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I think that throughout this semester that this course has helped me a lot with helping myself discover a lot of positivity in my life. I try to focus on the good things in life and my goals. I think with picking spirituality to focus on has helped me reach more for what I want out of life. I am looking forward to continuing my journey and continue to strive to become a health and wellness professional so I can help people get their life where they want in a healthy and positive way.

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I have made it a habit and priority that me and my daughters put out our tobacco every morning and be thankful for a new day of good health and everything that we have. continue to pray that our language gets stronger and our connection will keep growing.

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Just this past weekend I had my girls attend a shell feast ceremony so they can get ready to go through a two week long process of ceremonies. They have to wear their miigis shell for the four season changes. They did very well and they are so proud of their miigis shell when wearing it around. I think showing them the value of our culture and to be respectful people is so important to me. I think with them going through this ceremony also it has made everything so much easier to keep my connection growing.

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I feel like it is coming close towards moving from the action stage to maintenance stage. I am coming very close to 6 months that I have maintained this new behavior. My self-efficacy is very high. The pros of learning my culture and bettering my connection with myself and the creator always ways out the cons of just maintaining the same and not bettering my spirit and self. I have prevented relapse, I have not drank and I have not put myself in a situation where I am around it. I think I am doing really well for myself and my family.

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Throughout this process I have learned a lot about myself and how strong and how much will power I actually have. There was many times where I felt overwhelmed and wanted to go out and have some drinks. Thinking about my health and my values I always took the option out. I would find different ways to keep myself busy. It helps to surround yourself with people who are trying to stay away from negativity also. I really only have one really good friend who is also trying to better herself so we hang out quite often when we feel the need.

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While I have been trying to better myself and my spirituality throughout this semester it has opened the eyes of some of my family members. While they are watching me learn about my culture and language it has given them some hope and opened their eyes also. My mom and my aunt just recently received their anishinaabe names. That is the first step to becoming more connected with yourself and the creator. It made me so proud of them for taking that step.

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I have recently have attended some ceremonies that I never really took the time out to attend. I think every time that I attend any cultural ceremony it gives me a feeling that I just cant explain in a text. Everybody is supportive of me learning and trying to better myself. There are a lot of people that are seeking healing in many ways, I think that is why there are so many supportive people in my community. I think people like to see positivity versus people going out doing drugs and drinking every weekend.

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It has been the middle of the semester. I think that during some of the weeks I get side tracked and feel overwhelmed with life and that's when I need to call on my spirituality to make me feel like I can accomplish what life is throwing at me. When I get overwhelmed I notice that I shut down and start to get anxiety. I think this progress of me trying to better my mind, body and spirit it has helped me get through my anxiety. Once example would be, I have been wearing my miigis shell that I am supposed to wear through all four season changes for a year. I think while wearing this is helping me get through tough times and different obstacles in my life. I think many times I feel overwhelmed with my work, school work, and kids. I think with having some hope in my faith gives me something to be happy about. I think that is a big step in my progress. Before I would just shut down and try to down play the situation and walk away or find a easier way out.

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I have lost some friends along this journey. Some people that I hung out with were only there when I was out drinking and socializing. I have realized that those people were only temporary. I am not too sad about not having them as friends anymore because it was only a negative friendship. Lately, I have noticed that my kids are happier at home and also myself. I have been using our language in our house hold and notice that my kids are catching on. I have been going to language table every Wednesday night to better my learning. I think that with continuing learning Ojibwe language it is giving my spirit some peace and I am able to communicate with the creator in our language. It is a tough progress and language to learn but I am trying my best to retain what I learn. I am trying to juggle my school work, work, kids and have a life at the same time and it gets very difficult, but I know what I want in life.

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updating my progress with my own spirituality. I have noticed that I am a lot happier and healthier with cutting out most of the negativity in my life. I have not drank any alcohol for over 6 months to try and better my mind, body and spirit. I have a regular workout routine, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday I am up at 5 o'clock in the morning with an hour and a half workout. I am trying to continue to focus on my workouts and my health because that it what makes me happy and letting myself get fueled with good healthy foods makes myself feel much better during the day. I think that is a big step to furthering my spirituality, is taking care of my physical body as well.

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Time has passed. I would like to update my post for the end of September. I think me and my family have made little changes in our house hold, which more needs to come. My daughter Madelynne just recently switched from public school to an all Ojibwe language immersion school. For the first 4 years of school they will hear nothing but ojibwe language being spoke. She is going to be learning all about our culture. I think that has motivated me to continue my learning and help her as well. I decided to start labeling everything in my house with ojibwe language. My daughter has a morning tobacco prayer that is said every morning at the school. I have been trying to make it a habit to learn that morning prayer with her.

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I wanted to focus on my spirituality connection throughout this semester. I am in the action stage because I have already taken steps in improving my mind, body and spirit. I wanted to eliminate any negativity in my life. The week of September 10th I wanted to make it a priority to take time out of my day to meditate and think about what it important in my life and reconnect with my spirit. I wanted to make changes in my household to focus on our culture and learn as much as possible.

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I love this background! What a beautiful backdrop to keep you motivated. I hope your goals are going well!

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Great work setting up your background in Padlet, Elizabeth. Keep working hard to track your progress toward your goal