Wellbeing

This week's blog is about wellbeing.  I have worked pretty hard on my overall wellbeing the past few years.  I still have work to do but feel I have come pretty far.  :)

-Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), where do you rate your A-physical wellbeing, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

Physical wellbeing I would say I am an 8.  I work out at least 5 days a week.  I incorporate cardio and weight training as well as flexibility.  I also try to eat clean and eat very little junk food.  I can not give myself a 10 because I do not eat as much as I should and I do sometimes splurge on a few cheat meals.  I am still working on cutting out more junk in my diet and continuing to eat healthier.  I think my spiritual wellbeing is a 7.  I have faith but tend to lose faith when things are not going so well.  I try to have faith in God and myself and continue to work on my beliefs.  My psychological wellbeing is around an 8 as well.  I think being physically active has helped improve my psychological wellbeing.  I use to be depressed and down most of the time but ever since I added physical fitness and eating better to my daily life I feel like a new person.  I still get stressed out and let that mess with my mood but I have gotten much better. 

-Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).  What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

I want to add yoga to my weekly physical fitness goals.  I do it at least once a month but I feel adding it more often will help with physical fitness as well as psychological wellbeing.  I want to start reading the bible more and praying more often, not just when I need something.  Psychologically, I want to improve my attitude with stressful situations.  Instead of letting a bad situation get me down, I want to be able to walk away and regroup before handling the situation.  I tend to let my attitude control me and I want to work on that.  I feel taking a five minute breather will help me handle a situation better than if I handle it while upset about it. 

-Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise, click here. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)

It’s hard for me to concentrate on my breathing alone especially with the busy schedule I have.  But I tried!  The speaker’s voice is very calming.  Rainbow meditation: The color red does not make me feel grounded by fierce so it was hard to feel grounded like the speaker suggested.  Yellow is for feeling loved I guess I can see that since it is bright and so is love.  Emerald green is for positive thoughts…I liked this one because it made me think of people and things I love and show love to.  This technique was a little difficult because I find each color to mean something different than explained and it required a lot of thinking which is not relaxing to me.  I did like how it gave positive thoughts.