Unit 10 Reflections

I would now score myself a 6 in my personal well-being, I feel that I am not necessarily taking steps to improve my physical well being by diet and exercise I am more or less accurate on my goals for myself in these areas. I know what I need to do and how I can get there. I have since gotten a bow flex for myself and I have made a promise to myself to get into physical shape after I graduate after this term.

In my spiritual track I have not found a church I would like to attend with my family. I need to work harder for this goal. I wrote that I scored a 6 in this area and I feel that I would probably still be in the same spot now. I have not made any efforts to get any better at studying the word of God or finding a spot for my family.

Psychologically I feel that I have regressed because I am disappointed with my job at this moment and my career field that I don't feel is rewarding to me at this moment. I need to find my place within a company where I can utilize my skill, techniques and empathy for the people that I have dedicated my time to. I would now score a 7 when I was a 9 before.


My experience with this class was neither beneficial to me nor is was it a negative experience. I feel that I have gained an understanding of myself with this class due to having to take a class that I was not interested in. I do not mean to discount the work the instructor has put into this class but, it's just not something that I would like to take again. I thought that I could have done a better job at choosing an elective and finding something that better suites my needs and interests me.

Unit 9

I.          Introduction: It’s important for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically because they are the professionals that are going to be assisting others with their psychologically problems, or thoughts. Spiritually it’s important to believe in something bigger than them, this gives us all ways to cope with what we have to deal with on a daily basis and how to better manage out thought process through a successful and healthy way of thinking. Spirituality is something that allows us to look forward to the future and think that what’s to come is going to be better than we are currently at, at this moment. Physically, our bodies, minds and thought process are interconnected and react to each other, if one is not in sync with the other than it’s going to throw off our whole system of health and wellness.

The areas that I need to personally develop for myself to achieve goals is

spirituality and my physical well being, due to my hectic schedule I am not able to invest as much time as I would like to my physical well being and spiritually I have been slacking.

II.          Assessment: I have not personally assessed my health in each domain; if I did I believe that I would not score too high. Spiritually I feel that I would score high in consideration and thoughts of it but actually practicing and meditation I would not score too high. Physically I would not score high either since it’s been a pretty long while since I’ve done anything physically. Psychologically I believe I would score the highest because I believe that my mind is sound and my focus is in all of these areas, the only thing lacking in my life is time.

III.          Goal development:

1.     Physically: to get physically fit and to a healthy weight.

2.     Spiritually: Practice my faith more often and attend a church.

3.     Psychologically: I would like to see a social worker often to openly discuss my fears, goals, and thoughts.

IV.          Practices for personal health: Physically I believe that once I am finished with school next semester I will dedicate some time to a gym and get involved with my children more. Spiritually I am going to actively look for a church and attempt to make more time for myself. Psychologically I am going to look into my new insurance through work to figure out who I can find to sit and speak to at least once every 2 weeks. I am also going to speak to my husband more often.

V.          Commitment: After my next semester in school I plan to mark my progress in pounds with weight loss and being physically active. I will also judge this on my own wellness of my body and mind. Getting to a better state of mind and actively recording thoughts that are positive will help me in determining if the psychological help with speaking to someone is assisting me. Spiritually, I believe that finding a church and having my children in a happy place with positive feedback will give me the measurement I need to track my progress in this area.

                   Some strategies that I can put in place to keep me on track with this progress is to get my whole family involved in it and assist my children to a more positive and healthy place for themselves. When a person has more to account for they are able to assist each other in their goals and it’s harder to fall back because you are being held accountable for your goals.

Unit 8

I would think that visualization and meditation are the 2 practices that would assist me the most. Visualization would assist me by allowing me to see myself in a better way than I currently am. I am able to visualize myself in the places I want to be both physically and mentally. With meditation this allows me my time to heal, pray and self reflect on what it is I need to accomplish, what I have accomplished and what I need to do next in life. I beleive that these 2 practices together will give me the chance I need to have a better relationship with God. I don't foresee myself doing my meditations as they are in our units but I will do some form of meditation and visualization. I am able to see what it is that needs to be done and I am able to accomplish this on my own and with my own spiritual beliefs.

With visualization I can see myself finishing school, having a better relationships with God and seeing myself accomplish what I have always wanted to accomplish with God's help.

With meditation this means for me to sit and pray or to have a peaceful time for myself to just, speak to God and give him all my worries and thoughts. At this time I feel that I will get most of my answers to what I have been searching for within myself and answers to life's struggles that I am facing.