Health Ministries News

Note from the Director

Fall is underway and many of you have programs that are gearing up. It is exciting as we plan, prepare and implement our offerings. Balance of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual can sometimes become a challenge. We are offering a day of spiritual nurture this fall to enrich ourselves, so we can be more effective companions on our journey with others. It is entitled, “Journey of the Soul: Walking the Sacred Path”. We are privileged to have Doris Klein, CSA, who has led numerous offerings for parish nurses throughout the country, lead us in this day. We hope you will be able to join us.

Blessings,

Sandy Somers, RN, MS

Your Well Being

Rose Coulter, RN

Assistant Director

Center D.O.A.R’s library contains a book entitled, “Anchoring Your Well Being” by Howard Clinebell, Ph.D. This author spoke directly to my heart. Self-responsibility means accepting the fact that the buck stops with me for most of the decisions that determine how healthy or unhealthy my lifestyle is. Intention and choice are themes present throughout the Bible’s ethical insights about how I can live a healthy life. I am the only person who can walk the road that leads toward a healthier life for me. Having wise guides at critical points on the journey can be extremely important, even lifesaving. So consulting caring and competent health professionals, therapists, and teachers when I need their special knowledge and skills are valuable tools.

This author reminds us that burnout is the common cold of vocational health. We are vulnerable to burnout if we tend to be idealistic, perfectionist, hard driving, and people pleasing and if you suffer, at times, from shaky self-esteem. Increasing our own self-care is of high priority. Clinebell recommends increasing our ability of recognizing the signs of burnout just as we would recognize signs of cancer or other medical challenges and then seeking professional counseling when needed. Among those signs are: a creeping loss of zest, energy, and passion; chronic fatigue in spite of rest; inability to say no; decreasing efficiency; increasing feelings of depression, cynicism, inability to cope; frequent or multiple psychosomatic illnesses; chronic feelings of falling behind; and spiritual illnesses such as hopelessness and despair and a loss of any sense of vocation in one’s worth. Counseling options available to you, beyond your faith community might include:

Arizona Interfaith Counseling

Ron Baard M.Div Ph.D.

1717 West Northern Ave., Suite 105

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Phone: 602-943-4034

Kino Institute, Spiritual Directors

1224 E. Northern Ave.

Phone: 602-997-7397

Franciscan Renewal Center

5802 Lincoln Drive

Phone: 480-948-7460

Counseling extension: 134 free-will offering

Spiritual Direction extension: 160

The bible tells us to love ourselves as we love others. Is now the time?

Central & West Valley Wed. 11/20/02 12:00-1:30 p.m. Bring Your Brown Bag Lunch	“Healthy Aging 2010” Ramona Rusinak, PhD, RN AZ State Dept. of Health Program Coordinator Seventh Day Adventist 13450 N. Plaza Del Rio, Peoria, AZ 85381 (West of 101, approx. 92^nd Ave & South of Thunderbird) Janice Russell contact (623) 977-7990
East Valley Wed. 11/13/02 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Bring Your Brown Bag Lunch	“The Health Ministries Association Conference Report & Ethical Issues in Health Ministry” Sandy Somers, RN, MS Place: King of Glory, 2085 E. Southern Ave. (W of 101). Karen Hernandez & Ruth Ann Fullner contacts (480) 838-0477