By Eivind Figenschau Skjellum — 2016
When we set out on the path of growth, it is helpful to have a map of the inner realms we are about to explore. - David Deida
Read on awaken.com
CLEAR ALL
Understanding personal growth and how you can achieve it can help you use your skills efficiently in the workplace and advance professionally.
2
Why personal development is so important and how to improve yourself.
1
We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
How misperceptions about disability can prevent people with physical and cognitive impairments from being able to express their sexuality.
A grassroots civil-dialogue movement creates a new kind of safe space: one that invites students from across the political spectrum to discuss controversial issues, including policing, gender identity, and free speech itself.
Being an outsider can cause culture shock. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?
The “that girl” trend has inspired millions of views, but the supposedly inspiring trend can become toxic.
Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.
By the time you reach your 30s, you think you know yourself—your likes, your dislikes, what inspires you, what makes you tick. But there I was, at 36 years old, realizing I didn't know myself at all.