#GrowNOW The Podcast

Sometimes the comfort of the things we know may feel secure, easy, safe in diferent ways and that keeps us from trying something new. No matter in what area of our life, the fear of new, of different, of "out of character" for us can also translate to stagnation and being stuck. When we add fear to this combo and the pain of a heartbreak, well ... a big mountain to climb! So , how do we...

The 5 closest relationships you have in your life affect you, sometimes in unseen ways. We can be influenced in our behavious, way of thinking, way of acting and so on. But it doesn't matter actually how you feel about these relationships, they still give a form of comfort, even when they might not be comfortable relationships. But what if you started challenging the status quo?

The reality of relationships is that we invest time, energy and feelings diferent when we are in the beginning of a new relationship or when we know we are closer to the end. We don't see the same opportunities and possibilities, right? The arrival of spring is the perfect moment to take a closer look to what kind of relationships we keep close and to air them out a bit, see what kind of &quot...

Since spring has started a week ago, we might want to have the proverbial "spring cleaning" for our thoughts and behavious also. And we know that us women we tend to be more aware of the importance of this, but today's episode is about a man's perspective. And about how to go about apologizing, when ego and pride are hurt, and different interpretations of the same situation can h...

The low energy moments that every woman experiences, sometimes can affect us to the point of transforming us, even just for brief short times, into a different person all together. We can blame it on the hormones or ever overwhelment, but it does happen to each and every one of us to have these mini-crisis. And just as the song says " Sorry seems to be the hardest word" , especially when...

When we take care of our own needs, and stilll be in a relationship, an annoying question can start to bother some of us: what do I need the other person for? Or if/when we enter a relationship being convinced that we will be happier together, why does the other person not repond to all that we want? Do they really love us if they don't? Ideally and more efficient it would be to focus on filli...

It's easy to idealize something that we don't have, just because it look more appealing from where we are at the moment. The real question is how to enjoy more what we do have, while working on attracting that other situation that we perceive as an ideam for us.

Today we will attemp to put emphasis on some evergreen questions: * Do you believe truly that there is "the one" or anyone can become the one? * Is the ideal partner a need or anyone can become an ideal partner? * Does any relationship have the potential to become a divine, meant-to-be union or only selective few have the chance to experience that? The answers are very important because...

When you struggle with the idea of just wanting to be right, where is your focus? Is your focus on being happy or on being simply "right" in that situation? Most of the time, in relationships, we keep going back to the same thinking patterns, that if only our partner would change X, Y, Z things would work out. Or we keep revisiting a conversation, analyzing what, how, when they said some...

Following on last week's episode, today we shine a star on our own patterns and how to easily recognize them.

We create the patterns in our life based on our day to day life experience, and in turn, the patters that we observe and develop influence our life experience and the way we perceive life and relationships. And the truth is that we create for ourselves some default reactions and responses based on our patterns, especially in negative situations, without assessing how well is going and we end up no...

Friendships, by all accounts, are those relationships that tend to be the stable points in one’s life. We don’t choose family, but we are the ones that choose our friendships; lovers and life partners may come and go, but with friendships we tend to be consistent. But it all starts with our own definition and expectations of what a true friend is. Do they have to be loyal, trustworthy, honest and...

We have the tendency to sometimes exaggerate the drama when it comes to things that bother us because at the ned of the day, they are OUR problems, and we have the illusion that everyone else’s are somehow less important, since they don’t affect us directly. After all, our brain is trained to give us safety, not happiness To better understand and assimilate, here we have 5 practical steps to start...

Today we adress the theme of lightness, feeling light in communications, in how we relate to eachother and our main relationships.

On the topic of cheating, we add today another layer, that of conscious decisions, by taking a look at the before, during and after the situation and how rational are we when we are confronted with the decision making process. Nobody conciously chooses pain, let's be honest. Yet, the greatest challenge , after getting cheated on, is to choose love again. Anyone who is in touch with their more...

Today’s episode is not a guide on how not to get cheated on ( and if someone tries to sell you that, you are being scammed ), but rather today we approach cheating with the notion that, unfortunately, it is part of life, part of our relationships. There is no guarantee that anyone can give us that we will not be cheated on and that, in turn, we will not cheat. Actually, the notion of cheating is n...

Hope everyone agrees with us, to start the year fresh, willing to assume the responsibility of our life and of our actions. We finished the previous episode with the question: “What can we adapt into a relationship vs what are we willing to compromise in/for a relationship?”. And as we were mentioning, there is freedom in knowing the difference between adapting and compromising but we all know tha...

Happy New Year 2024 and may your relationships be fruitfull and blessed.

The real contradiction in a family setting is that we love them with all our heart and that’s what makes us a bit more vulnerable, willing to tolerate more, even when that gets us to a point of irritation. The Christmas holidays sometimes come with a few tense moments and different expectations for everyone. That's why we focused on today's episode on how to manage these holidays with the...

Continuing on last week's discussion, today we adress the subject of responsability and freedom, and shed a light on the fine line between responsability and freedom.

Any relationship we have requires commitment and therefore, finding’s way to integrate the other person into the equation of out work life. Depending on the type of relationship we are looking at here, especially the romantic ones, we might feel sometimes that we have to chose between feeling free and being in a relationship, feeling connection and love. There are 2 essential values of life, after...

There is a saying “ When something feels sad when it ends, it must have felt pretty wonderful when it happened”. It is a beautiful way of looking at a sad situation and the discomfort it created after. Most of the time, we have a hard time understanding and letting relationships go, but as always, there is beauty in everything and it usually means that one thing ending just created space for somet...

Realistically speaking, the end of any relationship can become a breaking point in someone’s life, the “perfect” ground for trauma and limiting beliefs to set it. How amazing would it be if all of us , when faced with such moments and decisions, to be brave enough to give the other person the chance to have closure. It’s important when ending any type of relationship, be it work, love, friendship,...

Through these 2 parts of the current topic, we want to point out that working on past relationships, not only will help us get rid of that bitter taste in our mouth, but also will help us face in a better way, any current breakups. We want to share with you 5 ideas to consider when you are dealing with a situation like this.

No matter if it’s a friend wanting to distance themselves, or a job relation, a loved one wanting to move on without us… when someone else is putting an end to a relation, if we are not first of all blindsided, we can experience anger, feeling “not good enough” and “it’s not fair” or even a numbness or shutting down . These are the most complete and painful endings, most of the time. We know these...