Whole Health Skill-Building: Personal Development

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Presentation transcript:

Whole Health Skill-Building: Personal Development Name of Instructor(s) Date Location http://ewddlacity.com/index.php/

Today, we will talk about What “Personal Development” is How it can be part of your Personal Health Plan How to set a Personal Development goal What resilience is and how it ties in to Personal Development and Whole Health Where you can go (online, reading materials, experts) to learn even more

Let’s Discuss: What Does “Personal Development” mean?? Life isn’t about finding yourself. It is about creating yourself. -George Bernard Shaw

Personal Development How do you learn, grow, and live more fully? Abilities - talents and skills Gratitude Learning and education Creativity, hobbies Service and volunteering Healthy mood, humor Hope and optimism Balance Achieving dreams and goals Building resilience Photo:dailyherald.com

Why This Matters: Examples Optimism, reducing hostility, and focusing on what is going well can all increase health Feeling good about the work you do improves health and prevents burnout Happier people are more healthy, socially connected, and successful Laughter and humor decrease anxiety, lower heart attack risk, and improve cholesterol

Why This Matters: Examples Volunteering lengthens your life, helps people with depression and heart disease, and builds connections Being more financially healthy is (to a point) linked to less stress Educational level is one of the strongest predictors of good health we know of Personal Development helps with resilience

Group Discussion: Your Story Work with a partner Pick someone to go first Take a couple of minutes each to talk about ways Personal Development has been part of your life We’ll let you know when to trade off being the speaker and listener

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Zeroing in on Options Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Gary: “I learned to focus on the good” Gary is a 35 year old Navy Veteran Kept hearing he was ‘too negative’ Learned from his VA psychologist that people can learn to be more optimistic Started noticing – and shifting - his thinking Set goals and plotted out how to reach them “It isn’t always perfect, but it is better!”

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Abby’s Work Life: “I hated my job.” Abby is a 57 year old Gulf War Veteran She struggled with her job Limited control Negative supervisor Took a lot of work home Talked with her supervisor, and with human resources Asked for more responsibility Wrote out a job description Practiced saying no to working weekends and evenings Found she is less burnt out Taking classes to help with promotion

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

What are some ways you like to learn and create? Let’s go around the room and have each person share ideas, if they wish Examples: Take a class, or go back to school Do vocational rehab Learn a new hobby or skill Build on an old talent, like art or music Write your life story Build something

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Giving: Volunteering and More People who volunteer... Get to help others Live longer Feel a ‘helper’s high’ Feel more of a sense of accomplishment Seem to do better with chronic illnesses Find it helps with depression Have lower heart disease risk Even if you can’t volunteer, you can do random acts of kindness Photo credit: https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/2224/support-veterans-during-national-volunteer-week/ What would you like to do? Veterans love to work with other Veterans!

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Gratitude Gratitude comes from the word gratia, which means grace Photo:pnw.edu Gratitude comes from the word gratia, which means grace Can work with it in many ways. Examples: List three positive things that happened today. Do that every day Express thanks to the people in your life Count your blessings. Write them down if it helps!

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Laughter and Humor Answer three questions: How does humor help your health? What makes you laugh? Is there a way for you to laugh more?

Demonstration: Laughter Yoga Try it out! Demonstration: Laughter Yoga

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Burnout and Resilience Photo: Foter.com Photo: pinterest.com

What Contributes to Burnout? Perfectionism Lack of coping skills for stress Personal bad habits (smoking, drug use) Lack of control Lack of time for self care Difficult and complicated situations Not enough time in the day Regret over choices Poor relationships with colleagues Eckleberry-Hunt et al, Acad Med 2009; 84:269-277.

Resilience

Resilience Can Be Trained! Flexible thinking This book has some a lot of stories of people being resilient, including several about Veterans

Demonstration: Working With Our Thinking Try it out! Demonstration: Working With Our Thinking

Watching Our Thinking – Three Examples of Thought Patterns All-or-nothing thinking Everything is either all good or all bad Can some things be in between? Catch yourself, and try to look at things in a new way Self-blame “It’s all my fault.” Is it? Can you look at it in other ways? Can you be kind to yourself? Filters Only seeing things one way (usually negative) What if you try a different filter

Resilience Can Be Trained! Flexible thinking Positive attitude Develop “active coping skills” Moral compass –sense of what’s right Role models This book has some a lot of stories of people being resilient, including several about Veterans

Resilience Can Be Trained! Face fears Social support Physical well-being Train regularly (plan ahead) Recognize and foster strengths Photo:HdFlowerWallpaper.com

Small Group Discussion Get in to groups of three or four. Each person is invited to share for a minute or two. Talk about one of the following: Think of someone who you admire for their resilience. Why? Describe a situation in your own life when you noticed strength and resilience. Share an example of when a friend or coworker demonstrated strength and resilience. How? How can you be more resilient in your life?

Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Personal Development Personal Life & Work Life Build Hope and Optimism Find Balance Create and Learn Give Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings) Increase Humor Be More Resilient Make One Small Change

Set a Goal! Make One Small Change Photo: brandvox.com All the topics so far can guide you Hope and optimism Balance Create and Learn Give and Volunteer Be grateful Humor Resilience Or set a different small goal Develop self-compassion Increase happiness Work on your finances Set a new goal List your strengths Do a simple kindness for someone

Your Turn Work with a partner Take turns Each person will come up with a Personal Development Goal You will be invited to share your plan with the group Photo: webapp2.wright.edu

Setting Goals SMART Goals Specific Measurable Action-based Realistic Seven steps in goal setting Identify the goal Know the benefits Know obstacles List skills and knowledge needed Identify who can help Develop a plan (SMART) Set a timeline and next steps SMART Goals Specific Measurable Action-based Realistic Time-bound

Personal Development – Summing Up There are a LOT of options Keep asking where you want to grow or learn right now Tailor the plan to YOU! Know resources, community programs, and other options Build your skills, like gratitude, humor, and noticing your thought patterns Build resilience. Pick a way to do that and go for it!

Thank You! Photo: bostonherald.com