Many people go through change, stressors and challenges every day. Those things change us but not always help us grow. When we also experience growth, we are going through personal transformation. Below are the signs that what you are going through right now is resulting in personal transformation or growth:
Tag: life
Are you doing okay?
How many of us stop through our daily stressors and routines to ask ourselves this question? With returning to work full time (hello corporate office, I could have used another year of not working), transitioning my 1 year old to daycare, looking after my pets, house, etcetera, having time to stop for a second and…
20 Ways to get ‘an appetite’ for life
I was recently re-watching the Eat. Pray. Love movie and one phrase spoken by Julia Roberts character has caught my attention. Context: she was talking to her editor/best friend about her plans for travelling around the world after 2 failed relationships and her reasoning was that she lost her appetite for life and she feels…
Motivational post: How to control the life you get
Everyone sees the world in a different light – to some it is full of suffering and to others it is full of love. It is not just about optimists seeing glass as half-full. It is about realizing that the reality you know may not be the actual reality. I had just experienced it a…
What is your relationship with yourself?
When browsing relationship-related articles, this thought almost never occurs to most people. When it comes to relationships, there are resources and questions to explore on romantic relationships, relationships with family, relationships with friends, coworkers, maybe even pets. However, the relationship with ourselves is a central relationship in our life because it impacts the relationships we…
Signs you are going through transformation
Personal transformation can occur several times during our lives. It is a sign of growth and it means that one chapter in our life is about to close and a new chapter is about to begin. It is a sign of change that already began occurring within you in response to the change you are…
How to regain control of your life
Spoiler alert: it is possible! This post is written by control freak, so know that you can trust this! Before I go into specific pointers, let me tell you a story. It was 11 years ago. I was 20, studying full-time towards my Bachelor degree in Politics. In my spare time I was working as…
Meeting New Year’s Resolutions
I heard on the radio that January 19th is the day when many of us give up on New Year’s resolutions. It is less than 3 weeks! This made me think about my own resolutions and ways of keeping them. To be honest, this year already started kind of rough for me – for the…
Fighting Fears: Fear of Not Being Liked
One of the common fears that many of us share is the fear of not being liked. It is often irrational, not based on any signs/factors, or sometimes it is coming from one bad experience that we had few years or even decades ago. Maybe you were not liked by peers during your childhood, and…
Fighting Fears: The Fear of the Unplanned
There are many fears that a person can have. There is one fear I call “the fear of the unplanned”. “Unplanned what?”, you may ask. Well, unplanned life. Unplanned life events. Unplanned anything and everything. Let me explain. For example, I started university with a specific career plan in mind: I wanted to be a…
Rise and Lead: Personal and Professional Development 