The Class Ends But The Journey Continues

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?

At the beginning of the semester I scored my physical wellbeing a 5, my spiritual well-being a 6 and my psychological wellbeing a 7. I am still working on getting my routine back in order, but I have improved since the beginning of the semester. I would change my physical wellbeing to a 6 because I've started swimming again and am stronger for it. But I still need to workout more often and still have plenty of weight to lose. The weight really holds me back. When I get closer to my goal weight a lot of my physical complaints will be gone. For my spiritual wellbeing I would raise that to an 8. I still have to work on being consistent with my prayer life and Bible study, but this class has helped give me the kick in the pants I needed to do so. And lastly for my psychological wellbeing I would rate myself at an 8. I feel like I've been a lot more conscious since the start of class with how I respond to my husband when something bothers me. I try and keep stress minimized and use prayer to help me deal with the things I can't change.

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

As far as my goals are concerned I have made progress because I am praying and doing my Bible studies more often, I have started working out, and I have improved on how I react to anger. I have implemented certain things in each area and there are still things I plan on adding and am working on.

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

As I previously mentioned I have improved on the frequency of which I pray and do my Bible studies. You can never do either of those things too often! I am working on compiling specific Bible verses on 3x5 cards so that I can pick one every week to memorize and meditate on. And also as I mentioned before I have started swimming again which is great. My strength, speed and endurance is improving every day. But I still want to add a more workouts into my week. At least two more. I just purchased a workout called Pound that looks really fun and I am looking forward to trying it out. I also have other workout videos and a recumbent bike (for my bad knees) that I can incorporate into my routine.

     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?

I can say that my well being has improved throughout this course. It's given me ideas that I can use in my own life and recommendations that I can use as a health and wellness coach. What has been difficult for me is getting past some material that I considered to be questionable. But as another classmate said you have to chew the meat and spit out the bones. (Did I get that right? LOL). If I didn't before I definitely believe now that true health involves all aspects of the persons life. You shouldn't treat one aspect without addressing them all. That realization would improve anyone's ability to assist others! As a wellness coach I now know to address all aspects rather than focusing on one or two. For instance as important as nutrition and exercise are it will also be important for me to address their spiritual and psychological health as well. Then I can help them improve those aspects as well so that they can achieve integral health.