#personal growth and development

[natasa-pantovic]

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[divinefem333]

Women Share Why Child Free Is The Best Choice For Them

Is child free the best choice? Watch to hear their reasons why

[soulbodyhealer]

Soul Body Healer

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[inspiroaspire]

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[practicalhappiness]

Personalized Growth Chart

The Practical Happiness Personalized Growth Chart is a tool designed to help individuals track their personal growth and progress towards achieving happiness and fulfillment. This growth chart allows you to set goals, track milestones, and measure your progress over time. With the Practical Happiness Personalized Growth Chart, you can identify areas of your life that you want to improve and set specific goals within those areas. It provides a visual representation of your journey towards personal growth, allowing you to see how far you've come and where you still have room to grow.

[jimmeadows]

How I Embraced a 2020 Layoff to Capture a New Life Season

Introduction

Everyone’s story is unique, as is mine.  As I chronicle it, my story seemed to organize itself naturally into four three-week blocks.  Instead of imposing my so-called editorial skills to the story, I will tell the story the way it arrived—by the timeframes.

My first three weeks

There was no shock.  I knew that this was coming.  COVID-19 was affecting everyone in one way or another.  I could read the handwriting on the wall.

Coincidentally, I had two weeks of vacation scheduled beginning just two days after my boss announced the RIF in process to our team.  Therefore, when I checked in on my company email on the first day of my vacation, I found a meeting request with my boss for the Wednesday after my vacation time.  No subject was included.  In my mind, I instantly put two and two together and essentially concluded that I had been identified as one of those among thousands whose position was being eliminated.  On the bright side, this gave me a two-week head start on preparing myself for a career transition.

Although I was disappointed that I had not survived the RIF, I was simultaneously glad and excited for the new opportunity this development represented.  My faith told me when God closes one door, he is opening a new door.  I simply have to find it.

I had been fortunate throughout my life to never have faced this situation.  Now, at age 64, it was a completely new journey for me.  Nevertheless, my insatiably curious intellect, heart, and spirit, always deeply committed to personal, professional, and spiritual growth, were passionately looking forward to all I would learn by navigating this major albeit unexpected life transition.  Having observed many other people face layoffs and seeing the wide variety of responses and outcomes, I was excited by the challenge.  How would I now do?  Would I capitalize on this event as a stimulating, marvelous, new open door to a new career?  Would I successfully leverage my personal and professional assets into an exciting career promotion?  Would I crash and burn?

Additionally, I had always been the person that constantly mentored others about remaining agile and optimistic regardless of what the seas of change might bring.  This was my chance to demonstrate that I genuinely practice what I preach.

In terms of how I was treated by my company, I felt extremely blessed.  Quite simply, the company “did the right thing.”  My 15-plus years of professional service were ethically, respectfully, and carefully considered.  I was extremely impressed with all aspects of how the company set me up with professional and financial career-transition benefits.

One of the professional benefits was a membership with LHH, a global leader in providing professional career-transition services.  This was a tremendous resource.  Although I was strongly self-educated on career transitions, I dearly appreciated the opportunity to have such a high-powered, proven organization by my side.  I anticipated they would be a fantastic sounding board, a rich wisdom resource, a training extravaganza, and a welcome mitigator to my blind spots.

Being unemployed is a fulltime job and then some—assuming you are doing it right.  Having never been in this situation, the reality set in that this was a completely new universe to me.  Its gravity sobered me, and equally important, excited me.  I entered into a period of very deep reflection about my career redirection.  I knew that this situation was a golden opportunity for me.

Given those uniquely defining launchpad preconditions, I passionately committed myself to two fundamental imperatives for this transition:

I will remain deeply introspective about all aspects of my personal, professional, and spiritual navigation throughout this period so that I will extract every gram of knowledge and wisdom from this experience.

I will impose no limitations on what my future direction should be, but rather will remain 100% open to any and all paths because I do not want my assumptions or prejudices to be a limitation on all I can become as a person and a professional.

