Wellness Lessons from Wellness Coaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Vijayalakshmi S.
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Wellness Coaching ◽  
Meaningful Sense

Wellness coaching is all about partnering with individuals in a thought-provoking and creative process to enable them to live life to their full potential. A life that is built upon self-awareness and choice; and is self-directed and active. As a wellness coach and mentor, there is a meaningful sense of contribution I experience towards creating a healthier planet, one conversation at a time. Equally so, in this journey of contribution, there is much more I have learnt and gained from my clients—knowledge, insight and deepening of real-life perspectives about wellness! In this article, I will reflect upon my coaching experiences, build on and outline my learnings regarding the following: How wellness manifests itself in the life of an individual and how wellness coaching can help holistically? Top 10 wellness lessons—that contribute to the success and sustainability of an individual’s wellness journey. These include what could be some of the derailers and challenges in embracing wellness. Insights (based on the above) that organisations and wellness champions could incorporate whilst building wellness programmes.

A Systematic Design Selection Methodology for System-Optimal Compliant Actuation

Robotica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 656-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Kamadan ◽  
Gullu Kiziltas ◽  
Volkan Patoglu
Keyword(s):  
Knee Prosthesis ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
System Level ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
System Optimal ◽  
Compliant Actuation ◽  
Design Selection ◽  
Selection Methodology

SummaryThis work presents a systematic design selection methodology that utilizes a co-design strategy for system-level optimization of compliantly actuated robots that are known for their advantages over robotic systems driven by rigid actuators. The introduced methodology facilitates a decision-making strategy that is instrumental in making selections among system-optimal robot designs actuated by various degrees of variable or fixed compliance. While the simultaneous co-design method that is utilized throughout guarantees systems performing at their full potential, a homotopy technique is used to maintain integrity via generation of a continuum of robot designs actuated with varying degrees of variable and fixed compliance. Fairness of the selection methodology is ensured via utilization of common underlying (variable) compliant actuation principle and dynamical task requirements throughout the generated system designs. The direct consequence of the developed methodology is that it allows robot designers make informed selections among a variety of systems which are guaranteed to perform at their best. Applicability of the introduced methodology has been validated using a case study for system-optimal design of an active knee prosthesis that is driven by a mechanically adjustable compliance and controllable equilibrium position actuator (MACCEPA) under a periodic/real-life dynamical task.

Risky Play and Growing Up: How to Understand the Overprotection of the Next Generation

Pseudoscience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair ◽  
Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter ◽  
David Ball
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
Current Spread ◽  
Risky Play

Much of the development of children, young people, and young adults is determined by opportunities for play and “real life” experience in their early years. This is not, as some believe, an optional or frivolous luxury, but an essential life experience for development of character, skills, self-awareness, and competence. Yet in recent years, evidence shows that opportunities for this at all ages have diminished in both quality and quantity in many countries. The reasons for this are multiple and complex, but one factor has been a drive to create a low risk or even risk-free society via the application of newly developed techniques of risk assessment and science-based methods of risk control. However, the health benefits of these public safety initiatives might have much less effect than people might believe and could, overall, be harmful through their prohibitions. We conclude that more research into the nature of risky play and risk exposure through teenage years and into adulthood is necessary, but tentatively propose that we need to also consider the possible effects of irrational overprotection. In addition to the conventional play setting, the current spread of trigger warning and safety rooms will be considered as an illustrative case affecting young adults. Rather than avoidance and consolidation of negative metacognitions about lack of control and vulnerability one needs to convey how science suggests that exposure or interventions to change perceptions of vulnerability may be more beneficial.

scholarly journals Lifestyle Medicine in a Concierge Practice: My Journey

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Cohen Serna
Keyword(s):  
Medical Model ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine ◽  
Individualized Care ◽  
Wellness Coaching ◽  
Personalized Approach ◽  
Traditional Medical Model ◽  
Dedicated Team ◽  
Ongoing Support

While lifestyle medicine (LM) has been increasingly recognized for its value in preventing and managing chronic disease, the conventional primary care practice has struggled to be a financially viable model for this time-intensive, highly personalized approach. However, the concierge medicine model provides many advantages to those seeking to incorporate the tenets of LM. Concierge medicine is characterized by smaller patient panels, extended visits, continuous follow-up, and a distinctive emphasis on prevention and wellness. These characteristics promote high-quality, individualized care. North Cypress Internal Medicine and Wellness was able to successfully transform from a more traditional medical model to one with essential LM-focused offerings with expert assistance, as well as ongoing support from a dedicated team of lifestyle-oriented health professionals who provide wellness coaching, proactive chronic care management, and prevention programs. This article describes the transition and includes specific details of services and care offered at a concierge practice. It illustrates how this alternative model can provide an effective solution for delivering the full potential of LM.

