Friday, January 20, 2012

Unit 10: Reassessment of Personal Health

Hi, everyone.

In unit 3, I assessed my physical well being at an 8, my psychological well being at a 9, and my spiritual well being at a 7.  During the unit 9 project, I assessed my physical well being at a 7, my psychological well being at a 5, and my spiritual well being at a 9.  As demonstrated, all aspects of my well being changed with physical and psychological worsening and spiritual improving.  I was not surprised to discover that my psychological well being is the dimension that decreased the most with that decrease being easily attributable to circumstances over the last month or so.  As I mentioned in the unit 9 project, I believe the decrease in my physical health is directly related to the decrease in my psychological health, and I expect that to increase as I improve and develop my psychological health.

Reviewing my goals from unit 3, I believe that I have made progress on all of them, particularly in the spiritual dimension.  I believe that the decrease in my physical and psychological health are less related to failure to achieve my previous goals and more related to a change in my current situation.  As a result, the new goals that I set forth in the unit 9 project are more applicable to my current health situation.  While I have implemented the activities I described in unit 3 to allow myself to achieve my goals, I also recognize that integral health is a fluid thing that is ever-changing.  As a result, changing goals and plans to keep up with the flux involved in simply living life is the best way to maintain a good level of health.

This course has been interesting as it has required quite a bit of deep, introspective thought in order to complete the assignments.  I cannot help but realize how the material we have learned is applicable in many ways in my daily life, both personally and professionally.  I hope to use this material to better help myself and my clients and look forward to seeing how things can change and grow for me over the next several years.

Thank you.

-Joy Clark

3 comments:

  1. Hello Joy, I think it is great that you have taken the information we have learned and developed a plan for improving your health. I agree that this course gave us the oppertunity to dig deep into our inner development. Good luck.

    Kelly

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  2. Joy,

    I am happy that you were able to learn from this class and make it apart of your life as well. It is always great to strive towards big goals but in the mean time taking the small steps to reach the higher ones is always beneficial. I hope that you are able to take what you have learned and continue to apply them in your future plans.
    Good luck on your academic and healing path.

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  3. Joy it has been interesting to watch the different experiences that you have had during this class. I have seen you try different meditation techniques that seems to give you a run for your money. I know that you know that everything is not for everyone and with you taking this class and trying different things, you have opened yourself up to learning more about yourself and how you can appreciate things about you and make changes where you would like. It has been a pleasure and I wish you well with your goals-as long as you try, you are doing good by me!Best of luck to you:)

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