n this post, we'll go after the question, "How, practically, can I find personal growth?" Where does the invitation to personal growth appear in our lives? Contrary to what we expect in our culture it doesn't usually stem from heroic efforts of the will.
If the term "personal growth" amounts to what is embodied in the mantra that "Every day / And in every way / I'm getting better and better", then it's truly a hollow idea. We are not moving towards some ideal state of human perfectibility, where…
Many speak about therapy and/or case studies as a route to personal growth and self knowledge, but that depends a lot on the kind of therapy, the attitude of the person undertaking it, and the knowledge and attitude of the therapist.
Personal growth is a term that has taken on quite a conventional meaning -- but the reality may be something quite different. Often, when people talk about "personal growth", you sense that they have a very clear and definite idea of what everybody has to…
If you're interested in quotations on Twitter that concern case studies, Self and personal growth, as I tend to be, you start to notice a very interesting to-and-fro of ideas about what it is to grow as a person. There is a deep division into…