Category: Religion

Spiritual Fitness!

Hello To, All My Readers, Blogging Friends and Followers ❤

Hope All of You are keeping in Good Health and. “Keeping yourself Positive and Motivated as Best as possible. Yes, this bit I have been repeating, this is because I have been writing Topics from Dr Donald Meichenbaum’s Book:

Roadmap to Resilience
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.
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The word “spirituality” is derived from the Latin word “spirale,” which means “to blow or breathe.” The word “religion” is derived from the Latin word “re-ligare” which means “co-connect.” One can pursue “spiritual fitness” without formally engaging in religious activities. Broadly defined, spirituality refers to connecting to something outside of self. Spirituality is your personal connection with meaning and purpose in your life through something greater than yourself.

“Some 90% of the world’s population engages in religious or spiritual practices which are a major means of coping with stress.” Spiritual fitness refers to one’s search for a meaning and purpose in life. Spirituality provides a framework for meaning making and a sense of belongingness. For “believers” in a faith it is a way to search for benefits in traumatic events. Spirituality helps individuals implement their core values into social actions.

People who attend religious services regularly tend to live longer. Individuals who have a religious faith and who participate in religious services experience greater social supports resulting in reduced distress and increased personal growth. Such positive results have been found in many people. faith to rekindle Your sense of hope and in others, and in the future. You can benefit stemming from Your spiritual beliefs.

Faith teaches that we all have within us the strengths and resources to overcome many of the effects of traumatic events and the ability to learn to manage whatever lingers. We each have the ability to rise above our circumstances.” “The first thing prayer does for us it has put us in touch with other people who share the same concerns, values and dreams. Prayer redeems people from isolation. People pray as a way of talking out their fears without the embarrassment of having to say them out loud, and as a reassurance that they are not alone.”

You can seek inspiration, guidance and comfort from prayer, meditation, scripture reading, religious music, devotional activities, spiritual journal writing. You can join a religious group activity and volunteer to help with a community service project.

You can join a social group or organization that gives Your life purpose and helps you find meaning. You can benefit from their storytelling and find role models to emulate. You can participate in the social activity even though You may not feel like it at first. Social support can help wellbeing and limits distress. Being connected makes it easier to obtain coping information, get practical help and gives you a sense of being understood and accepted. Being part of a group provides a sense of connectedness and collective efficacy to work together toward a specific goal ❤

Thank you for reading. It has been long series of Topics. I have taken “A Very long time to edit and write the things that are helpful and pleasant to feel motivated and Positive. I hope you have learnt new things or remembered some things that you already knew. You can share ideas that you, the reader, have considered helpful in achieving growth and improving health in each of the fitness areas discussed in the book. I like You to write your ideas the comments section below.  Together, we can share with others to help everyone build more nurturing environments and improve lives ❤

Latest Update: 10th October 2022. This is “The 210th Post” and with the “Introductory Page this will be all in Total up to date, 211th posts. On Top Right-Hand side, you are able to see: The word “Menu” when you click on it, you will see the word “Home” All the posts from “The Very Beginning comes ~ Under “Home”. Which is The Introductory Page about: Who I am & Why I am Writing!

Meanwhile I have been Receiving This from WordPress: 🎉 Congrats! I am My Path! is getting noticed. The Lifestyle of a Warrior and 341 others have started receiving updates. Making it 342 Websites are following My Path 🙂

I am in Good Health and as, “I have been able to, “Receive Healing Energy into My Hands” since “Beginning of 2016” All my Hard work and Praying has been rewarded. Healing Energy can go to others too, and wherever it is needed to be received with a Clear Mind and Lot of Loving Kindness ❤

The Topics in Green, if you “Click” on them “Will take you to My other different posts which you will be able to find more information and even Pronunciation”. I have another website with “My own little Poems and Pictures of some of My Hobbies” if you are interested on seeing, “What else I am doing” during my spare time you can have a look at :https://deepanilamani.com/

As always, it is all free”. You can share and pass it on also for others who can benefit from this post. I hope All those who Read will be able to make the maximum use of all these facts and make, “Your Lives More Healthy and able to Lead Better lives in Happiness and Peace”. I wish it to be so as,” Peace which is our Ultimate Goal in Life ❤

Thanking Dr Donald Meichenbaum for Book, “The “Road Map to Resilience”. The Internet for The Picture Quotes I have shared. And https://www.online-image-editor.com/ for The Picture Quotes I have done Myself ❤

Sending Love, Light and Healing Energies to You ❤

May God’s Blessings Be Upon You ❤

Deepa Nilamani ❤

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Resilience ~ Revised!

