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.