scholarly journals Bringing Books Back: Enhancing the Understanding of Psychotherapy in Psychology Students Through Book Club Participation

2021 ◽  
pp. 009862832110141
Author(s):  
Olga Khokhlova ◽  
Aditi Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Book Club ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Private University ◽  
Book Clubs ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Reality Orientation

Background: The experiential and reflective nature of psychotherapeutic training is not always captured in undergraduate psychology teaching, therefore, there is a need for educational strategies that provide opportunities for deeper understanding of the therapeutic process. Objective: This article evaluates one such strategy—A Book Club, to support the understanding of psychotherapeutic practice and mental health in Psychology undergraduate students at a private university in Dubai, UAE. Method: Psychotherapy-related books were assigned as prior reading each month, which were then discussed in the group meetings facilitated by clinically experienced Psychology lecturers. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were carried out with students and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Four primary themes were generated—(1) Diversity in perspectives, (2) Autonomous learning environment, (3) Reality orientation, and (4) Sparking self-insight. The results highlight that Book Clubs are useful in fostering deeper conceptualizations of the therapeutic relationship, visualizing future careers in psychotherapy, and promoting self-awareness among students. Conclusion: Discussions centred around books can provide students with discourse opportunities that enhance students’ interpersonal skills and improve student engagement. Teaching Implication: Book clubs can be a useful platform for teachers to help students connect the knowledge that they have previously acquired in the classroom with real-life experiences of psychotherapists described in books.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of World Image in Fine Arts

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Natal’ya L. Varova
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Artistic Image ◽  
Material Form ◽  
World Image

The article shows that the basis of the achievements of the Modern Times art is the formation of the idea of the world in the mind of the artist. The attractor, the assemblage point of the phenomenon is the completeness of the experience of the multidimensional composition of being. The phenomenon of the image of the world is formed in voluntary acts of self-awareness throughout the artist’s life. In the creative process, the development of an ideal artistic image and the creation of a material form of its embodiment occur in relation to the phenomenon of the image of the world.

scholarly journals Brief Report: A Contemplative Biofeedback Intervention for Adults with ASD: Feasibility of a Community-Based Treatment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel S. Brezis ◽  
Amitai Levin ◽  
Yuval Oded ◽  
Opher Zahavi ◽  
Nava Levit-Binnun
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Autism Symptoms ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Adults With Asd

Background: As the number of adults living with ASD continues to grow, a lack of resources and lack of available interventions exacerbate their low quality of life, including low levels of education and employment, and high levels of co-morbid anxiety and depression. Here we build upon existing research showing the effectiveness of contemplative interventions on individuals with ASD, to provide a low-cost biofeedback-enhanced training which can be implemented by non-professional staff, and may help autistic individuals grasp abstract contemplative techniques. We hypothesize that the intervention will decrease participants’ anxiety and autism symptoms, and increase their self-awareness, self-determination, and empathy.Method: Fourteen adults with ASD, residing in assisted living, were provided with 16 weekly half-hour contemplative-biofeedback sessions with non-professional trainers, in which they learned to reduce their arousal levels through combined biofeedback and contemplative techniques, and apply those to everyday life. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected pre- and post-intervention, to determine changes in participants’ self-awareness, self-determination, anxiety, autism symptoms, and empathy. Results: Participants were capable of successfully improving their physiological arousal levels on the biofeedback setup, and we found initial indications for gains in all hypothesized domains on the quantitative measures. Qualitative reports by participants and counselors revealed that participants applied the techniques in many real-life situations, and these had far-ranging effects on their emotional regulation, work and social motivation, and self-determination.Conclusions: The study provides proof-of-concept for a low-cost, community-based intervention which can ameliorate the lives of adults with ASD.

scholarly journals YOUNG PEOPLE’ PSYCHOLOGICAL READINESS FOR MASTERING THE SKILLS OF EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Julia Korotsinska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Four Levels

