Final Reflections

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This is my progress throughout this course!!!

1.                  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? My physical level was 8, my spiritual level was 6, and my psychological level was 5. How do you score yourself now? My physical level is still an 8, my spiritual level is a still a 6, and my psychological level is an 8 Has the score changed? Yes Why or why not? My psychological level is the only thing that change, because this course have help me so much on working on myself so that I can be a better individual to others.

2.                  Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain. I have made progress in my physical goal, because I’m eating healthier and trying to incorporate more walking for exercise. My spiritual goal I have not made progress in, but I’m not giving up. My psychological goal I have made progress, because I’m getting to a place where I’m happy and I think I’m ready to mend broken relationships within my family

3.                  Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain. Yes, I have implemented exercising, but I have not been meditating and I have not had the time to communicate with my family I had issues with in the past.

4.                  Summarize your personal experience throughout this course. My experience throughout this course was great! I’ve learn so many new techniques that will forever be in my mind to use, whenever I feel like I’m in a crisis. I wish there were weekly sessions I can go to online and learn more. The meditation exercises were great and really brought me through some tough times. I also, wish that they was a part 2 to this course it would be very beneficial to me.  Have you developed improved well-being? Yes, I defiantly have experience improved well-being physically, psychologically, and more spiritually than I was not quite complete though. What has been rewarding? Everything has been rewarding from the professor, my classmates, and just the overall learning for this course What has been difficult? The difficult part was in the beginning letting go of hurt, but this course has taught me if I do not let go of hurt I’m just holding myself back from complete happiness, being healthy, and becoming whole. How will this experience improve your ability to assist others? This experience help me to assist others to care about their health and wellness regardless of life circumstances, and be a helper to others to do the same; which I think it would be a better world if everyone can incorporate this in their lives and help others.

Final Project

I.                Introduction:
Why is it important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually and physically? Health and wellness importance of developing psychologically, spiritually, and physically are to become mentally fit to aid in helping their clients; which if they do not got their selves together how can they help someone else get their self together that seeks help.   What areas do you need to develop to achieve the goals you have for yourself? The areas I need to develop in actually is all three; psychologically, spiritually, and physically. There is a feeling inside of me that I feel like I’m half way at my health and wellness, and it just so close that I can reach out and grab it.

II.                Assessment:
How have you assessed your health in each domain? Spiritually I feel like I have lost touch with my inner self, because I feel lost without that connection without worshipping God inside the church. Physically I can say I’m almost where I want to be, because my health is getting better. Psychologically I’m at crossroad in my life that makes me have regrets sometimes, but I’m trying my best to stay positive and become mentally fit. How do you score your wellness spiritually, physically, and psychologically?  Spiritually I’m a 5, being that I feel like I’m halfway into spirituality right now. Physically I’m a seven, because I feel like I need that boost of complete happiness to excel. Psychologically I’m a 5, because I feel that I’m also halfway and progressing to become whole.

III.                Goal development:
List at least one goal you have for yourself in each area, Physical, Psychological (mental health) and Spiritual. Physically I want to exercise more to become healthier, because I have diabetes. Psychologically I need to reconnect with family members that I had problems with in my past and just let things go. Spiritually I want to start going back to church, because that is where I feel God presence the most.

IV.                Practices for personal health:
What strategies can you implement to foster growth in each of the following domains; Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual. Provide at least two examples of exercises or practices in each domain. Explain how you will implement each example. Physically I want to do more exercise by doing yoga and walking more; which will be 30 minutes each a day. Psychologically I will implement the meditation with the loving-kindness and subtle mind for 15 minutes a day.  Spiritually I want to go to church more like once a month to pray and worship god.  

V.                Commitment:
How will you assess your progress or lack of progress in the next six months? I will assess my progress or lack of progress by using a daily planner to keep up with my progress by checking it off and put an x if I lack progress. What strategies can you use to assist in maintaining your long-term practices for health and wellness? The strategies that I can use to maintain long-term practices for my health and wellness is continue to advance in 30 minutes extra for exercise per month, bring my mediation time 15 minutes extra per month, and continue to implement more time in going to church like maybe twice a week from once a month, because I would like to incorporate bible study as well; which when I was growing up there was a weeknight set aside for learning the bible and I need to learn it a little more for myself spiritually, psychologically, and physically to become healthier, happy, and whole.

Loving-Kindness and Mediation

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The exercises throughout this course were all great, but the two that stuck out to me was the loving-kindness exercise and mediation. The loving-kindness exercise has really help me to be gentle with myself and assert kindness on others too. There was a time in the beginning of this course I was in a very emotional state with my family members, being pregnant, and having issues with my boyfriend; which the loving kindness exercise made me take a step back and think what I could do differently to help the situation, then I though working on becoming a better person would help me be willing to be opening to think about their feelings than being selfish. The mediation to me went with all the exercise, but that’s the fun part of  incorporating mediation more in my life by getting acquaint with it every unit throughout this course. The part I love most about mediation is it require you to find a quiet place where you can connect without interruption then close your eyes, because it is like closing your thoughts out from the world at that moment to channel your inner self and suppress every emotion that is clashing together and sort it out to bring positivity in the mist of it. I’m so glad I got introduce to these exercise that I can go back to anytime, when I’m having a mental breakdown and it can just pick me up and clear my mind so it will not affect my happiness, health, or path to complete wholeness. This made me had a revelation just now as I was thinking how these exercises have made me a better person, such as when I reach that level of integral health to happiness, health, and wholeness; how will that feeling be for me to feel like I’m complete or becoming one with myself.  

