Self-care practices that will help you overcome your trauma and heal yourself from the inside out. — How friendly is your life? Not in terms of the bonds you share with other people, but in terms of the relationship you have with yourself. As someone who has survived trauma and lived to tell its tale, are you making space for your nervous system to heal? Or are…

“The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.” — “I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: “The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.” In these words, he epitomized the history of the human race.” The above quote was published in 1932 in…

One of the most popular growth publications is looking for new writers. — Welcome to Practical Growth Practical Growth publishes evidence-centered and thought-provoking articles and essays that encourage personal and familial healing and growth. We seek to break the pattern of generational trauma and the stigmas that exist around love, relationship, and recovery. Who does this apply to? Everyone with a growth mindset. Every survivor who has…

Putting your lover first is guaranteed to burn your relationship to the ground. — Who comes first in your relationship? Do you and your partner share an equal split of the time, effort, and energy that goes into creating your life together? Or are things more one-sided? It’s not smooth sailing when one person in a relationship calls all the shots or gets all…

It’s the best tool out there to help you keep your writing hustle growing strong. — *Ironically, nothing in this article was produced using artificial intelligence. You can hardly turn your head online without running face-first into an article about ChatGPT. That’s doubly true if you’re a writer, who is now confronting a new reality that you’re not really certain about. Is AI going to wipe…

What truth can prevail in the face of wicked lies? — Part 1 Ella slammed the door shut and put her back against it. Sweat was pouring down her face. It stung her eyes, gluing long tendrils of dark, curling hair to her jaw and down the length of her neck. She was soaking in sweat and couldn’t stop her heavy breathing or…

You’re never going to get there if you keep giving up on yourself. — Do you feel like you’re trapped in a cycle of hard work and failure? Don’t feel like all those positive changes are working out the way they were supposed to? It’s easy to give up when you feel like you’re crashing against the wall over and over again. Giving up…

A healthier take on an unhealthy adage. — I have never liked the saying, “Bloom where you’re planted.” Besides being bad gardening advice, it’s always seemed incredibly ignorant to me. It runs along the lines of “you picked your trauma” or “you have a soul contract”. Telling people to become something beautiful, delicate, and godly, in the middle…

Serious about improving your life? Then start taking care of the whole. — There is such a deep connection between the mind and the body. When Descartes said, “I think therefore I am,” it’s debatable whether he had any idea just how deeply true his observations were. Our mind shapes our physical bodies from the inside out and can chart the course for…