Hi everyone!
This exercise made me feel relaxed and calm. It helped me to focus and reflect on my life and the things I want to change. It makes me want to find health, happiness and wholeness not only for myself but for the other people in my life. I think that once I find balance in my own life, I will be able to share it with others. The assessment helped me to put in order the things I want to improve. If I find healing in one area, it will lead to wellness in others. I discovered that I tend to overthink things sometimes and this cause me great stress both mentally and physically. I often have a hard time of letting of things. My first focus is of seeking support of a close relationship because I don't feel the support I need from my husband. I don't always feel like he supports me in my life goals. It seems as though sometimes he discourages me more than encourages me. The exercise I use is prayer because I find inner peace when I do. I not only pray for myself but also for my husband. I seek guidance for us both, so our marriage will be stronger. I pray that God will help my husband to see the benefit of my goals and how it will not only make us stronger as husband and wife, but also make our family stronger.

Hello,
I think both exercises were good and really helped me alot. I found that the loving kindness more benficial because I seemed to be able to relax better the second time I tried it. I think my biggest down fall is that my life is so hetic, I can't focus and relax. I realized in order for me to be able to enjoy the experience I needed to remove myself from all the noise in my house. I do believe what Dacher said about loving ourselves to be able to open up and share that love with others. I think that spiritual wellness leads to mental and physical wellness because when a person has spiritual wellness it allows them to let go of things. Keeping feelings and thougths inside causes stress to the mind and body. I use alot of guided imaginery, prayer and meditation to help reflect on parts of my life that are having a negative affect on my mind and body. Life is a learning process and people need to train their minds to let go of negative thoughts and focus on the positive.
Until next time..........

Exercise experience

Hello everyone,
I found this exercise beneficial and difficult because I think that I couldn't focus. I have alot going on in my personal life right now. As listened to the directions I found it difficult to focus on what the lady was telling me to do. The background sounds were very calming and did help me relax but I could only think of the stress that I'm enduring at this time. I had a hard time letting go. I think if maybe I was in a different state of mind the exercise would of worked. I would like to try it again and see if my experience would be different. I would reccommend it to others because I feel that it can be helpful. I will try the execrise again this week and let everyone know if my experience is different.

I think the concept of a mental workout is training the mind and body to work together as one and help a person to relax. If the mind and body work together as one, it allows people to focus their energy and find peacefullness within themselves. The end result would be to reduce stress. The proven benefit of a mental workout is training the mind to progress to psychospiritual flourishing. By taking at least 15 minutes each day to learn to relax and let go, people can begin to learn to love themselves, which will help them to love others.

I think that before we can truly love others, we need to learn to love ourselves.

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hello everyone,
Here's a quick update on my life, I'm on vacation for the next week. I will enjoying nature in a secluded cabin with my husband. I plan on leaving all my stress behind this week and focusing on me!
How I rate my physical well-being is a 7 because I'm on a weight loss goal and I'm half way there. I still have fifty pound I want to lose. I rate my spiritual well-being a 8 because I attend church now and I'm building a relationship with God. I rate my psychological well-being a 8 because I still need to work on some things in my life.
My goal for physical well-being is to lose fifty more pounds. My goal for spiritual well-being is to attend church more and keep developing my relationship with God. My goal for psychological is to find happiness and be a better person.
The activities I'm going to use are developing a plan that meets my needs, focusing how I can achieve my goals and finally putting my plans into action. Physically I change my eating habits and started walking on my treadmill more, spiritually I want to find a women's bible study to attend and psychologically I want to start meeting new people with positive energy.
I found the exercise to be very beneficial because not only did it relax me but it relieved the stress I was feeling in my shoulders. The speaker calming voice made the exercise easy to follow. I enjoyed it very much.
Until next time....

Life is what you make it!

My reflective statement is....
Life is what you make of it, so everday to the fullest!