Self Reflection

Hays (2008) discussed privilege and biases based on culture and how these privileges and biases can affect a therapist’s work. Having a healthy understanding of self-identity can help understand the role of privilege and biases. In order to help self-reflect, Hays (2008) presented the ADDRESSING model which includes age, disability (born with), disability (acquired), religion, ethnicity/race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, indigenous status, nationality, and gender. This ADDRESSING model will be applied in this paper.

To tackle my goals this semester I needed to have a clear focus. Tackling my goals this semester has made me a stronger dancer. From the start of the semester, I have wanted to work on the continuation of my goals from the previous semester. In each class I have worked on finding ways to work on my goals anyway possible. Reflecting my work from the beginning of the semester until now, I have seen myself wanting to be more dedicated to my goals each class. The goals I had for the semester helped me to progress and I continue to work on the ones I struggle with. By having a strong work ethic and clear focus I have had a chance to work on all my main goals throughout the semester: musicality, fluidity, tension, staying lifted in the core, and confidence.

This is my end of year grade 12 culminating self protariate. The project was to create two self portraits but to have them on one page. Initially, I did not expect myself to finish before school ended due to how long it took me to complete it last year. But by reflecting on what happened last year with my lack of time I was able to change my techniques up to fit the time span.

I got a 39 within UCLA Loneliness Scale on the textbook and I was surprised with my result because I did not know that my score has been this higher compared to other men scale which is average of 32. I did not feel any anxiety and fear when I took this scale in the textbook because I feel very confident with myself and relationships with other people. I always trying to respect other people during the conversations nor hanging out with them during a free time because they were always respect me as well all the time. Furthermore, I always listen to other people who needs advice because I want to help them with my experiences. Therefore, they could think that other people have hard times just like anybody else and it could happen to be anytime.

Overall, I think this activity was pretty difficult for me because I would forget some days to write down the food I consumed for the day so sometimes I would have to ask my family or friends what I had eaten for the day. The reason I believe that happened was because some days are busy for me because of my daily routine. Basically my day starts by me getting ready for school, I take a shower and dressed, put my stuff in my backpack. Then I go to the kitchen drink a green juice my mom makes for me in the morning and I head out to my first bus location. I sometimes take different routes depending on the time the bus gets there, so at times I end up taking three buses or two buses to get to class. Then as I arrive I have my morning classes and I work at CSUN in the afternoon to the night. I work in the Sierra center in the marketplace. I am a cook for the Marketplace, however I work in all stations so sometimes I am making burritos, other times at pasta and sometimes making sandwiches.So I am all over the place. Because of that I end up really tired and end up taking a uber home. As soon as I get home I fall asleep so my days are always compacted.

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.

I chose to log my daily diet, exercise and rest for a week to find what changes I can make to better my health. I found so many things that I can change to help me with all three of these areas. I might even need to keep track every week of my habits so I feel more organized and have everything planned out so I don’t get off track of my goals.

In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged twelve or older (9.4% of the population) had used an illicit drug in the past month (NIDA, 2015). In 2016, about 3.6 million adults aged 18 or older received any substance use treatment in the past year, representing 1.5 percent of adults (SAMHSA, 2017). These numbers are not even taking into account any type of behavior addiction such as shopping, gambling, social media, etc. Strong of these numbers, as counselors we can see the importance to gain knowledge about drug and behavior addiction and its process. In order to have a better understanding of the process of change, we have been assigned to abstain from a substance or a behavior for a period of 15 weeks and to reflect about it.

Self-reflection is one of the most challenging aspects of writing. Rationalizing why I deserve the Top Graduate award is a humbling task, but I feel as though I can present a strong argument. Consequently, the goal of this essay is to inform the board of my journey at Park University. My selection to compete for this award has been an honor in itself, and will do my best to give you my credentials. However, before I begin, I will lay out a concise background on myself to help you understand a little about who I am.

This past semester in Modern III, I have found different things about myself in terms of shifting my movement vocabulary into something new. The somatic work in the beginning of class has allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and experience something new. Imagination has been a key factor in this. Three different goals that I have been working on this past semester have been keeping my abdominals engaged, my ribs to soften always, and allowing my transitions to flow smoother. As I mentioned in my midterm self-evaluation, I believe that I have come a far way from the beginning in the semester until now.

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

Personally, I love being involved in service learning projects, and when I learned we were working with kids, I was very excited. A lot can come out of a two and half hour project, both rewarding and something to grow on. Unfortunately, I could not be in attendance for the duration of the event due to a conflicting work schedule. This was the biggest conflict I saw for myself. I had to choose whether to go into work, or to stay and fully participate in our activities. Another conflict that I happened to run into was what to do about returning the balls back to the intramurals department. Since I volunteered to receive and return the balls, I had to decide what to do with them after I had to leave. Austin willingly agreed to return them for me. I do believe that experiencing these conflicts and participating in a project like this we were able to see ethics applied, rather than understanding them within a reading or self-written paper. I did not expect there to be any surprises. I figured if we had the semester to plan how the day would go, the event would run very smoothly. Of course, there will be obstacles, but for the most part, it turned out how I imagined.

Perhaps this deep awareness and self-reflection is both a blessing and a curse! Hmm, connecting the dots in a way no one else can. Mustn't innovative thinkers build off of some fundamental idea that is necessarily framed and shaped by previous thinkers? I find it hard to believe that any epiphany I might have is truly unique in that it was not inspired by something or someone else before. Yes, it is necessary to connect the dots differently, uniquely. My life, the oddities, the synchronicities, the hardship, and the way that the universe conspires around and about me, is no doubt different from the experience of previous thinkers. Yet, as I connect these dots to fit my life, I still feel that it is wise to continue to be guided by past brilliance. If you have any further suggestions of readings or theories or great thinkers that you would like to recommend, please do not hesitate to do so. I would like to flip through my History of Psychology textbook, but I lent it to a friend and I am unsure when I will get it back. "If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else? That's not self-help, that's help. There's no such thing as self-help... if you did it yourself, you didn't need help." Well, I'm lost when I try to do this myself. So I suppose I am looking for help. But, I'm looking for something beyond any help that can be offered to me through medication or therapy or anything like that. I want to find the answer myself, but I shamelessly

One Saturday morning, in the waning weeks of the 8th grade, I walked into a local museum with a handful of classmates and our history teacher. In our arms, we carried large cardboard displays, and in our minds, naive hopes alongside cynical expectations. Entering the main hall, we awkwardly shuffled through crowds of students and rows of tables until we found our designated spots. I found my name printed on a card and I placed my project behind it, in between two others. After ensuring my tri-fold display wouldn’t fall over, I realigned my tie, and made my way over to my peers.

I learned self-acceptance when I found a passion where I did not have to prove my worth to others. A passion,that has served as the most effective emotional outlet for me. I was in middle school at the time, a time where self-esteem and self-acceptance was not present. I searched for acceptance in school. Much of my appearance caused a lot of people to look pass me, did they find me interesting. I was too shy, and socially awkward. Even my friends would complain I needed to be more open.