These two imperatives were powerful and genuine.  As one flawed human being among billions, I clearly knew how easily I can make mistakes.  A marvelously fascinating fruitful path might await me, but I knew that my imperfections could easily blind me to that path.  I definitely did not want that to happen.  Therefore, I regularly, randomly, passionately repeated these two imperatives to myself, and I shared them with my wife Kathy and those closest to me.

My second three weeks

My second three weeks began with a couple profitable LHH meetings.  I had the chance to work on revising my resume with a branding specialist.  This was extremely valuable because it provided many fresh insights.  For example, I could exercise flexibility by creating two or three resumes targeting different career paths.  This strategy would diversify “hooks in the water” increasing the probability of a catch.

The second meeting was with my assigned coach.  Now that I had been so fully engaged as the “unemployed guy” for the past three weeks, I had many ideas, questions, and discussion points for which I dearly needed a sounding board.  My coach was that person.

The combined wisdom of these two people helped me to regroup forces and achieve a measure of redirection into my future.  Some key takeaways:

Because my qualifications, experience, and interests pointed to two separate viable career paths, simultaneously pursuing them was reassuring and exciting.

Obviously, this strategy required carefully designing two resumes, two marketing plans, and two target positions.  Yes, it was a juggling act, yet one with which I was very comfortable.

My third three weeks

My third three weeks continued a whirlwind of extremely careful, intense, intelligent (I thought!), job prospecting.  I had a particular job for which I had already endured multiple panel interviews.  After a finalist round, a day later I was informed that the company chose a different finalist.  On the surface, this was extremely disappointing.  Nevertheless, on a much deeper level within my soul, I knew God had something better ordained for me.  I simply didn’t know what it was right now.  But that’s okay because that is the way God works.

My fourth three weeks

In my fourth three-week period, significant, clear direction arrived in three ways.  First, I made some key connections in fintech (financial technology).  Fintech was a sector I had always tracked yet never had the opportunity to deep dive.  And more strategically, my connections led me to the credit card payment processing industry.  Second, I learned that credit card payment processing gave me the perfect opportunity to tailor the major elements of this new season in my life in a manner I had always wanted to achieve—I would be 100% self-employed, I would work out of my home, and I would be providing a vital service to businesses throughout the USA.  Third, everything about this three-week period completely infused my entire being with the deep awareness that I was passionately and productively refocusing my multidecade career of accomplishment and experience into this new season in my life.  To summarize, this fourth three-week period massively inspired my excitement and confidence that my future was very bright.

My new season in life

At the time of this writing, I am now five years out from my layoff.  Many powerful realities stand out to me as I reflect on where I was at in 2020 and where I am at in 2025.  I want to address only what I perceive to be the most profound ones, not only because they were my experience, but more importantly because they have the highest probability of genuinely helping the reader.

As much as I cherished every ounce of opportunity that corporate America gave to me, that of course does not equate to zero stress.  About four weeks out from the layoff, it suddenly dawned on me that an entire level of what I will call “background stress” had completely evaporated from my mind, body, and spirit.  I felt like a brand new person with fresh energy!  This experience was extremely refreshing and empowering.

Certainly my new season in life provided its own stresses and challenges.  Nevertheless, given the context, I was massively more in control of my time, my plans, my environment, and my destiny.  Therefore, the new stresses and challenges have become inspiring and invigorating in a deeper way compared to my prior professional roles.

Human nature being what it is, we tend to marginalize our own accomplishments and experience.  Throughout this new season in my life, I have frequently found that it is other people that toot my horn for me.  Nevertheless, standing confidently (not arrogantly) in a proven track record is not dishonorable.  When relevant, sharing key elements of my background with certain persons and groups has been a catalyst for connection, collaboration, and cohesion.

