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Course Learning Outcomes
Articulate the Trinitarian Model of Health and its grounding in the image of the Holy Trinity and Trinitarian communal nature.
Describe the WHO+ definition of health and explain how each of the four Trinitarian health domains corresponds to it.
Apply evidence-based practices to increase health in the four domains.
Use positive psychology interventions, lifestyle medicine practices, religious/spiritual activities, and relational approaches to health.
Integrate learning into a comprehensive health plan.
Create a personalized health plan that incorporates mental, physical, spiritual, and social health to support flourishing.
About the course
The Trinitarian Model of Health, developed by Michele Suhie PhD, integrates three evidence-based fields—positive psychology, lifestyle medicine, and religion/spirituality research—with a fourth over-arching domain drawn from the theology of communion, relational health science, and the two greatest commandments. Together, these form a coherent, deeply rooted vision of what it means for a human person to flourish in the image and likeness of God. The Trinitarian Health Model serves as a framework for orienting your health behaviors toward a greater purpose, through the lens of the Catholic faith. You will learn how to reframe your health, reintegrating faith and reason to harness the best practices from science and medicine for health of mind, body, spirit, and community.
Meet your instructor:
Michele Suhie, PhD, NBC-HWC, DipACLM Michele is the Director of Health Education at MyCatholicDoctor Academy and a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach and Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional. She is an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University and coordinates the Sunday music ministry at her parish. Michele developed The Trinitarian Model of Health after her experience with stage 1 breast cancer in 2023. The model grew out of a recognition that physical, mental, spiritual, and social health are interconnected and can be connected to God by both faith and reason. She uses the model to introduce others to a Person-domain-practice framework that allows others to see each person of the Holy Trinity as connected to a domain of health, while suggesting areas of evidence-based practice that support health in that domain.
Curriculum
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1
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Introduction & Overview
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Faith and Reason in Health
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The Telos of Health & Trinitarian Health Model
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Virtues, Character Strengths & Well-Being Models
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Positive Psychology Interventions & Aspects of Behavior Change
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Resources
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Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
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6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
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Religion as a Social Determinant of Health
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Infusing health with spirituality
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Communion: The Nature of the Triune God
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The Biology of Belonging
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Next Steps...
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An invitation...
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See your health as God intended it.
Get started inviting God into your health and embracing your health as a resource that allows you to better live your vocation with purpose in the service of God. Learning occurs through video-based lessons, readings, and suggested application/resources. Free preview lesson available.