Unit 10

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?

Both my physical and psychological scores were low in Unit 3. My spiritual score wasn’t high but it was better than the other two. Now, I believe my scores have improved. I am in a better place psychologically. I am working on improving my physical well-being. I continue to hold on to my beliefs and those beliefs are what help me through when I am down. I may never reach the ultimate goal of human flourishing, but I will certainly give it my all in trying. Sometimes circumstances work against you even when you are trying to do the right thing. I will continue to assess my personal situation and pray that it improves so that I can move forward and become the person I want to be, not the person everyone else wants me to be.

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

I do believe that I am making progress although it is slow. Psychologically I have made the most progress because I am not as explosive as I was. I don’t like being stressed-out around my kids even though sometimes they are the ones causing the stress. I just want to be happy. Life is too short to always feel angry or worried. Faith has to carry me through the tough times. So spiritually I am on solid ground because I am always tapping into one spiritual source or another. I would really like to look into Buddhism more. I think I may be better suited to a religion that thrives on oneness with the world instead of material things. I am not the kind of person that feels the need to go out and buy all of the new gadgets and the latest technology. I would rather go on a spiritual retreat or sit and watch the waves crashing on the beach. Once again, physically I need to make improvements. I have completely changed my diet so now I just have to incorporate exercise or physical activity into the equation and I will be on the right track.

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

Yes, I have implemented the activities I chose for well-being in each of the three areas.

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?

This has been an enlightening experience. I have learned so much from everyone and I will treasure every aspect of this course. This class forced me to deal with some personal issues that I have been putting on the back burner for too long. When the baby’s father calls I don’t fight with him anymore. I don’t allow myself to be sarcastic. I keep the conversation as short as possible in an effort to preserve my own sanity. I sit and talk with my children more. I try to utilize various points from this course to help my oldest daughter. She is experiencing problems in school and she doesn’t want to go to school anymore. I am trying to teach her how to develop her inner being so that she can rise above the naysayers. My mother has accepted the new me. Considering the fact that she is my biggest critic this means a lot to me. She sees the effort I am making to better myself.

I would say the most difficult part of the integral health process would be getting myself on track in the physical realm. I know I need to engage in more physical activity or exercise but finding the time or the place seems to be the issue at the moment. I block off time in my schedule and next thing you know I am getting an unexpected call from the school about my daughter or my mother needs me to do something or my father wants me to help him with something. I never seem to have time just for me to do what I need to do. I feel guilty asking for time because of my kids. I will work it out though. I have faith that things will work out and I will get into a steady exercise regimen.

When I am out in public I hear more and more how doctors don’t provide enough information to patients. All doctors want to do is prescribe medications and move on to the next patient. So many people are looking for someone to talk to or someone to help them to understand about their illness or disease. I want to be that person. I want to help people understand that pills are not the answer. There is a better way. All of the information I have learned in this class will help me to be a better person so that I can help guide others in their quest to better health and well-being. This is a course I would like to see taken to the next level. Dacher’s book is a valuable resource that I will refer to often.

I thank each and every one of you for your words of hope and inspiration. Good luck to one and all in all of your future endeavors.