Unit 10 post

Your final blog entry is to summarize your experiences in this course and discuss how it has assisted your well-being and your ability to assist others.

Complete the following and post in your 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?Review the goals and activities you set for yourself in each area. Have you made progress toward the goals? Explain.

My Unit 3 assessment of the psychological, physical and spiritual well-being is still pretty accurate. I rated myself in each area as follows: Physical-6, Spiritual-7.5, and Psychological-7. I would say I am in the same position, and would rate them the same. I feel that until I am done with school and do not have to concentrate on school and full time work, I do not feel that I can concentrate on this as this kind of full time work/full time school schedule has a certain routine that prevents me from really concentrating on being consistent with this.  I have not made progress in achieving these goals, other than the fact that I was required to do some of the meditation exercises in class, and pursuing that aspect, I have not found an easy way to transition this practice into play in my life. I hope to be able to make this happen once things start settling down for me, in the mean time, I am gathering tools and going to practice once I can and try to find a way to incorporate.

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

I am taking the information and establishing a step by step process for each area and then plan to implement in my future along with implementing this into my practice as a practitioner.

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 opened my eyes to the layers of healing that I was always aware of but had the scientific research and support to back up the claims that Eastern Medicine has been claiming.  Eastern Medicine has not needed the research to implement into their health care system, instead tradition has been enough proof. This class has helped to improve "how" to make wellness a reality and given me a start on a toolbox that I can share with my clients, friends, and family. Being able to speak intelligently on this subject and actually have research to back it up is huge, that way I am able to, in a way, prove it all works. The most difficult aspect about this whole process is trying to join these theories with the mainstream lifestyle that demands our undivided attention with the pace and constant need for movement.  Getting out of routine is probably the biggest challenge for me and I know that once I "figure it out", I will be able to help those with the same issue work through it and get closer to their goal of Human Flourishing. 

I think the most rewarding aspect about this process has been the ability to identify how this will apply to my life and be able to share that with my clients in my future practice.