What It Looks Like to Grow & Change Emotionally - Proof of Personal Growth

Instead of leaning on external validation & people pointing out that you have grown & changed, it's important to realize that you can recognize it all on your own & celebrate yourself in that proof of growth. Here are 7 ways to know you are growing & changing.

Show Notes:
When I realize I have changed, I get so excited. Like genuinely, I get so excited that I am making steps in the right direction away from behavior & mindsets that are doing the opposite of serving me, but actually tearing me apart & causing daily pain.

But sometimes it can be difficult to recognize change in ourselves. We don’t know what to look for to identify the change, if it’s not some dramatic change then we can easily miss it or if it’s not big enough for other people to point out, we get all bent out of shape because we aren’t getting the external validation we, unfortunately, live our life on. If you struggle with needing external validation, please listen to episode 367 of the podcast that I recorded earlier this year on how to work through that.

But I also want you to understand that the most important things we are doing in our lives aren't the most impressive things. I heard a quote from Pastor Steven Furtick from Elevation Church that said, “What’s the most important isn’t always the most impressive.” There will be many things we do in our lives, including our emotional work & personal growth that will not be recognized by others. And it doesn’t need to be. What matters is how you feel about it, whether you’ve given it time to work and if it propelling you forward.

But I know it can be so annoying to have people in our lives point out the fact that it doesn’t seem like we are changing at & if the work we are doing even matters. Sometimes I get so annoyed by these comments, but it’s their ignorance in the situation that causes them to respond this way. We need to not care about those comments. They have no idea how much time & effort you are putting into yourself. And entertaining their opinions will only waste time & plant seeds of doubt in yourself. We don’t need that.

We just need to focus on what we doing. That’s what will continue to foster growth in us. If you struggle to know how to identify growth in yourself, you’re in luck because that is exactly what we are going to talk about today.

Here are 7 ways for you to identify personal growth & emotional change in yourself:

1. You Respond More than React in Heightened Situations
2. You’ve Started Speaking Up for Yourself & Being Assertive
3. You’re Able to Ask for & Accept Help from Others
4. You Are Setting & Enforcing Personal Boundaries
5. You Allow Yourself to be Vulnerable with Yourself & Others
6. Mistakes & Failures Don’t Cause as Much Panic
7. Shifting Your Mindset from Negative to Positive or Neutral Becomes Easier

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