Business networking became infinitely more important.  Because adding value has been my lifelong passion, I joined several additional networking groups, chambers, private clubs, service organizations, and nonprofits to contribute as much time and talent as possible.  Many of them asked me to serve in various leadership capacities, and I was delighted to step into some of those roles.  They expanded my visibility in various communities and granted me larger platforms of influence.  Being able to continue learning from others while also mentoring others has been extremely fulfilling.  Although I have always cultivated a quality relationship network, my relationship network today is larger and stronger than ever.

Without in any way throwing stones at my time in corporate America, I want to make a legitimate observation:  Had I never left corporate America in 2020, I never would have obtained the countless opportunities, experiences, relationships, achievements, and collaborations for which I am so tremendously grateful today.  In God’s grand plan for my life, leaving corporate America when I did was essential to my future success, and I continue to see that with each passing day.

Additionally, here is the natural human reason that is true—I had to encounter a brand new season in my life in order to apprehend all these vanguard opportunities.  I had to step out of my old context and into a completely new context.  In doing so, my mind, heart, soul, and spirit became open to a new universe, and I am indescribably grateful that I did step into that new universe.

I have always been the kind of person that is passionate, enthusiastic, and excited to get up each day and do all the terrific things I am privileged to do.  Nevertheless, at this new season in my life, I am even more passionate, more enthusiastic, and more excited to get up each day and do all the terrific things I am privileged to do!

Conclusion

I hope that my story helpfully illustrates a successful navigation of what can often be an extremely painful and disruptive career transition.  Furthermore, I hope it inspires you to rethink how these kinds of situations genuinely are opportunities in disguise (even though some of them are awfully well disguised!).  Hence, as I reflect on all my experience, especially over the past five years, I leave you with my personal, professional summary of these universal career-transition lessons.  I posit that you will maximize your career success if you can implement these key lessons in your own career transitions.

Maintain a positive attitude, even in the toughest circumstances.  Instead of focusing on all the negatives of your situation, force yourself to explore what the positives are.

Reach out to your closest confidantes, friends, and loved ones to gain any perspectives you could be missing.  Those special inner-circle people are there for a reason.  Listen to them, yet exercise discernment.

Take wise advantage of every possible resource available to you from every possible place.  So many helpful powerful tools and resources are available, but they have zero value unless you choose to tap them.

Declare to yourself that nothing is off the table.  Many a person has regretted navigating through a career transition with a narrow mind, thereby sabotaging what should have been a marvelous new career journey.

Never discount how your prior experience and credentials might give you key leverage for your future.  God uses all your past to prepare you for today; He is using today to prepare you for tomorrow.

Think deeply about your unique personality, skillsets, and preferences—they will provide crucial insights into what opportunities you should explore, and which ones you should bypass.

Move quickly, but not too quickly.  You need to be a person of action so as not to become lackadaisical, yet not so energetic that you are making uninformed decisions.

Although making money is important, it cannot be the sole driver.  Give top priority to how you will best serve humanity while nurturing your daily passion, enthusiasm, and sense of destiny.

[thepsychotheorist]

How to stop caring what people think

The main reason why we search for 'how to stop caring what people think' is probably that we just felt the sharp pain of rejection and don't want to experience it again.

The most common approach I've seen is to convince yourself that others don't really care, either by realizing that everyone is too busy to look at anything but their own issues, or by doing embarrassing things in public and seeing that nothing happens. The second method can also be used to desensitize yourself to rejection.

However, does this truly mean we no longer care about others' opinions of us anymore? Or are we simply avoiding the reality that some people do, in fact, see us in a negative light? I feel that what's really needed is a mindset shift. One that lets others' negative views of us peacefully coexist with our self-worth, without the need to deny them or sacrifice parts of our sensitivity.

I remember a weekday afternoon about five years ago. I was sitting on my bed and looking at my shoes from across the room. "Those are the shoes of a loser", I felt. Shocked by the harshness of this, I asked: "Who is saying this?" and the faces of some colleagues, half-strangers and acquaintances appeared before my mind's eye. "But how do I see them?", I asked myself, and promptly, my perception of my shoes changed. They looked like the shoes of a brave survivor, calm and confident. I kept switching back and forth between those perspectives. It felt like shifting the direction of judgement from looking at myself through the world's eyes, to looking at the world through my own eyes. Suddenly, it was I who was forming opinions of the world around me, instead of taking in the values of other people, and seeing the world through their imagined perspectives instead of my own.

