Putting It All Together

Putting it all Together  

1. After reviewing my unit 3 personal assessment and reflecting where I am today I have come up with the following:

Physical – in Unit 3 I was about a 4 or 5. I think today I am about a 7. Some of this has to do with I am no longer on the harsh chemo that was physically taking my body down but I am also more active. Still not completely up to par since I am still on restrictions of working out but I am getting more walking in at least 3 times a week.

Spiritual – in unit 3 I was at a 5 but thinking back that should have probably been about a 3. I feel I am now about a 5. This one is still tough for me since I am trying to find myself. Meditating and Praying is helping.

Psychological – in unit 3 I rated myself at a 6. Today I feel I am around an 8. Emotionally I am doing much better and I feel that the meditation exercises we have learned really helped me there.

2.    In a review of my goals I set which were lose weight and add more me time in each day, to find my way spiritually, and to regain clearer thinking. I have lost 5 pounds and each day I take about an hour in the morning and at the end of the day to just either read a book, journal, or write a letter to my son who is in the Navy on board ship. Spiritually I am still finding my way but do say prayers every night again. I am also thinking a little clearer and I think that really has to do with no longer being on that nasty chemo. To help my thinking processes I have started doing artsy type things like scrapbooking and puzzles.

3.   The wellness activities I wanted to implement were walking, relaxation exercises, spiritually I wanted to keep searching before I knew how I implement that, and psychologically was to do artsy type things. I have implemented more walking, giving myself an hour at the beginning and end of day for relaxation, and am doing art type things. Spiritually I have implemented praying more for guidance and meditating about it.

I took this course because after coming out of hearing the “Cancer” word, having a double mastectomy, needing chemo, I was looking for something to help me learn to relax and show me how to do what I have been trying to do for so long and that is to live Holistically. I wanted to be happy again without medication and stop crying all the time. This course has given me the road map back to happiness without the help of medication, it has helped to lower my blood pressure, and it has helped to get me thinking about not only myself but how I can show others what I have learned even though I am not going into the health and wellness industry. To me this whole class has been rewarding in helping me find myself. I think the most difficult is the spiritual part. I just need to open myself up more for that aspect. It will happen because I will keep at it until it does. The biggest thing I have learned is to not give up. I have shared all of our exercises with my Josh (my significant other) and he has found them very relaxing. It is nice to be able to share what I have learned and I do look forward to sharing it with others too