How to experience personal growth even in upheaval
To align mind, body and soul for full expression and wellbeing, you need to embrace personal growth and now more than ever, you need to take advantage of what time you have for personal growth.
When you’re in upheaval, you tend to hit survival mode pretty quickly. Your life becomes focused on just getting through the day. Beyond that? You don’t have the time or energy to care.
In 2022, I was diagnosed with breast cancer (triple negative) when I found a 5cm lump and lymph nodes affected. I had 20 weeks of chemo, surgery to remove what was left of my lump which was tiny and 2/3 of lymph nodes under my arm removed. I then was found to be cancer-free and have been for over a year. I had 3 weeks of radiation as a preventative measure to reduce my chances of it coming back.
I chose to look for the opportunity in my health challenge from the very beginning. I chose to believe that everything was working out for me and not happening to me. A couple of key lessons for me were:
Overcoming fear before medical procedures because I kept having this involuntary crying that would occur. When it came to me having my PICC line inserted and then my surgery, there was no sign of crying or anxiety and in fact humour was present with the medical professionals who were caring for me and a sense of calm. You can hear more about how I overcame the fear in my blog "Do you want a strategy to deal with the fear of the unknown?" by clicking here.
Receiving support and embracing vulnerability. Being such a strong and independent woman who is very capable, I fully let go and allowed the various medical professionals to provide their care and support. I remember one of the lovely chemo nurses asking me if I'd like a hot chocolate and that she makes the best one during chemo treatment. It was the best hot chocolate and it warmed my heart to receive her sweet gesture. Vulnerability is absolutely a strength, however, we don't generally feel comfortable feeling vulnerable.
Click here to visit my other blogs about how my breast cancer journey led to personal growth and learn techniques to help you during upheaval and overcoming adversity. I'm cancer-free now and got through it with grace and ease and can help you to do this too. If you are challenged by a serious illness or injury and want to experience grace and peace with it, please contact me. I have many transformational tools that I used for my own journey and with my clients.
When we are challenged is where we rise to the occasion, the best. During upheaval, our minds become busy, and we start thinking more. It’s a great time to take advantage of a mind made flexible by circumstances and learn something new.
In short, this is an excellent time for personal growth.
Furthermore, the act of bettering yourself gives you a focus, something you can control right now, at this moment, helping your mental state. It’s all about attitude and the idea you can keep growing, even now. How?
1. You Learn to Embrace Adversity
There’s no doubt upheaval can make a mess of your life. But as you dig in and start looking for solutions, you’re going to discover something about yourself. Adversity brings out your best, forcing you out from complacency to find new solutions. With an open-minded attitude, you can even come to embrace adversity.
2. You Become More Adept at Challenges
A crisis demands creative solutions. After all, if the status quo had been working, you wouldn’t be where you are now. In the long run, what this means is you’re going to get better at brainstorming and seeing solutions where you hadn’t previously.
3. You Become Better at Seeing the Opportunity
Once you look past the disaster itself, you’re going to start seeing a chance to shine. There’s a great deal of opportunity in upheaval if you can maintain an openness to trying new things and adaptability when it comes to rolling with the punches. Developing this skill now means you’re never going to miss an opportunity again.
4. You Cultivate Positivity
How can you possibly make it through a crisis if all you’re doing is focusing on the negative? If you can now discover the ability to find the positive and to keep an upbeat attitude even when things are going wrong, you’ll be able to stay positive no matter what life throws at you.
5. You Develop More Empathy
You can’t go through these kinds of tough times without learning something about how hard life can be. By leveraging this into empathy, you’ll gain more compassion for those around you.
Wow, this is a lot! Imagine the newer, stronger version of yourself developing even now. How exciting to think you’ll be coming out of this crisis more robust and better than ever before!
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit - Napoleon Hill
Your wellness is important to me and if you want to learn more strategies to align your mind, soul and body to live in full expression, sign up for my free guide "5 Strategies to Bust Stress Fast" by clicking here. These strategies can help you in all areas of your life.
Here's to living your best life!
Melissa Taylor
Future Transcendence Leadership Mentor
