Holistic personal inventory - Unit 3

1.     Wellness, as a person centered orientation, relies heavily on the concept that the individual is aware of his/her strengths and needs. However there is often little encouragement or expectation for the individual to self reflect or take a holistic personal inventory or to convey their awareness with their health practitioner. Take a moment to reflect on your own level of wellness; physically, psychologically, and spiritually, and then answer the following questions in your blog (journal).

2.     Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal well being), where do you rate your A-physical well being, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

a.      Physical - 6 - I'm naturally thin but I dont really exercise because I travel extensively & I tend to eat pretty healthy but I think I am addicted to sugar. I have at least one junk food a day. Now that I'm back in school I'm not planning on working as much so I have a list of things I want to start doing such as getting back into a workout routine and practice yoga more regularly. Maybe sign up for some dance classes. Oh and go on a sugar detox diet.

b.     Spiritual - 3 - I'm going through a lot of struggle with this one lately. I cant decide what to believe. My heart tells me to not pigeonhole myself into one religion, I'm more worldly than that, but I grew up in a strong christian home. I really like meditation & its constructs and need to add that to my daily routine as well.

c.      Psychological - 5 - Im a mess.  I feel like I'm all over the place. My natural state is content & happy but i fly off the handle for such minute things. My stress level is pretty much always high & its all self propagated. I'm OCD and a control freak & I dont trust people being able to do things as well as I can so i over load myself with too many things to try to accomplish & stress out that i can finish.

3.     Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological). 

a.      Physical – as soon as I return from this trip Im signing up for a gym membership

b.     Spiritual – I am already working on that one, I recently started going back to church, I must say I really missed the sense of community church provides.

c.      Psychological – as soon as I return from this trip Im signing up for yoga classes

4.     What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

Didn’t I just answer this in previous question?

5.     Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise, click here. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.) First off why is it called crime of the century? I never figured that out?  I fell asleep the first time  I listened to it cuz it was at night right before bed, but the next time I listened to it the only thing I really felt was calm.