How to use the HHA Self-Assessment Resource Kit

Introduction to this HHA Self-Assessment Resource Kit

This curated resource list is organized into 11 Holistic Health Approach performance areas and provides a centralized location for the HHA self-assessment tools. These tools are designed to help you figure out your current fitness in each performance area. This enables you to identify your strengths and areas for improvement.

Over time, you’ll discover which resources best support you in each performance area. For example, when you need to improve your sleep hygiene, you might explore the Sleep Health Self-Assessment and read through articles about establishing consistent routines. Or, when you need to manage stress, you might complete the Stress Management Self-Assessment and identify which techniques might work best for you.

Beyond personal use, these self-assessment tools can serve as conversational springboards when working with the Guardian Resilience Teams (GRTs) to set goals and monitor progress on your health journey.

How to maximize the benefits of the HHA Self-Assessment Resource Kit

When you fill in the statements in the self-assessments, score them based on your first instinct. To most accurately assess your health in each performance area, don’t overthink your response score. This helps you capture your most authentic score, which reduces bias and better prepares you for deeper self-reflection. There are no right or wrong answers to the statements, so be as honest in your responses as you can.

It can also be helpful to periodically return to your completed Self-Assessments to track your progress. For example, if you decide to work on improving your sleep hygiene, start off by taking the Sleep Health Self-Assessment to get your baseline scores. Note your scores somewhere convenient, such as a spreadsheet or in the HHA Strategic Habits tool associated with your completed self assessment. Then, after about a month of implementing and maintaining some sleep hygiene strategies, re-take the assessment.

Each Self-Assessment also has an associated Habits tool to provide actionable guidance on building productive habits within each HHA performance area. For example, after assessing your social fitness skills on the Social Fitness Self-Assessment, move on to the Social Fitness Strategic Habits tool to “level up” your skills and turn your goals into meaningful change. The HHA Strategic Habits tools include a tracker to further monitor your progress.

Remember, the evidence-based information in this HHA Self-Assessment Resource Kit is most effective when approached with a growth mindset.

A growth mindset encourages the belief that skills in these holistic health performance areas can be developed and enhanced through commitment, effort, and dedication. Conversely, a fixed mindset suggests that these skills are innate and unchangeable. If you discover you have fixed mindsets about anything, revisit this resource list when you’re ready to embrace learning and cultivating your skill sets, or read more about the benefits of a growth mindset now.

The health performance areas within this HHA Self-Assessment Resource Kit

This resource kit is structured around the 11 HHA performance areas, and each self-assessment contains a collection of resources to support your holistic health journey. Each self-assessment guides you through utilizing the resource and introduces relevant, evidence-based information. Each also contains reflective exercises to help motivate you to apply the information and includes links to resources for deeper exploration and learning.

Ready to get started? Click on these links to begin cultivating new skills across these essential holistic health performance areas:

• Self-Care Inventory
• Nutritional Fitness Self-Assessment
• Physical Fitness Self-Assessment
• Sleep Health Self-Assessment
• Spiritual Fitness Self-Assessment
• Psychological Fitness Self-Assessment
• Cognitive Performance Self-Assessment
• Stress Management Self-Assessment
• Financial Fitness Self-Assessment
• Social Fitness Self-Assessment
• Preventative Care Self-Assessment