Hello To All My Readers, Followers an Blogging Friends ❤

I Hope All of You are in Good Health as usual, and “Keeping yourself Positive and Motivated as Best as possible in these trying times” I am so Fortunate to have come across this Book, “Roadmap To Resilience”, and so Lucky to be able to download it free from the Doctors Website 🙂

Roadmap to Resilience
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.

In this time of a world-wide pandemic, it is important to keep in mind the high level of resilience that individuals, families and communities evidence. In order to support and bolster such resilience, I am making my book “Roadmap To Resilience” available for “FREE” to help individuals cope with ongoing adversities and losses.

Topics include ways to:

  1. Handle intense emotions (fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness, boredom, anger, grief, guilt, and shame). Specific suggestions on ways NOT to let these emotions overwhelm you are included. How to name and tame your emotions; how to accept, tolerate, control and share your feelings are discussed. How not to allow your feelings “hijack” your resourcefulness and undermine your resilience is included. LEARN HOW TO TALK BACK TO YOUR AMYGDALA — your lower emotional brain and learn how to sleep better.
  2. Access help from others and ways “to give, to get.”
  3. Develop and deliberately practice resilience-engendering behaviors such as relaxation, meditation, yoga, exercise, gratitude, forgiveness, meaning-making activities, use humor, group support, your religion and faith, Internet resources, etc.. LEARN HOW OTHER FOLKS HAVE USED POSITIVE COPING STRATEGIES.
  4. Ways to cope with the coronavirus  is included in an ADDENDUM.  Read “Resilient  Voices”

    In this time of a world-wide pandemic, it is important to keep in mind the high level of resilience that individuals, families and communities evidence. In order to support and bolster such resilience, I am making my book ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE available for FREE to help individuals cope with ongoing adversities and losses.

PLEASE SHARE THIS WEBSITE WITH OTHERS –
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

We have to be Thankful and Grateful To Dr: – Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. for this Book and The Post!

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The fact is I have done so many Topics The Doctor has mentioned in Detail from “The very Beginning for over 6 years from: 2015 up to now 2022″! You will be able to check in Posts That Has Been Published ~ 1! and Posts That Has Been Published ~ 2!. Also in Both, ” Roadmap To Resilience Appendix A! and Roadmap To Resilience Appendix B!

Latest Update: 13th of January 2022. This is “The 171th Post” and with the “Introductory Page this will be all in Total up to date, 172 posts. On Top Right Hand side you are able to see: The word “Menu” when you click on it, You will see will see The word “Home” All the posts from “The Very Beginning comes ~ Under “Home”. Which is The Introductory Page about: Who I am & Why I am Writing!

I am also getting Congratulated. From “WordPress”. Well I have been working Very Hard even through the nights also to Bring out The Best Possible Posts 🙂
🎉 Congrats! I am My Path is getting noticed. 320 websites have started receiving updates 🙂

I am in Good Health and as, “I have been able to, “Receive Healing Energy in to My Hands” since “Beginning of 2016” All my Hard work and Praying has been rewarded. Healing Energy can go to others too, and where ever it is needed to be received with a Clear Mind and Lot of Loving Kindness ❤

The old Topics are, “On The Left Hand side “Under the, “Recent Posts” with “The New Topics adding up. “It will be too long to post so many number of posts on the side. You can “Click and see all The older Topics” Under “Archives and Categories”. Make Note: “Archives” and “Meta” Which has been repeated, some change of format at the moment and I am unable to change ❤

I am Moving on as usual with “My Own Journey of Wellness, Encouraging and Healing” So that Everyone can have “Faith, Hope and to Heal” To Lead a Better Life of Good Health, Happiness and Joy”. If you click on the Link You can Read This Post: The Therapists Voice Forward!

