Final Reflections

Hello Class,

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

Hello,

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.