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Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Health HW420

Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Health HW420. Unit 5 The Key Role of Thought in Wellness and Healing. J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D. Kaplan University School of Health Sciences. Agenda. Welcome Housekeeping Warm Up Word Association

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Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Health HW420

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  1. Creating Wellness:Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of HealthHW420 Unit 5 The Key Role of Thought in Wellness and Healing J. Ernest Aguilar, M.Div., Ph.D. Kaplan University School of Health Sciences

  2. Agenda • Welcome • Housekeeping • Warm Up • Word Association • Unit 5: Spirituality, Religion, and Healing

  3. Housekeeping • Blogs • Quiz

  4. Housekeeping • Blogs • Check “Your Blog” and follow the instructions • Make 1 initial post to your own blog by Saturday at 11:59pm EST • Reply to 2 classmates’ blogs by Tuesday at 11:59pm EST • Verify your posts “go through”

  5. Housekeeping • Quizzes • The initial quiz page will always indicate the date that the grades will be available • This date is locked by the system

  6. Warm Up • Imagine the following scenario: Your client/patient has been searching for ways to implement healthier behaviors in her life. Together, you identify that she would benefit from regular periods of intentional reflection on her life and her progress towards her health goals. You propose guided meditation as a means to reflect on her life at a deeper level. She objects firmly and states that such a thing would be “against her religion.”

  7. Warm Up • Scenario • “Against her religion” • How would you respond? • Is it possible to find a bridge between?

  8. Key Concepts • How would you describe: Morbidity

  9. Key Concepts Morbidity A diseased state, disability, or poor health due to any cause. “Morbidity” may be used to refer to the degree that a health condition affects the patient.

  10. Key Concepts • How would you describe: Mortality

  11. Key Concepts Mortality Susceptibility to death.

  12. Key Concepts • How would you describe: Salutogenic

  13. Key Concepts Salutogenic The word "salutogenic" comes from: salus = health (Latin) genesis = origin (Greek) Term developed to describe "how people manage stress and stay well."

  14. Key Concepts Salutogenic Describes an approach focusing on factors that support human health and well-being, rather than on factors that cause disease.

  15. Unit 5 – Dacher • The story of the “Teacup” • What is it that keeps your own mind overflowing? • What is there “new” that you need to make space for?

  16. Unit 5 – Dacher • What are the three levels of the subtle mind?

  17. Unit 5 – Dacher • What are the three levels of the subtle mind? • Witnessing • Calm-abiding • Unity Consciousness

  18. Unit 5 – Dacher • What is Witnessing? • And how is it different from observing or watching? • How have you worked on “witnessing” in your own life?

  19. Unit 5 – Dacher • What is Calm-Abiding? • Is it more than just “being still?” • How have you worked on “calm-abiding” in your own life?

  20. Unit 5 – Dacher • What is Unity Consciousness? • With what are we seeking “unity?” • What are some of the barricades you have encountered in obtaining unity consciousness?

  21. Unit 5 – Levin • Levin links the experience of Love to specific health outcomes. • What are some of those health outcomes?

  22. Unit 5 – Levin • Levin links the experience of Love to specific health outcomes. • What are some of those health outcomes? • Reduced risk of morbidity • Lower rates of cancer mortality • Strengthening of immune function • Heart regulation

  23. Unit 5 – Levin • Levin reflects on love as asalutogenic agent. • How is this agent transmitted from one host to another?

  24. Unit 5 – Luskin • Forgiveness • What are the health benefits of forgiveness?

  25. Unit 5 – Luskin • Forgiveness • What are the health benefits of forgiveness? • Emotional • Physical

  26. Unit 5 – Luskin • What are some of the steps for training in forgiveness? • How do you practice these steps in your own life?

  27. Unit 5 – Steindl-Rast • Brother David asks: “How can we be grateful in troubled times?” • As we approach the holiday of Thanksgiving, what might be different about your celebration this year because of what you read from Brother David? • Brother David connects his reflections on gratitude to an awareness of the “ultimate,” or the “divine.” Is that necessary?

  28. Questions & Answers • Congratulations on completing Seminar 5! • Questions? • Email Instructor: jaguilar@kaplan.edu

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