In Unit 3 I had to do a personal assessment of my
psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. I assessed myself as an 8
physically, 7 spiritually, and a 6-7 psychologically. I had a hard time
assessing my spiritual well-being and physical well-being but an easy time
assessing my physical well-being. I am still at that same place nearly 7 weeks
later. I do find it a little easier to rate myself spiritually and
psychologically than I did in unit 3. My score has remained nearly the same but
has increased a point or two in all areas. My physical well-being is now an
8-9, psychologically I now rate myself an 8, and my spiritual well-being is now
an 8-9. I am in the middle of 8 and 9 in the spiritual and psychological
well-being and hope to continue to improve in these areas. But all in all I
feel rather healthy and well-rounded mentally and physically. I have made
progress towards all the goals I set for myself in unit 3. I have continued to
exercise while adding some new exercises and activities. I have been eating
better and healthier. My goal to improve my spiritual well-being was to begin attending
church again. I have been doing this and have a church family that my daughter
and I both feel extremely comfortable with. For psychological well-being I gave
myself the goal of meditating daily and I have been doing just that. I do the
subtle mind exercise every night before I go to sleep and have found it to be
extremely beneficial. I have made great progress as I can now rate myself an
extra point or two in all areas but continue to push forth in order to continue
to grow. I have developed improved well-being. Before taking this class I
thought that I was a little crazy due to my racing thoughts and analyzing of
life. Then I was introduced to the subtle mind exercise in which you can
diminish the senseless chatter from your mind allowing me to realize I am not
alone in that area and there are things that can be done to calm my thoughts. I
had a difficult time with some of the exercises. My mother was in the hospital
for 7 weeks and it was an extremely stressful time for me. I suppose this class
was meant for me to take at this time in my life for it was introduced at a
time when I truly needed it. I plan to become a substance abuse counselor and
the information that I have gained throughout this course will be very
important to my profession. If I just treat my clients substance abuse problems
and do not improve their well-being spiritually, psychologically, or physically
then they may enter a relapse. To truly treat my clients I will have to assess
their well-being as well in order to truly change their lives.
Hi LeAnne,
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks like this class has helped you in all areas. I think that no matter how small of an improvement, you are flourishing. Keep moving forward and I wish you well with your future growth and human flourishing.
Jacqui
It was great having class with you! I found it easier to assess myself as well, however my points dropped, not because I was worse off, but because I think I had a better understanding on what areas I really needed to develop. I have also set a goal of meditating. I struggled with it so much during the term, but it's becoming so much easier. I can't say it's a permanent fixture in my daily routing yet though, I still have to "make" myself do it! I think this class has provided us with so many useful tools, and I'm excited to start using them in my journey to human flourishing! Best of luck to you in the future!
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