Celebrating Personal Growth

If we don’t take time to see where we’ve been and to evaluate where we’re going, we not only miss both the growth and the specific ways we need to regather and retarget, but we also need to take time to celebrate so we have momentum for moving on.

What are your observations about your growth as you put on your logical type 5 hat with me for a moment? (Yes, everyone can access the 5 point even if they’re not a thinking type).

Take some time with your journal, your spouse, or a friend to think about: What victory or victories have you seen in this month? What have you done that makes you proud?

Now I want you to put on that inner 2 and show yourself some love for how far you’ve come. Just as you’re learning how to support others, especially your spouse or partner (no easy feat at times!) you CAN and must celebrate your own personal growth.

And when you are considering how far you’ve come, savor it for a moment. Enjoy it, yes I dare you. Give yourself right now, yes right wherever you are, just sixty seconds of support and affirmation for how far you have come. 

As a result, you will feel a bit lighter. And don’t keep your joy to yourself when you do. Celebration paired with growth is contagious!

It truly makes a difference when you show up for yourself and others tangibly versus ponder everything silently about your journey of growth. There’s even a term called neuroception in fact which describes when one person’s nervous system makes the other feel safe and OK and vice versa. 

So yes, when you’re striving for more to get relationally healthy, don’t leave behind the best of you and the love you can share with others.

When you’ve learned to take time to celebrate, what’s next? Rinse and repeat.