unit 10

In unit 3 I scored my physical well-being as a 7, my spiritual well-being as a 8 and my psychological well-being a 7. If I had to score my self now I would not change them. I say this because even though I improved in all three areas I feel that I did not improve enough. I'm not trying to find the find to achieve my optimal wellness but i'm doing it over time. Over time I will give myself a 10 when I feel i have achieve my goal. 


To be honest I have not made progress to all my goals. I am trying but I do not seem to have the time. The only goal I have achieve is not being stress out as often and attempting to eat healthier. Other than that I come home, take care of my children and sleep. Hopefully I can find a quiet place to mediate and exercise. I do go to church but not every Sunday as I hoped. 


The activities I  chose have not been implemented in my life as yet. I did mediate for 20 minutes but then my family interrupted me and i had to tend to them. Sometimes I wish there was more in the the world for me to do what I want but there isn't. I'm trying to make it work but it's hard. I know within a year I will succeed but for now I have to do one thing at a time. I am eating healthier and attempting to go to the gym when I can. I ask the church about the organizations they are involved with and I will join as soon as I can. 


Throughout this course I learned many life lessons. I can now control my stress and my anger. I refuse to be around people with negative energy because they will not help me achieve my goals. I will surround myself around positive influences that will help me succeed. I feel that my well-being did improve and I am proud of that. Without this course I would not have learn to let go of my anger and pain. I am more happy now than I have ever been. Life is looking up for me and this course gave me lots of rewards. Yes it was difficult because sometimes it's hard to forget and forgive someone but I need to if I want to be happy. I am more compassionate and understanding because of this course. I know they will not be afraid of me helping them with anything. They will feel safe and I will show them how to achieve their full optimal wellness. 

unit 9

It is important for health and wellness professionals to have psychological, spiritual and physical qualities because they will have a positive attitude towards their patients. In return the patients will feel compassion and at peace with their doctor. This forms a safe and trusting bond between health and wellness professionals and patients. Both of them will be satisfied and with this bond health professionals can connect with their patients easier. If the patient sense that their doctor have a negative energy, they will not be open to trusting that person or be at peace.  The purpose of having good have psychological, spiritual and physical qualities is to feel a sense of wholeness, no stress just happiness and to pass it on to others.  In order for me to achieve this goal I need to work on my stress levels. I am trying to be at peace everyday but something or someone end up making me upset and stressing me out by the end of the day. I told myself I would mediate to feel at peace but I barely have time. When I have no stress then I will have optimal wellness.

I assessed my well-being a few months ago but it was difficult because everyday my well-being varies.  What I mean by this is that I could be happy in the morning and become stressed at night. Till this day I am going through the same thing. I realize that I do not have a stable wellness but I am working on it because this is not healthy. The only difference about then and now is that I have more confidence in myself and is working on changing my lifestyle. Spiritually I go to church every Sunday and read the bible when I can. Physically I am jogging and eating healthier. I want to be able to live and see my grand children. Psychologically I am meditating in order to release the stress and anger that I with hold inside me. If I had to rate my wellness I would give all three areas a 6. The reason I do this is because I need to work on each areas more. Spiritually I feel I’m not as close to God as I should be so I’m working on way to change that by helping the church and become involved in organizations. Physically I barely exercise and eat as much healthy food as I should and psychologically I don’t have a lot of time to mediate. Within a year I should be able to achieve all of this.

The goal that I have for myself physically is to eat smaller portions of food and have a well balance diet. I’m going to look at the food pyramid and see what my diet should consist of. Not only that but I will attend the gym at least three times a week for four hours. With my family support I know I can achieve this goal. Spiritually I want to feel closer to God so I’m going to attend church functions. If they want me to help with an organization then I will do it. I will feel better about myself because I am helping the community and learning to be a child of God in the process.  Psychologically I need to let go of all the bad energy around me. I will begin to ignore people in my life that have a negative energy. I cannot succeed in life if someone close to me want to see my fail. Also, I will find other ways to release my stress like yoga or going to organizations that will help me.

In order for me to foster growth in each area I need to work on finding wholeness. The exercises I can do are yoga, meditating, and jogging. When I fell happy I can pass on my positive energy to others at my work place. My action at the work place will make the patients feel safe and my co-workers might want to change the ways they treat their patients. What I mean by this is that they will treat their patients with care and not like trash.

In the next six months I know I will progress in these three areas because I am motivated to succeed.  My family will be the reason I commit to this and not back down. I am aiming for a good health not only for me but for my family. At times I might feel like giving up and forgetting all about my wellness but I know I will succeed and be able to motivate others to achieving a healthy well being.

Unit 8

Through out the exercise there are two that I find to be most beneficial; loving kindness practice and subtle mind practice. I learned to control the pain that I have endured in life and let it go. It takes time but I know I can do it. I no longer have anger towards certain people. The people that are close to me, I feel their pain and is able to help them move on while teaching my self to do the same. With this exercise I am able to feel happiness and joy while letting go of the stress and anger. The subtle mind practice enables me to feel calm and peaceful everyday. This exercise makes me focus on my goal without being distracted. For example, when I am doing my homework my children no longer distract me. I am able to focus on the current task that I am doing while blocking out the loud noise. Even at work I am focusing on whats best for the patients, not what they feel they need. I now look at life in a positive way and look forward to what the day will bring.