Reflections of Who You Are

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My meditative practices for this week was taking a walk and laying on my side closing eyes to clear my mind for about 15 minutes. The walk was a way for me to get in exercise and take in the nature around me so I could release any negative thoughts. When I lie down of my side for 15 minutes it was to clear my mind of stress that this week brought, which when I close my eyes I focus on the positive in my life and when I open my eyes the negative was dismiss after the 15 minutes. Mediation practices are new to meet so I’m getting used to it, because it is like a release of fresh air. Mediation has also, elevate my mind to new height as opening up my mind to receive things; which I sometimes be afraid to accept and I try to change it quickly, but mediation helps me to let the process go smoothly and come natural in my life. The continuous of these practice will be incorporated by me to release whatever is bottled up inside of me, because I think that was my problem before I never had techniques I could use to help me understand my feelings and finds ways to cope.  

The saying, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means an individual have to experience it before they can help someone else. This applies to health and wellness in dealing with how the experience of an individual can help others foster as they have from what they did on their journey to health and wellness. There are a lot of obligations I have to my clients depending on their situations, but I will have to know the nature of their problem then I would suggest they be open-minded, comfortable, and precise as they can be so they can be their normal self around me. The implementation of psychological and spiritual growth can be done by me letting go of past hurt and being more open to new things.  

Loving-Kindness Exercise/Integral Assessment

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The loving-kindness was an exercise about open the heart and mind to think of individuals who may be suffering to be able to find a way to health, happiness, and wholeness. This exercise was very much needed for me, because I struggle with this daily. My purpose in life is to quit worry about things, because I worry a lot and it is not good for my health. I feel like I have not reach my level of happiness and I do not feel complete; which at times I get real sad. My motive in life is to help individuals even, when I cannot help myself, but I know it have to start with me. I think about the saying daily, “You have to make your own self happy, before you make someone else happy”.  The integral assessment is developing yourself something like soul searching and finding ways to grow on what you know about yourself that need fix in your life that will fulfil it. I’m kind of at a crossroad in my life now, because I’m about to accomplish an achievement in my life graduating from college and I’m having a baby soon. Something inside of me still yearns for more, because I feel like I have so much potential and in my mind I feel like I have fail myself. I’m mature, but in a sense I still feel like a child in some situation where I have not grown up; like I’m currently a student that mostly at home and sometimes I feel like I should have been working on a stable job for a couple years now. I tried to be independent and sometimes when I have to depend on others it either stress me out or I get nervous, because the feeling of being let down makes me feel worthless. The area in my life I want growth and development is improving my health, because I think that if I reach that level happiness and everything else will come with it. The first thing I need to focus on is eating more healthier now and maybe start out walking being that I’m pregnant; then eventually start more cardio, weight lifting, and running.

Comparison Between Loving-Kindness and Subtle Mind

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Both loving-kindness and the subtle mind was great, because they both brought emotions and feelings out of me that I keep going back and forth with. The loving-kindness exercise is still my favorite, because I think it help me to get to the subtle mind. The only thing in my mind that is holding me back I think more is love and happiness, but doing the subtle mind exercise will help me learn when my thoughts and feelings arise how to properly let them fall so they can dissolve. Both exercise I catch my mind drifting, I think with practice these exercise will help me stay focus through the whole exercise. Sometimes I think that practicing these exercise with a group would be more beneficial, because you learn to be calm with your surroundings of individuals like you and everybody connects on a deeper level with understanding how to learn things like the loving-kindness and the subtle mind exercise. I wish sometimes I could practice this exercise with my family, but they are not open to new things; which I think that’s why we hurt more, because they are busy trying to tear someone down to build their self-esteem up. The problems I have more in my mind is about my family, which I wish we were closer. My mom is my only center of gravity, because I can talk to her about anything and when I’m having a bad day her voice always calms me and put me back in the right direction. This amazes me that my mind goes to her and the guidance of God, because they both make me physically, mentally, and spiritually whole when I’m experiencing different emotions, trying to figure out my feelings, and just need to inhale and exhale to feel better.

Loving-Kindness

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The loving-kindness exercise was beneficial to me, because I’m dealing with this now in most aspects of my life. This practice will help me open up my heart more, because at this point in my life I feel incomplete; which it feels like I have not reach complete happiness within myself to be able to express it to other. I’ve always been a kind person and nice, but I never was completely happy; I never had anyone in my life to give me that complete love. My parents were there to nurture me, but I always felt like I needed more as a child too; which I had 6 other siblings my parents had to disperse their love to. Yes, I would defiantly recommend this exercise to anyone, because you never know what individuals are going through; sometimes individuals do not show that they are hurting on the inside they keep it bottle up. Loving-kindness is very much needed, because it gets an individual through life. The concept of the mental work is to develop consciousness and healing capacities to progressive development throughout life with continuous practice and effort. The proven benefits of mental workout is the practice of loving-kindness and wisdom. The practice of loving-kindness and wisdom have to be incorporated to complete a part of the well-being process of happiness, wholeness, and health. These practice helps us love ourselves, family, friends, and even strangers; which we incorporated both loving-kindness together to be able to express love and calmness.  The way I can implement mental workouts is honestly I need to find my happiness with implementing these various mediation exercises, because so far I have learn so much. The problem I have is giving and receiving, which I have to stop thinking about every time I give I need to receive back in return, because the only thing I need that I give in return is love and I don’t really get much of that. Practice is something I need to do more of for love, compassion, and a subtle mind!