Running Head: SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY 1

Spiritual and Psychological Inventory

Sierra Halstead

Final Project

HW420 Creating Wellness – Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing

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What in your life gives you a sense of purpose?

We all strive to find out purpose. This question aims to have the person think about their

own purpose and what they are doing in their life that is helping them fulfil it. Finding your life

purpose is a life long journey. (Davis, 2017).

What spiritual practices give you the most comfort?

Most people have some sort of spiritual practice even if they don’t realize it. This

question aims to put that into perspective and make the person think deeper than usual. It can

help them realize the little things they do each day that have a spiritual nature.

Whenever you want to clear you head, what are some things that you normally do?

This question focuses on self-renewal. Self re-newel is the process of renewing oneself

(Blair, 2017). It will make the person answering it think back to times that made them feel like

they had a clear mind. This will help the person take a personal inventory on how they deal with

negative thoughts or moments.

What is your Why? What drives you to succeed?

There are many motivational videos out there that talk about finding your “Why”. This

question is designed to have the person think deeper about this. What is their why? Why makes

them keep reaching for their goal? “Unlike animals, which are driven simply to survive, we

humans crave more from life than mere survival. Without an answer to the question ‘Survival for

the sake of what?’ we can quickly fall into disillusionment, distraction and a quiet sense of

despair” (Warrell, 2013).

What have you achieved so far that you are proud of?
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This question will have the person think about times in life where they were proud of

themselves. This will give a sense of achievement and can remind them that they are capable of

great things. This can be especially important in times of self-doubt.

If you could do anything without worrying about failing, what would you do?

This question can help the person set a goal, or give them a sense of motivation. Thinking

of things that we dream of doing can help to re-vive little motivational fires that may have

dimmed over time. When we think about them again, they can reignite.

What are three things that happened today that you are thankful for?

This questions focuses on being mindful and in the present moment. It is important that

we take time to be grateful for the little things in our life and to remember how blessed we are.

What is one thing about yourself that you wouldn’t change?

This question is designed to have the person answering it to think about themselves in a

positive way. Most people are well aware of things they would like to change about themselves,

but how often to we stop to be grateful for what we have? This can help someone turn negative

self-talk into positive self-talk.

Do your personal values and daily actions match up?

We all have our own personal values. I think that we assume that we a living up to them

without actually taking time to hold ourselves accountable. This question serves to do that. By

thinking of their own values and then thinking of times when they have had the change to either

go with their values or against them. This can let a person know about areas they may want to

take some time to re-evaluate in their life.

What is one thing that you can do that can always cheer you up?
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This question is designed to have the person remember happy times. Thinking of

something that can always cheer them up will bring positive vibes into their present moment.

This kind of positive thinking can turn someone’s whole mood from bad to good. Positive

thinking can also provide many other positive health impacts such as lowering stress, lowering

depression, aiding the immune system and creating an overall healthy human being (Mayo

Clinic, 2017).

For this assignment I interviewed my co-worker, Reign.

1. What in your life gives you a sense of purpose?

Reign: That is a hard question to start with. Right now I can just say that, well, I don’t even

know what my purpose in this world is yet. But, I do feel good when I am helping patients at

work. So right now, my work gives me my sense of purpose.

2. What spiritual practices give you the most comfort?

Reign: I grew up a Christian and was always forced to pray. I am not a follower of any

religion now, but I do my own type of prayer I guess. It isn’t a traditional praying, but more

like a meditation. Yea, meditation is what I would call it. Anyway, I really only do it when I

am feeling really stressed and lost. It helps me to center my thoughts.

3. Whenever you want to clear your head, what are some things that you normally do?

Reign: Well, I do my prayer meditation or I go to the gym. I really enjoy working out and can

get a lot of frustration out in the weight room. I like to turn my music up real loud and just

zone out. I also really like to drive around. Sometimes I take the long way home from work

just listening and singing along to my favorite playlist.

4. What is your Why? What drives you to succeed?

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Reign: Well, I am going to school for special education with a minor in sign language. My

little brother is autistic and growing up with him really taught me a lot about life. I want to do

well for him, and I want to teach kids like him. I would say he is my why. Also, I feel like I

am meant to make a difference, even if it is just a small one.

5. What have you achieved so far that you are proud of?

Reign: I’m only 21, so not much ha! So far, my biggest achievement was just graduating

from basic training. A lot of my friends and family told me I couldn’t do it, that it would be

too hard. I showed them, I made it. I also made it to work on time today, which Is an

achievement in my book so, there’s that ha.

6. If you could do anything without worrying about failing, what would it be?

Reign: I would apply to Ohio State University and try to get into their special education

program. I honestly could have gotten in if I had just tried, but I was scared. For some reason

I chose the military thinking it would be the easiest choice. Jokes on me, this stuff is rough.

7. What are three things that happened today that you are thankful for?

Reign: Well, I got up early enough to get coffee before work. The dining facility had

strawberries, and…hmm let me think. Ahh yea, number three, they had one bag of fire hot

Cheetos at the snack bar, and I got it. I just realized that I am very motivated by food ha.

8. What is one thing about yourself that you wouldn’t change?

Reign: That is another hard question. I always pick myself apart. I do have really great

eyelashes though. So, my eyelashes. I wouldn’t change those.

9. Do your personal values match your daily actions?

Reign: I have spent a lot of time thinking about my personal values. Moving away from

home and being on my own for the first time has really changes my outlook on a lot. I used
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to be pretty closed minded, but now I am opening up way more and have felt myself become

more understanding of a lot of things. I try every day to live up to my own values.

Sometimes, I am sure I fail at that but I am trying.

10. What is one thing that you can do that can always cheer you up?

Reign: Eat! I love to eat. But really, something that always makes me feel so much better

without the guilt of crab loading is my favorite song. It’s called “She Drives Me Crazy” By

The Fine Young Cannibals. It’s from the 1980’s I think. My mom used to play it all of the

time when I was little and I would just dance and dance. When I hear it now, no matter how

gloomy or sad I feel, it always takes me back to those happy times and I cheer up.

After the interview Reign said that she felt a bit more thankful for how her life has turned

out. She had the chance to think about things she usually ignores or takes for granted. My

findings were that this questionnaire was helpful and could defiantly be used as a good tool for

self-reflection. Some of the questions are a bit deep and could be relaxed a bit to lessen the

amount of time someone needs to think. On a few questions, Reign really needed to focus since

they are not things she often ponders about herself. Overall, tools like this one are helpful

because for many people, joy and happiness are hard to grasp. Rather than focusing on the

present moment, they tend to be absorbed with past or future events. Living your joy means to

live in the present moment, not the past, nor the future, but the present moment. (Seaward, n.d.)
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References

Blair, K. (2017, Jun 28). The 4 Spiritual Laws of Self Renewal . Retrieved from Thrive Global:

https://medium.com/thrive-global/the-4-spiritual-laws-of-self-renewal-182c6c1398f6

Davis, T. (2017, Dec 12). Five Steps to Finding Your Life Purpose. Retrieved from Psychology

Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201712/five-

steps-finding-your-life-purpose
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Mayo Clinic. (2017). Healthy Lifestyle. Retrieved from Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk

to reduce stress: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-

depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950?pg=1

Seaward, B. (n.d.). Health and Wellness Practices. Retrieved from Spiritual and Psychological

Inventory: https://healthnwellness.blog/spiritual-and-psychological-inventory/

Warrell, M. (2013, Oct 30). Do You Know Your "Why?" 4 Questions To Find Your Purpose.

Retrieved from Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/10/30/know-

your-why-4-questions-to-tap-the-power-of-purpose/#5ec1e8a173ad