Unit 10- Final Blog Post

1. I score pretty low physically- a 4- because I have gotten out of routine exercise since becoming pregnant with this baby. I really should have kept up with my exercise, but I’ve had a hard time feeling well enough to keep up with it. I do feel motivated to get my booty back into shape once I’ve recovered from childbirth and I am confident that I can do it. This score was better before this pregnancy, probably around a 6, and has gotten down to a 4. I am active on a daily basis, but I do not engage in routine physical exercise as I should.


I am pretty happy with my spiritual score- a 7- because I have worked on this area for a long time. Of course there is room for improvement; there will always be room for improvement, but I’m happy about my progress thus far. I think this score has been pretty stable in the last few years. This is an area that I do not particularly struggle with. I can only see myself progressing forward from here.

My psychological health score was a 5. I was not aware of just how much development I lacked in this area before this class began and now that I am aware of it, it is obviously apparent and it is painful to know how much of a change I need to make. This aspect of my health probably hasn’t changed very much in the past few years, except that I have increased my stress levels and therefore may have experienced a regression psychologically. I do not handle stress well and it has been a big challenge for me to remain healthy psychologically through all of the changes and business I have taken on through children, work, school, and other family matters.

2. and 3. I have not begun to implement my goals and activities for myself physically. I have, however, become more motivated and have more ideas for reaching my goals. I am more and more optimistic about my future success.

I have begun to implement the activities for myself psychologically. I am much more aware of my thoughts and actions throughout the day. This has helped me to “filter” my behavior and therefore have made better choices and been a better person. I also have been changing the way that I think in that I focus more on the positive and the joy in my life and this has helped me to improve my moods and actions.

I think that my spiritual health is linked to my psychological health because I feel more balanced spiritually since I became more aware of my psychological development. By being aware of my thoughts and actions, it has come naturally to “take advantage of every day as an opportunity to improve the lives of those around me,” as I stated in my wellness plan.

4. My personal experience throughout this course is far above and beyond anything I expected. I was captivated and inspired by the teachings of Dacher and by the philosophies in this class. I started working on my integral health at the age of fifteen, without that label, and had slowly been coming out of that development until this term. I now have renewed faith and aspiration to master my mind and body and to use every day of my life as an opportunity to spread “good” throughout the world, even if on a small scale. The biggest change I have experienced from this course is the awareness of my personal development. I can now clearly see where I need to improve and it is hard to see since there are definitely areas in which I need major improvement upon. This has been particularly helpful in motivating me to change myself and improve every aspect of my health. It has been difficult to gain this awareness because I can see my faults staring me in the face and that is never a nice experience. This is what makes us want to change and so it is necessary. This course has also provided me with tools that I did not have before to improve my integral health and I am very grateful for that as well. I can see where I need to better myself and have more tools readily available to make those changes so that I can go on to lead a more productive and harmonic life.