At the present stage of Ukrainian society, requirements to an individual’s social and professional aspects grow significantly: the present demands activity, purposefulness, mobility, flexibility, and self-confidence from young people. These qualities cannot be manifested without formed skills of emotional self-regulation. The article analyzes the study on young people’s readiness for mastering the emotional self-regulation skills. Four levels of readiness for mastering the emotional self-regulation skills were identified and described. All of them were determined by the following components: motivation for emotional self-regulation, emotional consciousness, emotional competence, effectiveness of emotional self-regulation skills. The correlations were determined between young people’s readiness for mastering the skills of emotional self-regulation and such personal characteristics as: reflexivity, emotional competence and emotional self-awareness. The young people’s awareness of the need for emotional self-regulation and knowledge about them, their emotional sphere and formed reflexivity are essential prerequisites to form such personal characteristics as emotional consciousness, emotional competence, emotional stability and emotional maturity. The article determines that personal motivation for self-development and emotional-volitional control influence positively on the emotional self-regulation skills. Young people who are able to monitor their emotional states and their causal relationships with other internal processes and with effectiveness of their activities have higher motivation for emotional self-regulation and a wider range of emotional self-regulative methods that help them to achieve adequate socialization and productivity. Many young people are agreed that the need to master the skills of emotional self-regulation and recognize the negative impact of uncontrolled emotions on their own lives, but do not apply this need in real life situations.

Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ton A.M. Spil ◽  
Robert A. Stegwee
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Healthcare Information Systems ◽  
Life Project

It is widely recognized that the healthcare industry does not use information technology to its full potential. This book uncovers many of the reasons why large-scale implementation of healthcare information systems has not come to fruition yet. The authors provide a broad coverage of the field, ranging from strategic analysis to real-life project implementation. Moreover the book provides strategies to avoid pitfalls and direct your healthcare organization to strategic use of healthcare information systems. This section of the book will introduce the five main themes of the book and will show that the healthcare organizations are realistic laboratories for the information and communication technology scientists to do research. The five main themes are: Strategy, Network Healthcare Chain, Process Management, Knowledge Management, Standardization.

Healthcare leadership development during a pandemic: do not stop, adapt

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Judy McKimm ◽  
David Johnstone ◽  
Chloe Mills ◽  
Mohammed Hassanien ◽  
Abdulmonem Al-Hayani
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Healthcare Leadership ◽  
Clinical Leadership ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Healthcare Crisis

Research carried out in 2016 by two of the authors of this article investigated the role that leadership ‘theory’ plays within an individual's leadership development and identified other components of clinical leadership programmes that are key to enabling the development of future leaders. While early career doctors identified leadership theories and concepts as important within their development as clinical leaders, these must be closely tied to real-life practices and coupled with activities that aim to develop an increased self-awareness, understanding of others, clinical exposure and leadership tools that they can use in practice. During a healthcare crisis, such as a global pandemic, maintaining a focus on leadership development (particularly for more junior clinicians) might not be seen as important, but leadership is needed to help people and organisations ‘get through’ a crisis as well as help develop leadership capacity for the longer term. This article, drawing from contemporary literature, the authors' own research and reflections, discusses how leadership development needs to continually adapt to meet new demands and sets out tips for those involved with clinical leadership development.

scholarly journals Fundamental life motivations and the prerequisites for their realization in young men in different ethnocultural groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
I M Uliukin ◽  
V N Emelyanov ◽  
A V Berezovskii ◽  
E S Orlova ◽  
A V Zyukin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Emotional Aspect ◽  
Ethnocultural Groups ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Optimal Adaptation

Аbstract. The work deals with fundamental life motivation and preconditions for their implementation in young men of different ethnolinguistic groups in terms of existential fulfilment. It is shown as a similarity (due to a long common history in the groups of «Slavs-Turks» and well-expressed in all nations and nationalities by the concept of freedom), and the difference in scales of methodology by A. Langle and C. Orgler «Scale of Existence», conditioned for Eastern peoples by the commonality of religion and geographical features of residence, values, due to the ethnocultural characteristics of the surveyed persons. Therefore, in the process of medical and psychological support of people of different ethnolinguistic groups, it is necessary not only to pay attention to the evaluation of the characteristics of their personality, but also to take into account certain values (including religious norms) and expectations that are maintained within different cultures, as well as other circumstances, who can make psychological assistance effective or inconclusive. Since in the process of learning the personality is enriched, including by new psychological connections, relying on which and manipulating which it further solves the assigned professional tasks, when working with people, one must proceed from the basic components of self-awareness: self-understanding (cognitive aspect), relations to yourself (the emotional aspect); self-regulation (behavioral aspect). That is, all these tasks can be defined as the formation of new behaviours related to cooperation, mutual assistance, responsibility and autonomy that contribute to optimal adaptation, more successful social functioning in real life, and prevention of recidivism of unconstructive behaviour. However, a generalized view of behaviour and beliefs may not cover the diversity that exists within ethnic groups.

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