COMPETENCY: Show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations.
1. Physical Self
Describe yourself.
Try not to censor any thoughts which come to your mind.
Include descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin, hair and descriptions of body areas such as your neck, chest, waist, legs.
2. Intellectual Self
Include here an assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn and create, your general amount of knowledge, your specific areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired, and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self
Write as many words or phrase about typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try to avoid, feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and feelings which are associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self
Write how you feel as a sensual person.
What sense do you use most - sight, hearing, speaking, smelling, touching?
How do you feel about the different ways you take in information – through the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, pores, and skin. In what ways do you let information in and out of your body?
5. Interaction at Self
Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships and relationships to friends, family, co-students and strangers in social settings.
Describe the strengths and weaknesses which your friends and family have noticed.
Describe what kind of son or daughter, brother or sisters you are.
6. Nutritional Self
How do you nourish yourself?
What foods do you like and dislike?
What do you like and dislike about these?
7. Contextual Self
Descriptions could be in the areas of maintenance of your living environment: reaction to light, temperature, space, weather, colors, sound and seasons, and your impact on the environment.
8. Spiritual Self or Life Force
Write words or phrase which tells about how you feel in this area.
This could include your feelings about yourself and organized religion, reactions about your spiritual connections to others, feelings about your spiritual development and history, and thought about your metaphysical self.
Think about your inner peace and joy.
Think about your spiritual regimen or routine.
While the Whole Person Development theory makes sense, it’s not always easy to apply that kind of balance to real-life situations. Here are three simple ways to become more balanced and work on your ‘whole’ self.
Take some time to reflect upon your level of congruence based upon Whole Person Development. Think about each of the six aspects of the theory and how they relate to you. Determine where your strengths and weaknesses are, and hone in on those areas that you want to work on.
Once you’ve determined where you are in relation to your whole self, write down goals for each of the six aspects of Whole Person Development. Don’t overwhelm yourself. Try to choose one or two goals for each area, and be sure to choose goals that are simple and realistic. Then, form a plan on how to reach those goals.
Boxing does not begin and end in the ring. Whenever you step into the a boxing studio, for example, become conscious and mindful of everything you're doing, and how it relates to other areas of your life. Allow it to help you grow, not just physically, but mentally, spiritually, socially, and professionally. Then, take what you’ve learned in the ring and apply it elsewhere.
I. Check Yourself
II. Complete Me
III. You Are Your Thoughts
I. Identify the following phrases.
II. True or False Test