The Topics in Green, if you “Click” on them “Will take you to My other different posts which you will be able to find more information and even Pronunciation”. I have another website with “My own little Poems and Pictures of some of My Hobbies” if you are interested on seeing, “What else I am doing” during my spare time you can have a look at :https://deepanilamani.com/ 

As always, It is all free”. You can share and pass it on also for others who can benefit from this post. I hope All those who Read will be able to make the maximum use of all these facts and make, “Your Lives More Healthy and able to Lead Better lives in Happiness and Peace”. I wish it to be so as, ”Peace which is our Ultimate Goal in Life ❤

Thanking the Internet for the Doctors Picture and His Website which “The Book was Posted” and My being able to down load it Free ❤

Sending Love, Light and Healing Energies to All ❤

May God’s Blessings Be Upon You ❤

Deepa Nilamani ❤

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Roadmap To Resilience~Appendix A!

Hello To All My Readers, E Mail Followers and Blogging Friends ❤

I Hope All of You are in Good Health, and “Keeping yourself Positive and Motivated as Best as possible in these trying times”. I have come across this “Book and His Advice ~ How To stay Healthy”. This is the 2nd part in Continuation:

Roadmap to Resilience
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.

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This full post below is from Dr. – Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. I am sharing from his site. The rest is as usual which I write after my posts. The update


APPENDIX A:

Resilience Checklist: My Personal Resilience Plan: Creating a Vision of the Future

In each of the following fitness areas, identify the specific things you plan to do in order to improve your level of resilience. The number refers to the Action Plan # for each item, followed by a link to the page. Check-off those that you wish to focus on. How much confidence do you have that you will be able to follow through on each resilience-bolstering behavior?

Physical Fitness

#1. Take care of my body.
#2. Exercise regularly.
#3. Get quality sleep.
#4. Eat healthy.
#5. Avoid mood-altering drugs or overuse of alcohol.
#6. Use healthy coping procedures—engage nature.
#7. Avoid high-risk dangerous behaviors.
#8. Other examples of ways I can keep physically fit.

Interpersonal Fitness

#9. Recognize that deployment changes everyone and that readjustment takes time.
#10. Reconnect with social supports.
#11. Lean on others and seek and accept help.
#12. Give back and help others. Share my “islands of competence” with others.
#13. Participate in a social network.
#14. Share my emotions with someone I trust.
#15. How To: Improve Communication Skills
#16. How To: Be a Good Social Problem-solver
#17. How To: Improve my Conflict Management Skills
#18. How To: Nurture My Relationship with my partner or spouse
#19. Overcome barriers to seeking help.
#20. Use community resources such as websites, telephone hotlines.
#21. Use my cultural or ethnic traditions, rituals and identity as a support aide.
#22. Find a role model or mentor.
#23. Be proud of the mission that I served with my “Band of Brothers/Sisters.”
#24. Use pets to maintain and develop relationships and as a way to manage moods.
#25. Other examples of ways to develop and use relationships.

Emotional Fitness

Ways to Increase Positive Emotions

#26. Cultivate positive emotions (use hobbies and pleasurable activities).
#27. Make a “bucket list” of emotional uplifting activities and then just do it!
#28. Show “grit”—ability to pursue with determination long-term goals (“Choose hard right over easy wrong.”).
#29. Use positive humor.
#30. Express gratitude.

Ways To Regulate Negative Emotions

#31. Use “opposite actions” to cope with intense emotions.
#32. Give myself permission to experience and share emotions (feel sad, cry, grieve, become angry).
#33. Face my fears.
#34. Engage in constructive grieving (memorialize and honor those who have been lost).
#35. Share my story and the “rest of my story” of what led me to survive (share lessons learned).
#36. Handle and overcome my “emotional pain” that comes with feelings of being disconnected.
#37. Journal—use “writing cure.”
#38. Use creative and expressive activities to work through my feelings.
#39. Enjoy the benefits of self-disclosure.
#40. Re-story my life and share evidence of my resilience.
#41. How To: Use Relaxation and Mindfulness Skills
#42. Change my self-talk.
#43. Engage in non-negative thinking and become more stress-hardy
#44. Other examples of ways to improve my emotional fitness.

Thinking Fitness

#45. Be psychologically flexible.
#46. Use constructive thinking and consider alternative solutions/pathways.
#47. Establish achievable goals.
#48. Establish realistic expectations.
#49. Look at things differently.
#50. Use hope to achieve goals.
#51. Be realistically optimistic and goal-directed.
#52. Bolster a sense of self-confidence and self-efficacy.
#53. Engage in benefit-finding (“Search for the silver lining.”).
#54. Engage in benefit-remembering.
#55. Engage in downward comparison (consider those less fortunate).
#56. Go on a “meaning making mission.” List and share positive military experiences with others.
#57. Engage in altruistic (helping) behaviors.
#58. Engage in “pass forward” and move toward “post-traumatic growth.”
#59. Consider the lessons learned that I can share with others.
#60. Be mindful, “mentalize” and stay in the present.
#61. Associate with people who share my positive values in life and help me re-author my story.
#62. Use my “Change Talk”, the language of “hope” and “becoming,” and my RE-verbs.
#63. Avoid debilitating guilt and shame reactions.
#64. Avoid “thinking traps.”
#65. Nurture a positive view of myself, others and the future.
#66. Create a “healing story.”
#67. Other examples of ways to improve my thinking fitness.

