If I would reflect on my own physical well being I would have to give myself a 7 because after years of being overweight I have lost over a 100lbs and am now within normal weight limits with a healthy BMI and off all my medications for hypertension and high cholesterol that I used to take. When I go and get all my blood work drawn for routine tests to check my cholesterol, glucose, and vitamin levels I fall within the normal limits. The one thing I'm lacking when it comes to my physical well being is the physical aspect of it. I do not consider myself physically fit. When it comes to my spiritual well being I would give myself an 8 because I consider myself a spiritual person, on a personal level I pray, believe in God and celebrate all religious holidays and days of observation. The reason I don't give myself a 10 in this category is because I could attend church more regularly and be more active in my church. Lastly when it comes to my psychological well being I would give myself an 8 because I think I'm a pretty well put together person with rational thoughts and feelings, but I know I have some negative inner thoughts about myself that I could benefit from talking to someone about to help me feel more at peace with myself.
Some goals I could set for myself in the area of my physical well being is exercise regularly. When it comes to my spiritual well being I could make a bigger effort to attend church more regularly. Lastly when it comes to my psychological well being I could find someone on a professional or personal level that I can talk to about my thoughts and feelings.
Activities I could do to implement moving toward each of my goals in each area of my life are I could set aside at least thirty minutes a day three times a week to take a walk around the block to benefit me in both the physical and spiritual aspects of my life. This would allow me to exercise and clear my mind. When it comes to my spiritual well being I always use my three year old son and his behavior during church as an excuse not to go because I feel I'm always watching and correcting his behavior during church and that I'm not fully able to participate or enjoy church. I could work harder with my son to help him understand he needs to be good or come up with some sort of reward system to make him behave during church. Right now I will admit I have been lazy and it's just been easier for me not to go and not deal with his behavior. If my son's behavior doesn't improve I could also arrangements for my husband to stay home with my son while my daughter and I attend church and hope with time my son will realize he needs to straighten up so he too can go to church. When it comes to my psychological well being I could make time to sit down and talk with someone about my thoughts and feelings to help clear my head. Also as mentioned above I can make time to exercise to vent my frustrations and clear my head. Also I can find time for myself to decompress and recharge my battery and help me deal with life and all of life's events that come up.
I completed the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century and I personally found the guy's voice really annoying, but once I got over that I learned to concentrate and follow his directions. I liked this exercise and how it used different colors to represent certain feelings. I also liked the visualization of light aspect and focusing my thoughts and imagination on visualizing the light beam as suggested. Overall I found this exercise beneficial.
Thanks,
Kelly Kearns
I know your pain on going to church. Excuses excuses but whatever. I've learned to love going to church on TV. Hello! I said it. I love it and I can choose to listen to Pastor Hagee, Jeremiah or Joel Olteen (for a motivational speaker day) but I refuse to feel guilty about not going to physical church. I've gone to church for 40 years of my life and it doesn't make me less spiritual for not going. Check out some of the many avenues available. karen
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