A-Physical Well-being:
When it comes to my physical well-being, I would rate myself at a seven. Physical activity is something I have been involved with and dedicated to from birth. Lately I am trying to reach a higher elite level of fitness to see how fit I can become. I manage to complete 3 miles of running, 9 miles of cycling, and a ½ mile of swimming for my cardio workouts 3x a week and intense lifting for core/arms/legs on the alternating days. This all started when I was tired of carrying the extra weight I had gained from being pregnant. I have achieved my weight goal and in doing so I have started to indulged in the old unhealthier food habits that had when I was heavier. Thankfully I have not gained since I am staying active, but I would like to not feel rough through my workouts due to the food. Therefore I rate myself at a 7 due to my eating habits that need to become more health so it can help me increase my energy level and maintain the fitness training I have become accustom to.
B-Spiritual Well-being
This subject is a little difficult for me to discuss since I have always been in tune with my spirituality and now face complete blockages at times. Right now I would rate myself between a one and a two. I am someone that is completely connected to her spirituality through my emotions. Most would say I am empathic. These feelings give me that ability to connect within myself and others, which includes the feelings I have for my beliefs. Since I became pregnant with my daughter, her energy prevented me from picking up on a lot of emotions from others, which also of kiltered my own emotions. I used to take time in contemplation within nature to center myself back to my inner senses. Usually this reconnection would take mere seconds. Simply looking at the moon would prompt a smile and a rush of emotions through my blood. Now, I have difficulty breaking through the mental blocks I have of motherhood and the long list of things I have to do for school. I am hoping that learning about these new techniques, they might help me go deeper within myself, clear my head, and bring me back to my center. Until then, my spirituality will remain what I know I believe inside my head instead of what I believe because of how I feel. L
C-Psychological Well-being
I believe psychologically I would be rated at a six or seven. I usually would be a little more on top of my game towards a nine, but I have been having difficulties mentally through everyday activities communication issues with my son. My son is twelve years old and facing difficult times with school due to his ADHD and the new sense of responsibility that is put on his head. Because of his struggles, I find myself keeping myself and he organized over our school work and activities. He doesn’t realize it, but I spend a lot of time interacting with his teacher, checking his school work, and keeping track of his assignments. To him I just make sure he has checked of his chores, and help him with homework when he needs assistance. This way he feels he is being more responsible and I am observing to make sure when he slips at something at school he isn’t digging himself out of a gigantic hole. My husband and I have devised a new plan to help keep him on track and keep me less psychologically involved. We have bought the tools we need to make a detailed chart for all his responsibilities so he can mark them and keep track on a day to day basis. This way, I will check in with his school grades once a week to verify if missing assignments are present. If he succeeds at his tasks he will acquire a certain level of points for the week, which will direct him to the prize he can earn. I believe this will eliminate tension within the house and keep us all organized ending with a better state of psychological well-being on all parts.
Audio Reflection:
I found myself little frustrated with the random thoughts the man brought you too. I do understand why the voice directed you to think about each subject, but I found it make my mind shuffle through thoughts more. Since there was more talking from him, I was having more thoughts than the audio last week. I personally like to decrease my thoughts and focus them on a particular point so that I may learn to control my thought filled head and relax through centering those thoughts. On a positive note, I did like the picturing of the colors and the music in the background.
KAP,
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to your on the part with your son. I have a daughter with ADHD and Bipolar disorder and both of these are extremely difficult and draining for the parent. Unfortunately organization and follow through are not their greater strengths. That is wonderful that you have found a way to take some of the stress off of yourself. That is important. We must let our children be responsible to an extent for their obligations in home, society, and school. Wow physically it sounds like you have done great. Keep it up. How did you get some motivated and keep that motivation? Good luck with your son and God bless you.
Kap,
ReplyDeleteIt' so great and absolutely reflects on your spritial wellbeing how well you deal with your son' ADHD. My son was diagnosised last year in kindergarten. Thanks to a very dedicted teacher and cooperative doctors we were able to get his diagnosis early. He is on daily medication and goes to therapy to help control his anger/frutration outbreak. This year we have been able to stay on track with his school work and behavior. He is doing so well in the first grade that his teacher has placed him in the school's excellerated reading and math program. We use check off list and time schedules to him and myself organized.
Your physical well being sounds alot like mine but spritually and meantally, mine are on the low end of the range. I agree that every once awhile we all get blocked. I realize mine are majorly blocked.
I defiantly think that when we have situations that take a lot out of us mentally and emotionally, it can create a spiritual block. I'm glad diagnoses can be done so early. I wish mine would have been diagnosed sooner because then we would have been able to implement a system of checks and balances and it would just be the norm for him instead of something extra he has to do now. Physically, I think what we have been talking about in class about training the mind to think a certain way is what got me to the physical shape I am in. I was able to train my mind to know what was right and wrong to eat with no exceptions and constantly follow the same routine of getting up have a some breakfast with my daughter and gathering our stuff to head to the gym. Once I set that in stone, the only thing stopping me was appointments or errands that needed to be done during gym time. I made sure to schedule things outside my time and went full in. Once you can change the way you think you can do anything. Now that I have gotten to my goal weight, i have slipped into eating more foods that aren't as good for me and I need to re-train my brain towards the healthier foods that provide energy rather than the unhealthier foods that give me a greater struggle to do my workouts.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog title! haha! "I found myself little frustrated with the random thoughts the man brought you to." This line of your blog makes me happy because I was super irritated with this too! I really like the meditation things we learn in this course but things like this are going to take a sense of humor for me...sounds like for you too.
ReplyDeleteKristen,
ReplyDeleteYour workout schedule is fantastic! I need to commit myself to regularly including core training in my workout.Your schedule may be too discipline for me. I sure would like to try it. You are being hard on yourself. You perceive your spirituality off course. It is just a time to regroup with the children in your life. My clients could have benefited from your workout schedule over the years. They would be rated less than 4 in all wellbeing.