unit 10 Final HW420 post

Review your unit 3 personal assessment of your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being.  Reflect on these areas.  How did you score yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 in unit 3?  How do you score yourself now?  Has the score changed?  Why or why not?

w have you assessed your health in each domain? How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?




My health assessments pretty much stayed the same as Unit 3 when we previously completed the exercises. Physically I am always working toward what I feel is the best for my body and soul, but overall I feel like I have a good practice in place that only needs a little tweaking, and not a complete overhaul. I think my physical well-being has improved from a 7.5 to an 8 because I am really focused on making it to the gym each day. I try to work out and try new activities throughout the week and take care of myself so I would say I am considered healthy. I could always work out more often, harder, and lose a little bit of weight while really cracking down on my diet to improve my physical wellbeing.

My spiritual well-being was previously rated a 5...but since going through this class and really learning I think I would rate myself a 3. Right now I am just kind of confused as to where to go and what to do because as I get older I realize there are so many beliefs that have changed since I was a child and I cannot seem to group myself into one certain religion or organization until I know as much as I possibly can to make the right choice for myself. Spiritually I am lagging behind because I do not have a plan; I am really just floating right now, waiting. I have the “you have to see it to believe it” mentality so faith is a difficult concept for me to grasp.

Psychologically I feel I have improved because of practice as I have gotten older. My temper is much more under control than when I was younger. I utilize different strategies to deal with stress like yoga, exercise, and meditation instead of bottling everything up until I felt like I would explode, and did. I also try not to let the small things get to me because I realize there are so many other things bigger in the world than my problems. I would say my psychological wellbeing is a 7. Overall, I am generally happy and do not have too many mixed emotions, but I can still improve on how to express my anger and frustration.

Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area.  Have you made progress toward these goals?  Explain. Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.


Physically I am going to the gym 6 days a week.  I am actually going to learn how to cycle from my husband this weekend and am running in a 5K at the end of the month.  I recently learned how to snow ski so I think I have really accomplished what I wanted with trying new activities.  My diet still needs some work although I am paying closer attention to portion size and what foods I consume.
 
Spiritually I am testing the waters with friends asking them about what they believe and trying to get an understanding of why they feel the way they do.  Everyone is different so I think after some more education about different religions and attending a few services I may find what I am looking for.
 
Psychologically I feel like I am in a good place.  I am finding my quiet time, sticking to yoga a couple times a week, and really trying to not sweat the small stuff and realize how fortunate I am.  Especially with the major events happening in the world like the Japan earthquake it is important to find harmony and look at the positive and understand how we can help and be open.
 
 
Summarize your personal expirence throughout this course.  Have you developed improved well-being?  What has been rewarding?  What has been difficult?  How will this experience improve your ability to assist others?
 
Some experiences were good and some were not.  I really understand how it takes all different parts of the body, mind, and spirit to work to create a healthy individual.  Everyone is different in how they reach their integral health and healing though and this is how the class will help me improve how I help others. 
The subtle mind exercise really stood out to me as something I can definitely live without doing again.  That exercise was noise that I have never had in my own personal life and never wish to have.  I think I have already had a stable and good approach to dealing with chaos that the exercise was not relevant.
 
Good luck everyone