Your values matter. Your perspective matters most in your world. The time when your life depended on your caregivers liking you is over. You may now judge the world and its people with your own eyes, your own mind, and your own heart. Maybe what we need to search for is not "how to stop caring what people think" but rather "how to start caring more about what I think".

[lovingmylight]

Instability

Signaling

(😡😠🤬😫👿versus😇😃🤣🤪🥰)

Either it's too little too late: (doing the minimal and having no intent at all to help you or anyone else if it isn't for themselves).

Or

Too much too soon: (doing the most and immediately seeming grandiose and righteous in the short term for personal gain).

Or

It's not the right time: (whenever you bring up a topic that points to their sensibilities, it's all of a sudden inconvenient to their fragile ego), so they gatekeep information that would have been beneficial, even for both parties.

Or

It's complicated : (they haven't developed the emotional intellect to articulate their inner dialogue replete with their pain, suffering, anguish, childhood wounds, and even their joy and contentment, while remaining objective), so they deceive, flipflop, avoid, deflect and project.

And lastly,

Showing no interest and intent at all of accountability throughout any and all interactions, but instead blaming everyone else ... victimizing all others while claiming to be a victim. No signs of commitment to growth and development. None.

Signals like these are just a few ways to identify instability in others. Proceed at your own risk.

C.

[boyalasco]

Building confidence and personal growth

How To Improve yourself with Personal growth Naturally we have different talents and knowledge of different kind. We all can’t be good at the same thing at the same time, and warrants the question which is what are you better at?. are you better at personal growth or at what you do and how you can be better at it?. I would say that I am good at what I do most times. I put in effort to do things…

[natasa-pantovic]

Conscious Parenting: Mindful Living Course for Parents full of exercises and tools

[divinefem333]

Therapist Shares The Importance of Parents Loving, Supporting, and Encou...

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[girlwithrituals]

GLOW UP GUIDE FOR 2025⠀

READ: On average, it takes more than 2 months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And considering that 2025 is precisely these many days away, why not start with our glow up plan already?

Physical Glow Up-

BODY

— 5-10K steps a day.

— 7-8 hours of sleep.

— workout everyday for 1 hr atleast- yoga/stretching/pilates/cardio/lifting weights. a workout may take one hour, but your mood will be boosted for the next 12 hours.

— posture training.

— sunlight exposure after waking up for at least 10 minutes.

NUTRITION

— 2-3 liters of water every day.

— limit your caffeine intake.

— avoid sugars as much as you can.

— high protein diet, pre and probiotics.

— more fruits and veggies (+ green smoothies if you like).

— no junk/processed food/trans fat.

— no eating after 8 pm.

SKINCARE

— be clear on your skin type (oily, dry, combination, sensitive).

— once you're clear, use these accordingly- cleanser, toner, targeted serum, eye cream, moisturizer, sunscreen (≥50 spf).

— keep your bedding clean as well.

— no picking of skin on your lips, cuticle etc.

— gua sha to help improve blood circulation and lessen toxins.

— cold therapy may take three to five minutes of being uncomfortable, but your energy levels will be boosted for the rest of the day.

— remove makeup before you go to bed.

BODY CARE

— shower every day.

— exfoliate 2x a week.

— use body lotion (shea butter/aloe vera gel/coconut oil).

HAIR CARE

— wash hair 2-3x a week

— oil your scalp 2x a week, at least 3 hours before shampoo.

— hair mask 1x per week.

— never brush wet hair.

— use silk pillow case.

HYGIENE

— brush your teeth 2x a day, clean tongue and the roof of the mouth daily.

— floss daily.

— cut your nails 1x a week, never remove the cuticles.

