God is good (for you)
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The document discusses the relationship between spirituality and wellness. It addresses how spiritual practices and beliefs in God can positively impact physical and emotional health. Regular spiritual activities are argued to provide benefits like hope, a coping mechanism, and stress relief. The document also notes that when people's spiritual needs are met, they tend to be healthier. It acknowledges there is debate on these issues in the medical community and that beliefs are personal, but encourages supporting the spiritual practices of others.
God is good (for you)
- 1. God is Good (For You) Margaret Floyd IDS - 402
- 2. Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Issue III. Plan
- 3. Introduction
- 4. What is Wellness? If health is an absence of disease Wellness could be described as a homeostasis of all aspects of one’s life: Emotional Occupational/Educational Environmental Physical Social Intellectual
- 5. Dimensions of Wellness Each of the 8 dimensions have a significant impact on our lives. Some are more obvious than others, like physical Others don’t seem as important until they are badly out of balance, like emotional Or Financial The Spiritual Dimension is often significantly undervalued
- 6. Social Practices and Force for Social Change There is a push to be healthier in this modern, digital world Pinterest Boards are full of healthy recipes and tips and tricks for easy exercise methods There is also a large amount of social pressure to participate in unhealthy practices In communities who have concrete spiritual practices, less physically unhealthy habits are popular
- 7. The Study of Wellness Studies have shown that the American public may understand, intellectually, what wellness is, but have little to no desire to change their habits to achieve it.
- 8. Positive and Negative Aspects of Wellness Being in good health increases happiness of ourselves and our families Being without good health and in a state of being unwell, that state becomes contagious throughout our attitudes and actions to all whom we come in contact Wellness, or the lack thereof, affects every single aspect of our daily lives
- 9. Emerging Technologies From our own DNA at our fingertips and available to upload for various applications to straps that monitor our oxygenation and sleeping, the level of technology we wish to employ in our quest for health is endless.
- 10. Issue
- 11. Spirituality: Where is God in Wellness? How important is a regular spiritual practice to wellness? Is belief enough? What affect does regular spiritual practice have on our physical health? What effect does it have on our emotional health? What happens when we neglect this aspect of our lives?
- 12. Doctors and nurses have reported for years that religious beliefs seem to have an effect on terminally ill patients Recent research supports this notion.
- 13. How Does God Help? God figures into their coping strategies Their beliefs in God or another higher power, give them hope
- 14. Against God? God has been rejected by the medical profession for decades Survey in Vermont showed 91% of patients believed in God, only 64% of their physicians Claims have been made that healthier people choose to be religious, not the other way around
- 15. Accommodating God: When people’s spiritual needs are met, they are physically and mentally healthier
- 16. Plan
- 17. God is Personal Not even a parent can truly change a person’s beliefs It is important to encourage PRACTICE of those beliefs which exist in a person, by parents and society alike
- 18. A key part of all 12-step addiction recovery practices is to acknowledge a higher power
- 19. During times of weakness, such as addiction recovery, often a person’s spiritual beliefs are awakened or re- awakened
- 20. Stop Dissing God As support people, friends of adults, we should encourage each other in any spiritual practices Go to church with a friend, take a friend to your church or worship center Encourage your children to practice within their spiritual interest
- 21. Stop Being Offended Everyone has beliefs that are different Some are different by a little - some by a lot By learning about one another’s beliefs we dispel fear and hate and spread love When we share our own beliefs we learn about ourselves and others
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- 23. Pargament, K. I. P. (2013). What role do religion and spirituality play in mental health? Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/03/religion-spirituality.aspx Routledge, C. P. D. (2009). Is religion good for your health? Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/more-mortal/200908/is-religion-good-your-health Urschel, Harold C. III, M.D. (2009). Healing the Addicted Brain. Naperville, Illinois. SourceBooks, Inc. p. 110. VanDenBerghe, E. (1994). Religion and the abundant life - ensign oct. 1994 - ensign. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/10/religion-and-the-abundant-life?lang=eng Williams, D. R., & Sternthal, M. J. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Medical Journal of Australia, 186 Retrieved from https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2007/186/10/spirituality-religion-and-health- evidence-and-research-directions All photography included is personally owned by Margaret Slighte Floyd, owner of SlightelyMormon.org o
Editor's Notes
- #2: God is Good… that is something a religious person hears a lot. But what is the effect of religious practice on our health? God is Good… For you!
- #3: There are 3 parts to this presentation: Introduction - where I will be discussing what wellness is Issue - Where is God in Health? And the Plan which goes into what I believe we should be doing to make ourselves and the world healthier in the aspect of spirituality
- #5: Wellness - a complete homeostasis or balance of all aspects of one’s life. These include the 8 dimensions:
- #6: Although all 8 dimensions have significant impacts on our lives, some are more obvious than others. Many people underestimate the value of the dimension of spiritual health and it’s role in wellness
- #17: Looking forward to what can be done we have a plan that includes a lot of compassion for our fellow humans.
- #20: Addiction recovery can be a doorway to a new life. That includes a new spiritual life.
- #21: If we want to encourage each other to be more spiritual, and to be more WELL, we need to stop discouraging our friend’s and family’s spiritual activities. They may not agree with our beliefs, but we can encourage them, nonetheless.
- #22: When it comes to moving forward in a world that embraces a spiritual dimension to wellness, one thing above all others is imperative: STOP being offended.
- #24: All of the photographs included in this presentation are my personal property.