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Unit 9 Final Project-Psychological & Spiritual Inventory

Danielle Caslow

Purdue University Global

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Unit 9 Final Project-Psychological & Spiritual Inventory

In the following pages you will find a spiritual and psychological inventory questionnaire

and responses that were used on Chris Caslow to determine his current state of wellness. I assure

you, we will conclude that the man is nuts. Not really. All joking aside, this inventory is designed

to give Chris a better understanding of his spiritual and psychological self and equip him with a

health development plan as it relates to these areas. The following are the questions used in the

interview:

Spiritual & Psychological Health Inventory Questions

1. Do you practice meditation? If so, how often weekly and for how long?

2. Do you practice any forms of energy channeling maneuvers to keep your energy

balanced? For instance, Reiki, Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Chi Gong, or Tia Chi.

3. Would you consider yourself in a religious practice or connected to a higher

power? If so, does it consist of prayer and how often?

4. Do you practice mindfulness exercises like *Recapitulation to help cultivate

acceptance **Cosmic consciousness or also known as witnessing awareness?

5. Do you set and cultivate personal goals for yourself? Daily? Monthly? Yearly?

6. In what way do you continue the journey of education in your life that feeds your

inner most curiosities?

7. Do you have a hobby or hobbies that you practice each week? If so, what are

they?

8. Do you spend time daily enlightening gratitude and forgiveness? If so, how do

you practice this?

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9. In what ways do you deepen your most important relationships and how often do

you engage in these activities?

10. Do you tend to your physical needs by way of exercise and nutrition? If so, in

what ways?

*the practice of reviewing your day without judgement, from start to finish, each day before

falling asleep

**5th level of consciousness that enables you to be aware within the moments of life rather than

passing through them unaware as if unconscious of the moments.

Pertinence of the Inventory

This questionnaire is designed to bring an awareness to the client’s psychological and spiritual

health to better balance the mind-body-spirit connection. Questions 1-4 shines a light on the

client’s participation in their spiritual health. Meditation is important for mind quieting so one’s

eyes can remain forward and rumination or stress do not rob a person of their physical health.

Studies have shown that meditation as well as being tentative to your Qi can help to offset

illnesses due to stress (Kondo & Kawamoto, 2014, para 1). Prayer and spirituality also play a

role in calming the fight or flight response in people therefore is key in stress reduction.

Questions 5-9 illuminate the client’s psychological health exercises. Education, goals, and

hobbies restore and renew a healthy mind (CBHS Health Fund, 2018). Hobbies, in all forms,

physical, relaxing, or creative, have been shown to improve mental health (CBHS, 2018). In a

BMC Public Health study it showed that, “those who dedicated 100+ hours a year to their arts

engagement reported significantly better mental health than those with 0-99 hours dedicated”

(Davies, 2016). The take-away was that participating in your hobby for two or more hours a

week can improve your overall mental health.

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Goals are a great way to keep our minds facing forward and our lives healthier for it.

According to Life Hack, we solidify our purpose when we set goals, utilize our time better, get

faster and better results from our efforts, can track our progress, and helps to keep a positive

mindset (Marchal, n.d.). However, to completely cultivate goals and reap the full benefits of

them we must be deliberate about it with things like lists, vision boards, or some other type of

tracking measurement. Question 10 hits on both areas of health because without your physical

health, it makes it difficult to tend to too much else. If the vessel that contains the parts of the

whole is broken then all else will likely suffer. With that said, I will now conduct the interview

with Chris and report my findings in the following text.

Findings & Conclusions for Mind-Body-Spirit Health

To review Chris’s responses I will go through them here. The first four questions delving

into his spiritual health solicited the following responses: He does meditate daily. He does so a

minimum of 12 minutes and it can be up to an hour a day. He does not practice any form of

energy channeling maneuvers as of yet but is looking into beginning a Tia Chi practice. He does

consider himself connected to a higher power and he speaks to Him in prayer daily. His name is

Jesus. He does not practice mindfulness exercises like Recapitulation but is open to learning

more on how to foster witnessing awareness.

For the psychological questions, 5-9, he answered in the following way: Chris shared that

he does set goals for himself. Primarily they are annually and have to do with fitness but he does

not cultivate them in a way other than just thinking them. Other than work-related learning, and

gleaning from his wife’s educational experience, he also learns more weekly about his way of

eating/cooking to feed his inner most curiosities (no pun intended). He also added that he shares
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the same passions for wellness that his wife is currently learning and enjoys thoroughly the

conversations they have around the new concepts she is learning.

Chris’s hobbies are exercise and cooking. He added that since beginning a new

nutritional lifestyle about 1 & ½ years ago, he has reignited his passion for creating new dishes

in the kitchen (lucky me!). He also expressed a desire to learn how to play an instrument now

that he is on the dawn of empty nest but he has not yet taken that on. He daily enlightens

gratitude and forgiveness in his prayer time. He also spends evenings and weekends nurturing his

most important, earth-bound relationships with his wife, sons, and extended family. He

mentioned how this importance is becoming more and more intensified in his life with each

passing day and he is deliberate to embrace opportunities to be with his mother, brothers, in-

laws, and of course his own immediate family members.

Finally, Chris tends to his physical needs with a lifestyle of eating whole, clean, foods.

He also enjoys exercise and does a good mix of cardio and strength training each week. In

addition to that he has begun to incorporate yoga on the weekends in his back yard on a deck

under an oak tree. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it?

To conclude, Chris and I were very encouraged with the direction he is headed with his

mind-body-spirit health and the refinement of it. He has good spiritual practices in place for the

most part and has good plans to add to his protocol. Recapitulation struck an interest in him and

he plans to incorporate that into his bedtime schedule. In the future, the only changes I would

make in this inventory is the wording for number 1 & 4 questions about meditation and

mindfulness. I feel as though it may be a little redundant and could use more distinction between

the two. They are intertwined and can be accomplished in one practice. But they can also be two

separate experiences depending on a client’s meditation type preferences. Other than that, I am
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happy with the outcome and how it lead the conversation into areas and ways for Chris to

expound on his practices to continue the path of psychological and spiritual health.
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References

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emotional-and-physical-well-being

Thorp, T., (n.d.). Three Meditation to Calm Your Mind and Help you Fall Asleep.

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Frantzis, B. (2018). Benefits of Tai Chi-Energy Arts. Retrieved from:

https://www.energyarts.com/benefits-of-tai-chi/

CBHS Health and Wellbeing Blog. (2018, Aug 30). Here’s how finding a hobby will improve

your mental health. Retrieved from: https://www.cbhs.com.au/health-well-being-

blog/blog-article/2018/08/30/here's-how-finding-a-hobby-will-improve-your-mental-

health

Marchal, J. (n.d.). 5 Amazing Benefits of Setting Goals for a Healthier Life-Life Hack.

Retrieved from: https://www.lifehack.org/451686/5-amazing-benefits-of-setting-goals-

for-a-healthier-life
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Seaward, B. (n.d.). The three pillars of human spirituality. The ego and the soul. Retrieved

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Davies, C., (2015). The Art of Being Mentally Healthy: A Study to Quantify the Relationship

Between Recreational Arts Engagement and Mental Well-Being in the General

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