— glycolic acid under arm for odor and discoloration.

— never use soap on your coochie.

Mental Glow Up-

MINDSET

— set clear goals- define and breakdown your aspirations.

— start your mornings with positive affirmations.

— surround yourself with uplifting content and people.

— be shamelessly selfish to your career and mental health, remove anyone or anything that doesn't align with your priorities and wellbeing.

— boost your brain health by these 4 neuroscience tools:

difficult first: start your day with the most difficult task (cortisol and dopamine are high in the body meaning that your body/mind is primed to work).

rest your eyes: introduce a micro-pause after learning by resting/closing your eyes - will help retain information better.

tomorrow's worries: write tomorrow's to-do list before bed as it is proven to be effective in helping you fall asleep.

find time to play: engage in low-stake play. can be anything you find fun but where the outcome doesn't matter (induces neuroplasticity + reduces stress).

MIND

— meditation might take as low as ten minutes, but your focus will be improved for the rest of the day.

— no social media after waking up and at least an hour before bed.

— keep aside 1 hr of time to read daily! reading a new book may take five hours, but you will keep the knowledge forever.

— journaling, gratitude.

— digital detox once a week or for 12 hours.

— limit unnecessary screentime, unfollow or cut off people you don't want to see.

JOURNALING

— choose a regular time each day to journal, making it a part of your routine.

— find a quiet, comfortable place free from distractions. light a candle if you want.

— allow your thoughts to flow without censoring or editing.

— write about your feelings and emotions to understand them better. write about things you are thankful for to boost your mood. write about your short-term and long-term goals. identify what triggers certain emotions or reactions

— set a timer for 5-10 minutes and write continuously during that time.

— reflect on both positive experiences and challenges.

— make lists, journal your thoughts on these questions.

— journal at night to clear your mind before bedtime, because emotions and thoughts lose their power once we acknowledge them.

— a gratitude practice may take five minutes, but your mindset will be shifted for the rest of the day.

AFFIRMATIONS

— customise affirmations to your needs.

Personal Life-

WEEKLY TASKS

— initiate small changes: begin with small, manageable tasks such as making your bed or cleaning your room every sunday.

— celebrate your success: reward yourself when you achieve your goals or have a consistently productive week. consider treats like buying flowers for yourself or watching your favorite show.

DAILY WORK

— set achievable goals: establish realistic goals for the day, week, or month ahead.

— track your progress.

— organise your work space, declutter your shelves etc.

— embrace the power of lists: keep a list of tasks to be done and their deadlines. this way, you start each day with a clear plan. to make it visually appealing and motivating, consider using productivity apps like evernote, habit tracker, or notion.

PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

— wake up early.

— plan ahead everything, do scheduling. you can use:

google calendar / notion / tasks .

— if the task takes less than 2 minutes to finish, do it immediately.

— countdown rule, if you are procrastinating, count 1-2-3-4-5 and jump.

— start slow, don't rush and try to do everything at one time.

— follow a proper routine, use app locks based on screentime.

— pomodoro technique, 25 min work, and 5 min break.

— schedule longer break times as well e.g 30 min nap.

[a-psychologists-nook]

eJournal 3

Sociocultural Theories

FEMINIST THEORY

Having studied and learned about feminist theories, I realized that women fought for equal rights for decades, even if they focused on changing one aspect of the problem. As a woman in the modern times, I can say that compared to what women were going through centuries ago, women are more free now than before. Their rights are more recognized now than they were before. Women can vote, study, work, and earn for themselves without the pressure of making the patriarchy happy by serving them.

Women are no longer bound by the rules or norms of how "traditional" women should act. They are free to express their own opinions, and they can do anything without much restriction. Knowing more about the things women have done for the future generations, it makes me feel more proud to be born as a woman than when I was young.

[jimmeadows]

The earliest seasons of Game of Thrones gave us some timeless leadership lessons. Being a fan of GOT plus always loving great leadership lessons, that was the perfect combination for me.

[shamballalin]

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