Its a work in progress...

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?

In week three of this course I ranked my overall well-being as 6 out of 10. This was a result of the negative, self-defeating talk I do to myself. I would say I am still about a 6 or a 7. Only because I tend to still talk negatively about things about myself that I am ashamed of, such as my post baby weight. I feel that when I lose the weight there will be less negative self-defeating talk or I will move on to my next issue with myself.

2.       Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.

My goal was to think more positively. I would say that I have improved in this area. I have become more aware of myself (and when others do as well) when I am bad-mouthing myself.

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

As far as my intended goals, I have not implemented any of the changes listed. However, I spoke to a friend at work about my goal, she understood my wanting to change this and found a jar that we call the bad-mouth jar.  Whenever I am bad-mouthing myself I will have to put change in the jar. I would like to use a journal as a fitness tool and a way of monitoring my stress and overall well-being.

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 been great! I have learned a lot about mind, body and spirit health, especially my own. I would say I am a work in progress. However, I am more conscious of my overall well-being then I was before taking this class. The most rewarding part of this class has been the hands-on learning with being able to do the exercises and techniques taught within the reading. The most difficult part has been making the time to complete everything to the best of my ability. This experience will certainly aid me as well as help me motivate and encourage others to achieve their integral health.