Unit 10: The Final Blog!

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?

In unit 3, I rated my spirituality a 4 out of 10, my psychological well-being at a 7, and my physical level at an 8.  I think at the beginning of this class, I wasn't really in touch with my spirituality, and I didn't pay much attention to where I would rate myself on a 1-10 scale in psychological well-being. Now that I have taking this class and got to experience so much and look deeper into my physical being, I rated myself the same physically with an 8. Psychologically at an 8, and spirituality at a 6. I honestly do believe I use some of the integral health techniques in my everyday life and since doing so-I have had more more of a positive outlook on my life.

 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 all of my goals so far. I wanted to advance my score in spirituality and psychological and I think I have made many conscious efforts to do so. I know that I have advanced physically because I continue to workout everyday and follow a fairly strict diet plan. I don't rate myself higher because I think I have a little further to go on my physical journey until I am completely 100% happy with my body. Personally, I think it would be nearly impossible to reach a goal of 10 out of 10 because there will always be room for improvement.

 Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.

Yes, I have implemented the activities that I said I was going to.  I haven't necessarily set aside a certain time of the day to pray, but I find myself looking to God for more of life's answers. Before I never really stopped to think about things as much as I do now. As far as meditation exercises go, I haven't been performing those but I have been stretching a little longer each time and becoming more and more relaxed as I do that. I want to eventually start doing yoga at least three times a week like I used to.

 

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?

Throughout this course, I have noticed myself taking more time out of my day to stop and appreciate the small things. I have used quite a few of the exercises in the Integral Health text and I feel so much more relaxed mentally and physically. The only part of this class I haven't used in my daily life is the meditation practices, I just don't think I benefited much from them and I chose not to continue to practice them. As I live my life from here on out, I will take that extra time out of my day to help someone else out. It's such a great feeling to know that you were able to make someone's day or do a huge favor for them and get  nothing in return. I will continue to be much more self-less and love every important person in my life unconditionally.

Beth Bjorkgren