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?
How do you score yourself now? Has the score changed? Why or why not?
2.
Review the goals and
activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the
goals? Explain.
3.
Have you implemented the
activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being
optimal well being), my ratings and explanations are listed below:
A-Physical
well being: In my Unit 3 blog post, I rated myself at a 6 in this area and will
keep that rating. As I stated, I am not where I used to be but I am better than
I was a few years ago. I have cleaned up my diet considerably by eating only
local and organic foods, no sodas, fast food or anything that I can't
pronounce. My mother’s sudden death in 2011 due to heart attack and my father’s
recent battle with stomach cancer has definitely been motivation to help me to
continue with my improved eating habits. I believe this has attributed to
my overall health considerably. I would like to work on toning my body and
losing a few pounds since I am not as physically active as I was before my son
was born 3 years ago. I would like to get a bike and ride with my son to work
towards attaining this goal. Implementing yoga would also help with improving
my physical, spiritual and psychological well being and help alleviate some the
stress that I have been experiencing relating to searching for a less stressful
job and dealing with my father’s illness.
B-Spiritual
well-being: In Unit 3 I rated this as a 5. I would still rate it at a 5 or a 6.
As I mentioned, I was raised in a Southern Baptist church and often felt it was
very restrictive. As I have gotten older, I realize that you do not have to
attend church every Sunday to have a relationship with God. I have also become
more spiritual and less religious. I want to allow my son and any future child
that I have to choose what religion, if any, they wish to practice. I do want
to implement some form of meditation into my life to also help with my
spiritual focus.
C-Psychological
well-being: With everything that is still going on relating to my father's
illness and my job uncertainty I would still rate this area a 5. Supportive
family and friends have made these things easier to cope with, but I still feel
down and stressed like nothing is going to change. My goal is to continue to
utilize my family, friends and any other resources that I can to stay calm and
sane during this stressful time. I also need to learn to take a little time out
for myself. There are days like today where my 3 year old decided to take a nap
mid day and I have had nearly 2 hours of peace and quiet! That is a mental
vacation within itself and gives me to time to regroup my thoughts.
4.
Summarize your personal
experience 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?
This course has challenged
me at times. I am still going to seek spiritual, physical and mental development
through meditation and other methods discussed in class, but it has been
difficult to find the time and peace and quiet to do so. There are still some
obstacles that I must overcome. One positive aspect was focusing on forgiveness
and gratitude. I am determined to stay
on the path to integral healing. I will
feel fulfilled once I can share this joy, peace and calm with those around me.
I am enthusiastic about being
able to use these practices on my future clients once I have strengthened the
areas that I need improvement on so that I can be a great example to my clients
as an alternative health and wellness coach. I have also been inspired to
create my own personal blog at http://naturalmochamama.wordpress.com
relating to alternative health and wellness topics. I am also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naturalmochamama. Come visit me!
Best wishes to you all in
your journey to integral health and your future endeavors!
Christie,
ReplyDeleteAt some point it will slow down and you will have time to reflect. With a three year old and a job, it can be difficult to find time to breath, but it will happen. Getting your son invovled in some type of exercise not only is beneficial to both of you, but it can be so much fun when they are young.
Best of luck and I will keep you in my prayers,
Julie C.
Christie,
ReplyDeleteI can totally understand the stress of work. My suggestion is to make meditation part of your everyday routine. Even if it's 10 minutes in the shower you will feel calmer and be able to better deal with the stress and also be able to be intentional with your response instead of reacting to situations. Another thing that I started with this class is practicing loving-kindness. It really is a great practice. It helped me to always focus on the positive and think about things differently then normal. I would recommend it to everyone.
Good luck with your health journey and your classes.
Christine Faust
Hello Christie,
ReplyDeleteAs a personal trainer, you are on the right track to a healthier you. You have my sympathy for the loss of your mother. Some people have tragedies in their life and they cannot bounce back from them so I do admire your strength as well and I amd confident that you will accomplish all of your goals.
Good luck
Demetrius Cooper
I also recently lost my mother to a sudden heart attack and then my father was diagnosed with kidney/adrenal gland cancer. You are right, it can be a huge motivator. I look at myself and wonder how I let myself get to this point physically but know that dwelling does not help and I just need to forge ahead and implement changes now. My daughter is three and oh yes, if and when she decides to nap it is better than a trip to someplace sunny! I have learned to not go 500miles/min when she naps and to actually take sometime for myself, whether it is a shower in peace or a nice quiet cup of coffee :)
ReplyDeleteBest wishes always,
Christine M. Campanella Dixon