- 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?
Previously, I rated my physical
as a 3, spiritual as a 1, and psychological as a 7. The only rating that I would change is
spiritual. I would now rate my
spirituality as a 5. I previously
thought spirituality had to include religion, but now realize that it can be
just being at peace or finding your inner self.
I have made progress with loving myself and making peace with myself, so
therefore my spirituality score goes up.
The other two domains remain the same.
- Review the goals and activities you set for yourself
in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.
I did not have a goal set for
spirituality, but made progress in that domain anyways. Unfortunately, even with a goal in the
physical domain, I have not even attempted to make an effort toward this goal. Psychologically, my goal was to exercise to
reduce my stress. I have found
meditative practice to help me with this, so I am currently working toward this
goal and it is going well.
- Have you implemented the activities you chose for
your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.
I am not currently implementing
any activities toward my physical goals.
This does not mean it will not happen, but it is not currently
happening. Amazingly, although no goal
was chosen for my spiritual domain because I thought I didn’t need it, I am currently
implementing meditative practices to become more connected to my inner
self. I am also implementing these
practices to clear my mind and thoughts to help reduce my stress which promotes
well-being toward my psychological domain.
- 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?
As I stated in my discussion,
this course really surprised me. I
dreaded taking this class thinking it was going to be boring and ended up
really finding myself here. I was able
to really take a good, deep look at who I am in all three domains, see what
things are great about me, and things that need work. Most importantly, I found out that before
anything, I needed to love myself. And I
have learned to do that. It is an
amazing feeling and it really wasn’t that difficult. That probably has been the most rewarding
thing through all of this. Losing so
many feelings of negativity and feeling happy and positive for a change. What I am finding is most difficult is
letting go of grudges and negative feelings toward others who have hurt me very
badly. Forgiveness is very hard for
me. Loving-kindness isn’t as easy as it
should be. I will continue to work on
this. Smiles and happiness are
contagious and I want that to radiate from me.
I am very thankful that I had the opportunity to take this course so
that I can continue to work on my happiness and improve my well-being.
- Participate in the blogs of at least two classmates.
Blog posted and I have
participated in two other blogs.
