spiritual

Emotional

Occupational

Physical

Social

Intellectual

PERSONALSTRESS.docx

Anne Arundel Community College Department of Nursing

Arnold, MD NUR 231

Personal Stress Inventory

“Stress manifests itself in a wide variety of ways. You may not even be aware that some of the behaviors and emotions you experience are related to stress,” (JKF, 2012, p.5).

Reviewing the list of stress symptoms in the chart below, how often did you exhibit these within the last month?

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

Headaches

 

 

 

 

 

Muscle tension

 

 

 

 

 

Neck/back pain

 

 

 

 

 

Upset stomach

 

 

 

 

 

Dry mouth

 

 

 

 

 

Chest pains

 

 

 

 

 

Rapid heartbeat

 

 

 

 

 

Difficulty falling/staying asleep

 

 

 

 

 

Fatigue

 

 

 

 

 

Loss of appetite or overeating

 

 

 

 

 

Lack of concentration

 

 

 

 

 

Memory problems

 

 

 

 

 

Jitters

 

 

 

 

 

Irritability

 

 

 

 

 

Short temper

 

 

 

 

 

Anxiety

 

 

 

 

 

Increased frequency of colds (over last 3 months)

 

 

 

 

 

Reflection Questions: Where did most of your answers above land to the right (stressed) or left (not stressed)?

Do you notice stress-related symptoms in your life?

Is there a particular time of day or day of the week in which you feel more stress?

Do your stress symptoms affect your [academic and/or job] performance or your quality of life?

What do you do to combat your stress?