Health Psychology assignment

my name is Brenna Norman and I would like to become a nurse by 2025 and i just love helping people out. Before you begin please reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Introduce yourself to the class. As part of your introduction please review the overview information for each Week by clicking the links in the left navigation bar for the course. Determine which topic(s) may be of special interest to you. Explain what you currently know if anything about the biopsychosocial model of health psychology in general as well as what you are expecting to learn in this course.Guided Response: You have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your peers. Review several of your classmates’ posts. Welcome at least three of your peers to the course and comment on at least one component of their introductory post. Did your classmate choose a similar topic to yours? What insights about your classmate’s interests can you gather from their initial posts? students post Manage Discussion Entry Hello all! …and for a more comprehensive intro – what follows is also under the Announcements but this way you can feel free to respond to me in the group setting if you would like.My name is Dana Dillard but please feel free to call me Dana. Ill call myself Dr D in the classroom usually but this is so you can identify posts from me. I have been facilitating classes for UAGC since 2012 and I absolutely love it! I currently live in northwest Illinois but I suffer from severe wanderlust and am always looking for a new place to visit. Education has opened many doors – some of which have led to Texas Florida Georgia France and Scotland – and I feel extremely blessed to have had these opportunities in the past few years. I look forward to working with you over the next five weeks on this grand new adventure! Here’s a little bit more about me. I earned both my B.S. and M.S. in Psychology through University of Phoenix. I received my Ph.D. in Health Psychology through Walden University in 2019. My coursework has been completed in the online environment which makes me very protective of maintaining the integrity of those pursuing online degrees. I am ridiculously passionate about holistic stress management and the science of stress. I could talk for days about the relationship between hormones thoughts emotions the immune system and distress but I will try to refrain from doing so – unless it is actually relevant and then phew watch out… For almost 15 years I worked as a police dispatcher. I also taught Pilates and fitness classes for seven years though I have had to let go of teaching those and dispatching due to the insanity of dissertation. I also volunteered as assistant to the editor at the International Journal of Childhood Education. I practice Reiki and am a holistic stress management instructor. I also achieved my dream of learning drum circle facilitation. I would like to pursue certifications in animal-assisted crisis response hypnotherapy and aromatherapy but those certifications will have to wait a bit. In addition to teaching for UAGC I also teach for our community college – for the last four fall semesters I have taught college Psych to high school students at their high school for dual credit; I have also taught on the campus. My dream is to continue teaching and to help build an evidence-base for the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicines. While I do not work in behavioral health I do write and research within the field and it is my favorite research rabbit hole to get lost in. In my spare time I love to read (pretty much everything though I am a true fantasy fan) write dance and tromp through the state parks and spend time with my son when he is home and my furry babies Tula and Meli. My first experience with the biopsychosocial model was in my first attempt at college where I took the most amazing course that explored the emotional lives of animals – it made me realize the interactions between nature and nurture were more complex than I ever could have realized. This model now informs most of the work I do. For example my favorite discipline is psychoneuroimmunology which is all about communication between the endocrine nervous and immune systems and how these relate with behaviors the environment and the mind. Not too long ago I wrote an article looking at nutrition as stress management because what we eat affects how we feel – both physically and emotionally. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you any questions or concerns or if you require any special accommodations. You can reach me at [email protected]. – Dr D Manage Discussion Entry 2-7-21 Hello Classmates and Dana My name is Geri Hamilton. I currently live in New Smyrna Beach FL and before moving to sunny Florida in 2012 I lived in New Milford a tiny midwest town in Illinois. I currently work for Advent Health Hospital in New Smyrna Beach in the ER as a patient registrar. Before working in the hospital I was a flight attendant for an international airline for over 20 years. Our airline business mostly contracted with the DOD (Department of Defense). It was an amazing job an incredible experience and an honor to fly with and serve our military men and women. I am currently working toward my B.A. degree in Health and Wellness an academic journey that began in 1978 and now I am very close to fulfilling. My projected graduation date is December 2021. Fulfilling my bachelors degree is no longer about a career goal but about my personal goal. Even though I am 70 years old I believe it is never too late to continue learning or accomplishing and fulfilling whatever your dreams or desires are. Today I am thrilled to be coming to the closing of this chapter and looking forward to seeing the next exciting challenges ahead. I am married and recently celebrated our “golden anniversary” 50 years in October 2020. I have three adult children (49 47 and 46 years old) four grandsons (21 17 13 and 11) three dogs Lilly Lola Roxy and a cat we call Blue. One topic of particular interest to me is Behavioral and Cognitive Methods for Treating Pain. I live with moderate to severe pain everyday day due to an injury and psoriatic arthritis. I want to learn more about cognitive behavior therapy and ways to help change and provide pain relief. The body can do amazing things and I have a great deal of interest in how the mind and bodywork together. I am not familiar with the Biopsychosocial model of health psychology but certainly want to know more about it. Upon reviewing each weeks overview content I believe all the subject material will be filled with amazing knowledge and vital importance. I look forward to learning a great deal in this class alongside each of you—best of luck and much success. Geri Hamilton