Energy Balance and Resistance in Whole Person Care – Dr. Morehouse, Grace Family Medicine | |||
Type of Energy | In | Out | Intervention |
Body (soma) | Rest | Work, toil | Scheduling |
Physical | Sleep | Insomnia | Rectify disorder |
Health | Illness, injury | Medical treatment, healing prayer | |
Good nutrition | Malnutrition | Dietary counsel, supplement | |
Well-being, fitness | Improper exercise | Balanced exercise | |
Sexual harmony (eros) | Sexual dysfunction | Godly therapy | |
Soul (psyche) | Righteousness | Self-righteousness, sin | Repentance, discipline |
Psychological | Good relationships (phileo) | Destructive relationships | Interpersonal counsel |
Mind, emotions | Marital harmony | Marital strife | Marital counsel |
Family harmony | Family conflict | Family therapy | |
Job satisfaction | Job, school stress | Vocational counsel | |
Wholesome fellowship | Bad company | Good friends, church | |
Harmony with past | Unresolved personal pain | Inner healing, prayer | |
Confidence, faith | Anxiety, depression | Reassurance, support | |
Financial security | Economic problems | Contentment, giving | |
Stability | Transition, stress | Concern, acceptance | |
Spirit (pneumo) | Union with God | Separation from God | Reconciliation through Christ |
Spiritual | Harmony with God | Conflict with God | Spiritual guidance |
Obedience | Rebellion | Yieldedness, mercy | |
Understanding | Ignorance | Bible study, teaching | |
Spiritual clarity, vision | Spiritual confusion | Prayer and fasting | |
Moral virtue | Hypocrisy, guilt | Wisdom, forgiveness | |
Peace (shalom) | Spiritual torment, fear | Consecration, deliverance | |
Perennial joy | Emptiness, vanity | Infilling with the Holy Spirit | |
Patience | Frustration | Building faith | |
Spiritual vitality | Struggle, weakness | Empowerment by the Holy Spirit | |
Optimism, hope | Discouragement, hopelessness | Encouragement, inspiration | |
Praise, worship | Intercessory burdens | Share, release burdens | |
Receiving ministry | Ministry to others (agape)* | Priorities, "pruning" | |
Fatigue and lowered resistance occur when Energy In < Energy Out. Intervention is directed toward restoring balance, wholeness | |||
and integrity. *The object is to attain an energy balance that enables an individual to give more to others than they take. | |||