Behavioral Fitness

#68. Develop safe regular routines.
#69. Stay calm under pressure. Keep my cool.
#70. Prepare for possible high-risk situations.
#71. Break tasks into doable subtasks.
#72. Avoid avoidance and accept, tolerate, confront and experience past traumatic events. Get unstuck from the past.
#73. Improve my “people-picking” skills. Avoid people, places and things that get me into trouble.
#74. Take a “news holiday.”
#75. Co-exist with my difficult memories and use positive emotions to undo negative memories.
#76. Self-disclose to a trusted person.
#77. Join a social group that gives my life a sense of purpose.
#78. Establish a “new normal.” Renegotiate my role and responsibilities.
#79. Adopt a “can do” attitude.
#80. Read to find comfort.
#81. Gather information (visit websites).
#82. Avoid making things “worse.”
#83. Continue my “journey of healing” and view setbacks as “learning opportunities.”
#84. Use my “action plans” and “backup plans.”
#85. Other examples of ways to improve my behavioral fitness.

Spiritual Fitness

#86. Use positive religious/spiritual ways of coping.
#87. Avoid using negative religious/spiritual ways of coping.
#88. Rekindle hope.
#89. Visit the chaplain or some other clergy person for assistance.
#90. Use some form of spiritual/religious/devotional activities.
#91. Participate in a spiritual and religious group.
#92. Engage in spiritual/religious rituals.
#93. Engage in commemorative services.
#94. Forgive others and forgive oneself.
#95. Use “self-compassion” and “loving-kindness” meditations toward others and toward oneself.
#96. Use my spiritual/religious beliefs and traditions to find comfort and peace of mind.
#97. Share the spiritual lessons learned from my trauma experiences and deployment.
#98. Address my “moral injuries” and “soul wounds.”
#99. Reset my “moral compass” and refocus on my core values and attitudes that I brought home from my deployment (H-SLIDER).
#100. Recognize life is short and commit to living each moment fully and enter a stage of “generativity”—give to future generations.
#101. Other examples of ways to improve my spiritual fitness.

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You have to Thank Dr: – Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. for this post.

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Latest Update: 8th of January 2022. This is “The 169th Post” and with the “Introductory Page this will be all in Total up to date, 170 posts. On Top Right-Hand side, you are able to see: The word “Menu” when you click on it, you will see the word “Home” All the posts from “The Very Beginning comes ~ Under “Home”. Which is The Introductory Page about: Who I am & Why I am Writing!

I am in Good Health and as, “I have been able to, “Receive Healing Energy in to My Hands” since “Beginning of 2016” All my Hard work and Praying has been rewarded. Healing Energy can go to others too, and where ever it is needed to be received with a Clear Mind and Lot of Loving Kindness

The old Topics are, “On The Left Hand side “Under the, “Recent Posts” with “The New Topics adding up. “It will be too long to post so many number of posts on the side. You can “Click and see all The older Topics” Under “Archives and Categories”. Make Note: “Archives” and “Meta” Which has been repeated, some change of format at the moment and I am unable to change ❤

I am Moving on as usual with “My Own Journey of Wellness, Encouraging and Healing” So that Everyone can have “Faith, Hope and to Heal” To Lead a Better Life of Good Health, Happiness and Joy”. If you click on the Link You can Read This Post: The Therapists Voice Forward!

The Topics in Green, if you “Click” on them “Will take you to My other different posts which you will be able to find more information and even Pronunciation”. I have another website with “My own little Poems and Pictures of some of My Hobbies” if you are interested on seeing, “What else I am doing” during my spare time you can have a look at :https://deepanilamani.com/  🙂

It is all free”. You can share and pass it on also for others who can benefit from this post. I hope All those who Read will be able to make the maximum use of all these facts and make, “Your Lives More Healthy and able to Lead Better lives in Happiness and Peace”. I wish it to be so as, ”Peace which is our Ultimate Goal in Life ❤

Sending Love, Light and Healing Energies to All ❤

May God’s Blessings Be Upon You ❤

Deepa Nilamani ❤

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Roadmap To Resilience!