Unit 7

1. It was hard to focus on the “Meeting Asclepius” exercise because I was tired. At first i understood what was going on and felt relieved but then i felt drowsy. I tried to stay up but my body wouldn't allow me. The only wise person I could think of was my mother. She raised my well and went through so much just to get me here. I kept thinking about her struggles and how they made her strong. In return I have become a strong women of my own. I am mediating at least twice a week now to help my wellness. I'm seeing things clearly and opening my mind and heart more. Soon i will truly be happy and please with all that I have accomplished.


2. The saying, "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” means how can you help someone if you do not about the situation or can help yourself. Before helping others and preaching to them the changes they can make in their lives, one must first make changes in their live. Become accustomed to the situation so that it's easier to help other's. Help your self first then help others. This will bring you peace and happiness. Once you done this you will feel better about yourself mentally and spiritually. 

unit 6

1. When i practiced the universal Loving Kindness exercise, I kept thinking to myself why do I have anger build up inside of me. I should let it go and move on with my life in a positive way. Am I angry that I worry about my children? Am i anger because of my job? or am I angry because of life? After repeating it over and over again I realized that I was angry at myself for letting it build up inside of me. No one around me will be happy unless I'm happy because people build off of other people energy. The statement made me think that I do need a change and it's time I do it. I felt empowered because if I don't love or respect myself then no one else will. I don't know exactly what to do in order to help other people find health, happiness, and wholeness but I will try. First I have to work on myself and do what makes me happy, healthy and feel complete.


2. The areas I have chosen to focus more on is pyschospiritual and biological. I need to figure out what my motivation in life is. Is it my family, or is it to pursue my dreams of being a nurse. Sometimes I lack the confidence I need and that's something I need to change. I shouldn't be struggling with being confident. This ties in with biological because it affects my fitness, nutrition and self regulation. If I have no motivation then i won't exercise, will eat junk food and won't have have a clear mind. This will affect me physically, mentally and spiritually which I'm trying to heal.  In order to implement the change I need to figure out what my motivation is. Is it to lose weight? Care for my family? Make money? When I figure it out I will be on the right path of being complete in life. I will flourish. 


Understanding reality and what the truth really is will help me change myself for the better. It's better for me to understand what is occur in my life through reason, sometimes its logically and other times it's not but I have to work that improving that. The best reason to come to my reasoning is by opening my mind all look at everything/everyone around me. I cannot stay in my own world and think everything is okay when nothing is logical. if I want to improve my life I need to focus on others around me.


The most important thing I need to work on is my emotion. My emotions control the way I act, my life and everything about me. Yes it is not healthy but I realize the harm it can do to me. In order to keep a balance emotion I will work on my self regulation and nutrition. If i have a subtle mind and body then my emotions won't feel clustered. I won't be stressed or angry at anything.I will like I am doing something right. 

Unit 5

1. While listening to the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle Mind exercise they both made me realize what I love most in life. The pain I have experienced and other things I have never noticed about myself. I sat at the computer table for a while thinking about life and how I need to forgive the people the people that have hurt me. How I am grateful for my children. I need to embrace forgiveness in order to live my life in a positive way. No more anger, just peace. I felt at peace.


 Even though the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle Mind exercise made me feel at peace, both the exercises have their own method of getting me there. The Loving Kindness Exercise focuses on the pain of other people and within. With that pain you learn to forgive and move on with life. Do not let it hold you back. The suffer will pass if you allow it. On the other hand, the Subtle Mind exercise focus on being calm and 
putting your mind at ease.



2. Spiritual, mental and physical wellness are all intertwined. For example, someone who believe in God will worship him. They will read the bible, cleanse their soul and body of the impurities and believe in his power. That person will have peace, tranquility, healthy living and be open minded. Another example is if you feel stressed and have negative attitude around you, it will affect you wellness in a negative way. Spiritually you will not be at peace, mentally you may enter depression and physically you will be sluggish.


In my life, I have been listening to calm music in order to achieve my spiritual and mental wellness. The music makes me feel a t peace and relax my mind. I have no stress and feel good about myself. I also reflect on my day so I can learn from any mistakes I made. For my physical wellness I go to the gym. Exercising allows me to focus on my goal to be fit. I also release any excess stress that I might have. 

Loving kindness

This experience was very beneficial because I was able to clear my mind of all the craziness of the day. I was able to forget about the person who cut me off in traffic on my way from work, and all the stress on the job today. I would definitely recommend this exercise to others because it is very helpful it is not only relaxing but it bring a peace of mind and stability to the mind, body, and spirit.


The concept of a mental work out is to develop the mind and diminish self centered-ness and open our heart to others and develop our mind. The proven benefit of a mental work out is it bring a end to sufferer and bring forth the fruit of human flourishing like health and happiness. A mental work out can foster my psychological health when my mind is developed I will be able to think positive at all times.