“Me”ology… Mastering the Science and Fine Art of Self-Love: Self-Love Power-Point #23: Dealing With “Growth Grief”…
The “growth grief” process is a state-of-mind I coined about a year ago to describe the deep sense of loss I have eXperienced during periods of personal growth, but didn’t quite understand why. What I’ve learned through the practice of deep introspective analysis is that although growth is a good thing, it often comes with the loss of people, places and things that no longer contribute to our continued positive growth. Trying to hold on to what we once had but no longer serves us will only stagnate and stop our growth process. And whether we like it or not, growth comes with a certain degree of loss. Understanding is the key to dealing with feelings of loss, acceptance is the lock that enables us to open the door to continued growth and self-love is the door that grants us entry to new heights of eXcellence at every stage of our evolutionary development.
“ME”OLOGY AFFIRMATION: I will accept that with growth comes loss on some level. I won’t fight the feeling but recognize, accept and embrace that it is a natural part of the growth process.
