Self Reflection

Main practice throughout Buddhism is Meditation, the practice of possessing inner peace through finding in ones self. Most types of meditation depend mostly on the local cultural traditions.

I am currently a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio for almost a whole semester now. I came to this school straight out of high school, not knowing what I was getting myself into. During my high school years, I was good at every subject except my writing class. Coming to UTSA, I knew I was going to struggle in my writing class, but that didn’t discourage me from not trying my best in the course. Going through the English program, I realized that I have some strengths and weaknesses in the class, and it encouraged me to do better. The essays I have written for this class demonstrate that I have developed a strong thesis, organization skills, and detail; however, I still need to improve on grammar, keeping the POV, and citing.

During the presentation, the team adapted the demonstration method inside of welcoming, did not perform encouragement for the audience to join the movie night and help out the charity. The plain slides style did not provide secure engagement and visual appeal. Ticketing system explanation was made

Self-reflection; defined as the capacity to exercise introspection, and willingness to learn more about one's fundamental nature and purpose, has become a recognised aid in personal progression. Providing us with a subjective view on how we gain our accomplishments, equally, how we overcome obstacles faced in the process (Mezirow,1990). Zimmerman (2002) suggests it is necessary to analyse our behaviour to consider our strengths while attempting to understand our weaknesses. Given, when correctly utilised such practice encourages us to strive towards our desires. As a result of such studies, self-reflection is encouraged throughout society as an aid to support our advancement in a range of areas; personally; in education; business and mental health; cognitive learning therapy, are just some of the areas self-reflection is propagated. Notably, there can be an uncomfortable feeling around ‘self-reflection’ however; this is a process that on an unconscious level the human being applies thousands of times a day. Although, when one is not aware, they do so without being able to reason with their judgement, in turn, not providing the guidance necessary to apply ourselves appropriately. Therefore, many studies support the need to consciously reflect in multitudinous areas of our lives on a regular basis. (Grant, Franklin, & Langford, 2002). Throughout this essay I shall focus on self-reflection to plan my career, how when applied, I have found it beneficial in the past and

The purpose of this paper is to explain how I will plan to implement effective choices in improving a change in personal behavior and the improvement tours my fitness attitude. Wellness has a broader definition, than health, which it’s definition is the absence of disease and wellness is defined as the optimal health and vitality to living a healthy and fulfilling life. Also, is a process in which we become aware and we make choices to a better lifestyle. Maintaining an excellent level of wellness is crucial to live longer, live a higher quality life and control risk factors. To achieve this, is important to consider some of the dimensions of wellness.

As I recollect my fledgling years as a writer. I can see myself scribbling with markers until my palms bled with the ink, filling blank books fashioned out of construction

Social work education enables professionals to explain and define clients’ experiences, problems, and issues. The levels are micro, mezzo, and macro. For example, the micro level consists of age, gender, income, health, spirituality, emotions, and cognitions. The mezzo level includes neighbors, co-workers, local economy, resources, church, family, and work. The macro level refers to politics, economics, community, culture values, history, government services and resources, discrimination, and oppression (Rogers, 2016). Social workers use these levels to conceptualize clients’ problems (Rogers, 2016). These external analysis, overlaps and interact with each

Reflection is not only about pondering over past event and related to it emotions, actions, thoughts, or approaches, but also about interpreting everything for the purpose of learning from it and understanding it better. Reflection shall help individuals to challenge themselves, their behaviors, and feelings. The aim is to be more critical about own experiences and own persona, to think about person’s strong and weak sides (Paterson, & Chapman, 2013). To reflect on my feelings, thoughts and work during this module, the Gibbs’s (1998) Reflective cycle helped me a lot. It is made of 6 stages: Description – ‘What happened?’, Feelings – ‘What was I feeling and thinking?’, Evaluation – ‘What was good and bad about the experience?’, Analysis –

Starting this assignment I was nervous because I wasn’t sure what my personal philosophy was. It took hours of self reflection for be to discover my counseling philosophy is fairly simple. It’s keeping it real. What does keeping it real mean? To me this means being honest with who I am as a person, translating it into my counseling skills, and most importantly project honesty to my future client’s in an effective manner. While it is important to keep it real with the client, it is important to do it in an empathetic and professional way. There is such thing as keeping it too real, which can lead to a bad counseling relationship, possibly ending in a referral to a new counselor.

In my self-reflective analysis, I discovered My strengths are that I’m a decent student, excellent mother, I’m a responsible parent and adult. I enjoy giving back to my community, and helping others out whenever needed. Learning to focus and concentrate better on schooling rather than everything else occurring. I’m working towards being goal oriented and working on improving my life financially, physically, emotionally. I have abstained from eating certain foods and drinks.

. Various stories also expressed admiration at my courage to perform on stage and noted how I was not afraid to put himself self out there and been seen. It was also expressed how I was admired for not being afraid to express my opinions and ideas while at the same time listening to others. More than anything, it was greatly expressed how often I go out of his comfort zones to grow or achieve greater success, a habit that I wasn’t even fully aware of. Nothing in these responses mentions my shyness, or self-doubt proving that I am much more confident, bold, and capable that I normally have viewed myself.

At 16, I was threatened, abused and sexually assaulted by someone close to me. At 19, I experienced a severe car accident and lived with a suicidal roommate with bipolar disorder that did not take her medication regularly. At 20, I was burglarized by a roommate with antisocial personality disorder. At 22, my fiancé died due to an artillery explosion. At 23, after requesting an inspection of home health hazards, was removed from the lease and became homeless. At 24, I became a victim of wage theft by my employer. I gained the strength and courage to be my own voice and become an advocate for others and myself in hardship. I have known pain but I have also known love and my perceived failures became a catalyst for reinvention.

degree in fourth grade. Unfortunately, I experienced a great deal of confliction when I was faced with these feelings do the Jehovah's Witness teachings that physical attraction, specifically thoughts they deemed “unclean” was a sin and such feelings may lead to a path resulting in everlasting death. Furthermore, as these feelings intensified as I grew into adolescents, the accompanying guilt and shame also intensified. Upon reflection, it is not difficult to ascertain what drove my friends to commit offenses resulting in their disfellowshipping and how as a youth I grew very angry and ending in my being disfellowshipped as well. Now, I am thankful I was disfellowshipped as the experience lead me to explore the world in a way I would have likely never done had I stayed involved in the Jehovah Witness religion. Conversely, the experience of losing all my friends, mentors, support system, and role models I was brought up with, led me to experience some of the most difficult years of my life.

When I registered for this course I did not know what to expect from the title of the class – Arts and Sciences in the Workplace. In my opinion, the information and material I obtained within the span of two months was exceptionally helpful. Without hesitation, I recommend this course to anyone who may feel they need to brush up on their professionalism. Individuals who are undecided in which major to select could find this course useful. Overall, the materials I inserted in my portfolio are representations of concepts I felt that would best benefit me in the professional world.

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure” by Colin Powell. This school year, I have my ups and downs both academically and personally, from taking many tests like the AP exams, and SAT, to some of my family members dying. Both of these were such hard activities that I had to go through. This year, I have become a better person, both inside and outside of school, and improved my character from all the events that have happened.