Assignment: Module 11: Wellness and Nourishing Yourself - Discussion

HLTH 101: Health for Adult Living
2015-01-20T17:26:07Z

Due:

Module 11: Wellness and Nourishing Yourself

Nourish Yourself – Go do it!

Outcomes

Identify and experience what nourishes you.

Examine your work – play balance and how nourishing activities affect this balance as well as other wellness dimensions.

Activities

1. Read chapter 8, Wellness, Playing and Working. Then, relating to the information in chapter 8, discuss your current balance between playing and working/school.

2. Complete the exercise on page 202 called, What Nourishes Me and create a “What Nourishes Me” list. Share 3-5 items from your What Nourishes Me list.

3. Pick one item from your list and Go Do It!

4. Share 3-5 items from your What Nourishes Me list.

5. Discuss what you did to nourish yourself, and how it impacted various sections (at least two) of your wellness wheel.

Assessment

Example:

I wrote a "love-letter" to each of my children. I told them why I think they are special and how much joy they bring to my life. Then, I read them their letters and let them each select a place to keep it in case they ever want to read it again.

Writing the letters took about thirty minutes and made the biggest impact on Section 6, the Wellness and Feeling section of my wellness wheel, by allowing me to express love and warmth to those I care about. I often think a lot about how much my children impact my life, but this was an extra step to actually write something down that they could access when they needed. This activity also impacted some other sections of my Wellness Wheel by… (Continued)

Criteria

For maximum points, your posts must follow the discussion criteria outlined in the syllabus.

Module 11: Wellness and Nourishing Yourself

Nourish Yourself – Go do it!

Outcomes

Identify and experience what nourishes you.

Examine your work – play balance and how nourishing activities affect this balance as well as other wellness dimensions.

Activities

1. Read chapter 8, Wellness, Playing and Working. Then, relating to the information in chapter 8, discuss your current balance between playing and working/school.

2. Complete the exercise on page 202 called, What Nourishes Me and create a “What Nourishes Me” list. Share 3-5 items from your What Nourishes Me list.

3. Pick one item from your list and Go Do It!

4. Share 3-5 items from your What Nourishes Me list.

5. Discuss what you did to nourish yourself, and how it impacted various sections (at least two) of your wellness wheel.

Assessment

Example:

I wrote a "love-letter" to each of my children. I told them why I think they are special and how much joy they bring to my life. Then, I read them their letters and let them each select a place to keep it in case they ever want to read it again.

Writing the letters took about thirty minutes and made the biggest impact on Section 6, the Wellness and Feeling section of my wellness wheel, by allowing me to express love and warmth to those I care about. I often think a lot about how much my children impact my life, but this was an extra step to actually write something down that they could access when they needed. This activity also impacted some other sections of my Wellness Wheel by… (Continued)

Criteria

For maximum points, your posts must follow the discussion criteria outlined in the syllabus.