I Hope All of You are in Good Health, and “To keeping yourself Positive and Motivated as Best as possible in these trying times” ❤

This full post below is from Dr. – Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. I am sharing from his site. The rest is as usual which I write after what I write from the Update.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JM2aocOBkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEfhM_Sf-I

Roadmap to Resilience
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.

In this time of a world-wide pandemic, it is important to keep in mind the high level of resilience that individuals, families and communities evidence. In order to support and bolster such resilience, I am making my book ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE available for FREE to help individuals cope with ongoing adversities and losses.

This Website is set up with TWO APPENDICES:

APPENDIX A is set up with SIX different FITNESS areas: Physical, Interpersonal, Emotional, Cognitive, Behavioral and Spiritual  (PIE CBS).  Individuals will be able to Click on any item and retrieve the corresponding Coping ACTION PLAN.

APPENDIX B is set up in ALPHABETICAL order and folks can just look up the specific need they have at that moment and access the corresponding Coping ACTION PLAN.

Topics include ways to:

  1. Handle intense emotions (fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness, boredom, anger, grief, guilt, and shame). Specific suggestions on ways NOT to let these emotions overwhelm you are included. How to name and tame your emotions; how to accept, tolerate, control and share your feelings are discussed. How not to allow your feelings “hijack” your resourcefulness and undermine your resilience is included. LEARN HOW TO TALK BACK TO YOUR AMYGDALA (The amygdala is a cluster of almond-shaped cells located near the base of the brain) — your lower emotional brain and learn how to sleep better.
  2. Access help from others and ways “to give, to get.”
  3. Develop and deliberately practice resilience-engendering behaviors such as relaxation, meditation, yoga, exercise, gratitude, forgiveness, meaning-making activities, use humor, group support, your religion and faith, Internet resources, etc.. LEARN HOW OTHER FOLKS HAVE USED POSITIVE COPING STRATEGIES.
  4. Ways to cope with the coronavirus  is included in an ADDENDUM.  Read “Resilient  Voices”

PLEASE SHARE THIS WEBSITE WITH OTHERS –
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

You have to Thank Dr: – Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. for this post.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Latest Update: 7th of January 2022. This is “The 168th Post” and with the “Introductory Page this will be all in Total up to date, 169 posts. On Top Right Hand side you are able to see: The word “Menu” when you click on it, You will see will see The word “Home” All the posts from “The Very Beginning comes ~ Under “Home”. Which is The Introductory Page about: Who I am & Why I am Writing!

I am in Good Health and as, “I have been able to, “Receive Healing Energy in to My Hands” since “Beginning of 2016” All my Hard work and Praying has been rewarded. Healing Energy can go to others too, and where ever it is needed to be received with a Clear Mind and Lot of Loving Kindness ❤

The old Topics are, “On The Left Hand side “Under the, “Recent Posts” with “The New Topics adding up. “It will be too long to post so many number of posts on the side. You can “Click and see all The older Topics” “Under “Archives” and “Categories”. Make. Note: “Archives” and “Meta” Which has been repeated, some change of format at the moment and I am unable to change ❤

I am Moving on as usual with “My Own Journey of Wellness, Encouraging and Healing” So that Everyone can have “Faith, Hope and to Heal” To Lead a Better Life of Good Health, Happiness and Joy”. If you click on the Link You can Read This Post: The Therapists Voice Forward!

The Topics in Green, if you “Click” on them “Will take you to My other different posts which you will be able to find more information and even Pronunciation”. I have another website with “My own little Poems and Pictures of some of My Hobbies” if you are interested on seeing, “What else I am doing” during my spare time you can have a look at :https://deepanilamani.com/ 

It is all free”. You can share and pass it on also for others who can benefit from this post. I hope All those who Read will be able to make the maximum use of all these facts and make, “Your Lives More Healthy and able to Lead Better lives in Happiness and Peace”. I wish it to be so as, ”Peace which is our Ultimate Goal in Life ❤

Sending Love, Light and Healing Energies to All ❤

May God’s Blessings Be Upon You ❤

Deepa Nilamani ❤

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