Review of Personal Assessment

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?

In Unit 3, I rated my physical well-being a 7 and since then I have continued to eat a healthy diet and have lost about 10 lbs.  Every week I walk my dog on a daily basis, do circuit training 1-2 times per week, and do sprints once a week.  I feel my physical well-being has increased from a 7 to a 9.

In Unit 3, I rated my spiritual well-being a 5 and since then I have devoted more time to prayer and meditation.  I still need to be more consistent in my spiritual practices, but I would give myself a rating of 6 now.

In Unit 3, I rated my psychological well-being a 7.  I think I gave myself a higher score than I should have.  I realize after completing this course that my psychological well-being was less than a 7 in Unit 3 and now is more like a 7.  I have been doing a lot of positive self-talk and have reminded myself to be grateful.  My psychological well-being has improved because of this class.


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

In Unit 3, my goal for physical well-being was to increase my walking time from 40 minutes to an hour at least 4 days/week.  I have increased it a couple of times a week, but I also have been consistent with doing my circuit training and sprints, so I feel I have successfully reached my physical fitness goals even if a little bit different than originally planned.

In Unit 3, my goal for spiritual well-being was to spend 5 minutes everyday in prayer and meditationa and I have suceeded in doing this and have increased it from 5 minutes to 10-15 minutes on most days.

In Unit 3, my goal for psychological well-being was to become aware of negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones.  I have been very aware of my negative thoughts and learned that I have a choice in controlling them.

I feel I have successfully reached my goals and plan to keep building upon them.  It's very important to re-assess your goals and make new ones.


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 course has really opened my eyes to the importance of integral health.  Instead of focusing on one aspect of my life, I must focus on all of them to be healthy.  I think I have improved my well-being as a result of taking this course and plan to continue to implement what I have learned both in my personal and my professional life. 

Meditation and prayer and the ability to recognize negative thinking patterns has been really rewarding.  Learning how to treat people with more loving-kindness has also been rewarding.  What has been difficult is practicing mental fitness on a daily basis just like you would do with physical fitness.

My experience in this class will greatly improve the way I treat others both in my personal and professional relationships.  It helped my recognize that all aspects of the human experience need to be developed and recognized as uniue and dynamic.  This class has really opened my eyes and sparked my interest in learning more about integral health and working towards it everyday!