Whole Health Skill-Building: Personal Development

Personal Development
Personal Life &
Work Life
Build Hope and Optimism
Find
Balance
Create and Learn
Give
Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings)
Increase Humor
Be More Resilient
Make One Small Change

What are some ways you like to learn and create?

• Let’s go around the room and have each person share ideas, if they wish
• Examples:
• Take a class, or go back to school
• Do vocational rehab
• Learn a new hobby or skill
• Build on an old talent, like art or music
• Write your life story
• Build something

Personal Development
Personal Life &
Work Life
Build Hope and Optimism
Find
Balance
Create and Learn
Give
Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings)
Increase Humor
Be More Resilient
Make One Small Change

Giving: Volunteering and More

People who volunteer...

• Get to help others
• Live longer
• Feel a ‘helper’s high’
• Feel more of a sense of accomplishment
• Seem to do better with chronic illnesses
• Find it helps with depression
• Have lower heart disease risk
• Even if you can’t volunteer, you can do random acts of kindness

Photo credit: https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/2224/support-veterans-during-national-volunteer-week/
What would you like to do? Veterans love to work with other Veterans!
Personal Development
Personal Life &
Work Life
Build Hope and Optimism
Find
Balance
Create and Learn
Give
Be Grateful (Count Your Blessings)
Increase Humor