7 Essential Health Skills

How would you apply the 7 essential health skills that need to be mastered to form a strong foundation for your health?

There are 7 essential skills that need to be mastered in order to form a healthy lifestyle but I'm only going to talk about 6. Analyzing influences, accessing information, goal setting, decision making, advocacy and interpersonal communication are the essential skills needed to form a healthy lifestyle. Analyzing influences by noticing the good and bad influences in your life. External influences can be your parents, peers or the Internet and internal influences can be beliefs, feelings and morals. Analyzing influences is a major health skill because it allows you to get rid of the bad influences and embrace the …show more content…
To use goal setting a clear realistic goal needs to be set. "SMART" goals are the way to having great goals. S stands for specific as in the goal is detailed and will help you reach something you want to happen. M stands for measurable and A stands for achievable which means the goal is realistic and can be reached within time set to reach it. R stands for relevant which means the goal is important to you and by reaching it progress is made towards your healthy life. Finally, T stands for time-bound which means will the goal be possible within the time set. Whether it's short term or long term the goal needs to be met for the goal to be time-bound and measurable. Using this skill in my life I can set "smart" goals to achieve important things that help me love healthy. My goal is to play more during a basketball game within the next 3 games. It's a smart goal because it meets all the requirements to make it a smart goal. I will brainstorm ways to reach my goal and seek out people who can help me reach my goal. Ideas to help me play more in the next three games are, work harder in practice, encourage others/be a good teammate, and show my energy and passion on the court. Within the next three games I will monitor my progress and make changes to my ideas if they aren't working and after all three games I will evaluate if I met my …show more content…
Listening, responding to others emotions, assertive communication, asking effective questions and refusal skills. Listening to others is key to mastering the other skills in interpersonal communication. Verbal listening is being able to restate in your own words what was said and asking questions about what was said. Non verbal listening is making eye contact, staying still and sitting or standing in a relaxed way. I will apply listening when the teacher is talking to me about an assignment I will ask questions if I don't understand what was said and I will stay relaxed and keep eye contact with the teacher. Responding to the emotions of others is done verbally by not saying what is known and asking questions. Non-verbal actions are watching body language, making eye contact and watching facial expressions. Emotions reflect so stay calm. I will apply this skill when my friend is upset I will stay calm, not saying “wow you look upset” but rather saying “is there anything I can do for you.” Assertive communication is used all the time but sometimes it's done in the wrong way. Assertive communication is not passive, also not super aggressive but rather a mix of the two. Verbally, you must stand up for your morals/beliefs and taking responsibility for your actions. Non-verbally, you must listen to people's opinions and wait for them to finish their thoughts. I will use