Unit 10: Professional Application of the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing

Hello class,

            For the final blog posting I will be summarizing my experiences in this course and discuss how it has assisted my well bing and my ability to assist others.

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?

A.    Physical well-being: in unit three I had reviewed myself as a 5 on my physical well-bing, however, now I would give myself a 7.  It’s not much but it is progress.  The reason why the score has changed is because the dedication that I have been doing.  For example, counting calories, walking every other day, and drinking more water than soda.

B.    Spiritual well-being: in unit three I had given myself a 7 on my spiritual well-being.  For the most part this number is still the same.  The reason why this number still remains the same is because my lack of motivation to move forward on my spiritual aspect, however, I do have some friends that have countable on this part of my life, so I hope in the next few months this number will increase.

C.    Psychological well-being: in unit three this number was an 8, now I would give myself a 9.  The reason for the number going up is because of my dedication to meditation and motivational speaking audio tapes.  I do my best practice the loving kindness exercise in my daily life.

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

A.    Physical goal: in unit three I had mentioned that I want to exercise at least 4 times a week for about 30 minutes, however, I haven’t been doing this due to work and school.  Now that I see my physical goal all over again, I plan to start up and fulfill this goal.

B.    Spiritual goal: my goal was to continue praying and to get into the habit of mediating.  I would say that my meditation has gotten better but the praying part still needs some work.

C.    Psychological goal: in unit three my goal was to learn how to express my thoughts better and to deal with unresolved anger.  I must admit these two aspects of my life have gotten much better.  I’m able to express myself to others and my anger level has dropped considerably since unit three blog post.

3.     Have you implemented the activities you chose for your well-being in each of the three areas? Explain.  Some of the activities/exercise that I mentioned in my unit three blog were the following:

·      Walking up stairs, carrying grocery rather pushing a cart, and dancing.

·      Joining a spiritual group, attend a bible study, and spend some listening to motivational speaking.

·      Develop a mental exercise program and listen to peaceful music.

For the most part I would say that I have implemented most of these activities and exercises in all three areas of human well-being.  For example, I’ve been walking up stairs more often, I’ve been listening to motivational speaking and peaceful music, and I’ve been doing plenty of meditation and mental exercises.

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?  My personal experience throughout this course has been phenomenal because this class has shown me how to grow in different areas in my life (physical, spiritual, and psychological).  For the most part I would say that I have improved in my well-being because my time spent meditating and expressing myself to others in a more peaceful way.  The best reward so far would be my controlled anger and letting go of unwanted bitterness in the past.  The most difficult aspects that I have encountered so far are the physical fitness portions of my goal.  Finally, the way that this experience will improve my ability to assist others is by sharing with others what I have learned and the way I live my life will have an impact on others.  In addition, I plan on setting a work out plan with few of my friends that way my friends and myself can be more physically fit.