Unit #10 Reflection

As I look back on my blog for Unit 3 and how I assessed myself, I am a bit disappointed with my progress.  I have had quite a few challenges occur in my life over the last few weeks which have slowed my progress in all areas of my life.  Even though I am discouraged and unhappy about some of the results, I know that this is just a test and life goes on.  With that said, my scores for Unit 3 were as follows:

Physical Wellbeing – 3

Spiritual Wellbeing – 6

Psychological Wellbeing – 5

My score now for physical wellbeing would be a 4.  It has only increased a bit because I still have not been faithfully getting exercise.  I do walk, but not with the program I had set for myself.  I have added a bit of weight training at the gym, but haven’t remained extremely faithful to the regimen.  My shoulder injury responded very badly to the training so I have avoided the gym for over a week.  I need to get over that and get back to the gym.  I have been looking for more ways to get exercise with everything I do.  I did participate in the March of Dimes walk for babies on Sunday.  It was a two mile walk.  It wasn’t bad, but for someone out of shape, I thought I was going to die.  I kept getting my heart rate too high and struggled to keep it within the range set for me by my trainer.  On a good note, I am learning to listen to my body more to discover just when the rate is too high and then backing off.  I will keep working at this.  It is my hardest area to stick to the changes.

My score now for spiritual wellbeing would be a 9.  I have been getting outside more and appreciating things around me.  When I first got injured, I would sit on my lawn swing for big parts of the day.  I would just focus on the sounds and sights all around me.  It was a good way to take my mind off everything that was taken away from me because of the injury.  I lost that for a while because I became consumed with so many other things, but I started getting back to nature so I could remember how good life can be even when things seem so awful.  There is something very therapeutic in nature and how it can make you feel loved and protected no matter what you are going through at the time.

My score now for psychological wellbeing would be an 8.  I continue to move closer and closer to a 10.  Every day I have been looking at things differently.  The stress in my life is not as consuming as it was before.  I have really learned to control how I react to the stressful events that occur.  I have also been doing a daily challenge which seems to be transforming my life pretty well so far.  I love the changes which are taking place and how easy things seem to be getting. 

I haven’t completely met my goals yet.  Normally I would be extremely disappointed with myself and feel sorry for myself, but not anymore.  I have made gains in every area and I feel that is the important thing.  Even if I had gone backwards with my goals, I still gain because I gain experience.  I develop knowledge through every event that happens in life and I just need to figure out what lesson I was taught.  The only thing setting me back from reaching my goals is me.  I tend to slack on the things that are important and I need to stop doing that.  I need to remember to always put myself first if I want to truly be able to help others.  The most important therapy starts with me and how I feel.

This course is a true awakening for the mind, body and spirit.  It sets you on a path to great things in your life.  I can’t imagine anyone not having some sort of change occur in their lives due to taking this class.  If there was no change, they weren’t paying attention.  I have discovered so many rewarding things about myself since taking this class that it can be intimidating, but very refreshing.  I have further developed my well-being and like where it is going.  I can’t pick just one thing that has been rewarding about this class.  I truly enjoy my time in this class and all that it has to offer for better well-being.  The only thing difficult during this class has been looking at myself differently and realizing where my faults are.  It can be hard to admit we need to work on something in our lives because we have been doing it wrong all this time.  Discovering that I am the reason my health is at risk is not an easy pill to swallow.  Knowing I have had the knowledge and ability to heal myself was hard for me to understand and implement into my life.  I am getting much better at it thanks to this class.  I also feel I have a better understanding of how to help my clients.  I have already started using some of my knowledge to guide my clients to understand themselves better as well.  I took a lot away from this class and will share my knowledge with others because it is extremely important. 

Thank you all for sharing in this journey with me!  I hope to still see the progress everyone is making during their lives posted in a future blog.  Good luck everyone!