Connection to self is a critical component to healthy living, yet it's something so many of us struggle with. The fast-paced, information rich culture we live in today provides it's own set of challenges. However, Christians often have a set of unique struggles with healthy self-connection, which is foundational for healthy, rich connection with God and others.

Perhaps you struggle with feelings of guilt & shame or fear of being prideful when it comes to anything that could seem too self-focused. Additional challenges may come from spiritually sounding messages that got distorted and left you feeling anxious, worn out, bad about yourself, and more alone.

If you're struggling with feeling isolated, alone, or disconnected from God & others, you may also struggle with disconnection from areas of your self that need care.

In Growing You, you'll work on building healthy connections to yourself so you can build strong and healthy connections with God and others.

Developing healthy boundaries requires more than information about what boundaries.

In Growing You, you'll explore boundaries that help you live from a place of stewarding what belongs to you.

You'll also learn effective ways to communicate and strengthen healthy boundaries for yourself, and in relationship with others.

If you've ever had your thoughts, feelings, choices, and words shut down by others, you may have learned to shut them out for the world around you too.

Sometimes, this looks like trying to protect others from the truth of what we think & feel. You may have learned to deny your core needs & experiences.

By developing your core self, you learn to speak up when you need to, or deal with an influx of thoughts & emotions without saying more than is helpful in the moment. 

You'll also develop how you show up with others, whether in your home, church, business, or community. You'll lean into the unique ways you are designed with God-given gifts and strengths worth exploring.

Ever notice yourself reacting strongly to a situation & your reaction seems out of place?

Ever feel increased anxiety & distress when you do something you wish you hadn't done or when you don't know what to do? These are a couple of reasons you may experience a dysregulated nervous system.

In Growing You, you'll learn & practice skills that help you regulate your nervous system and work distress so you can respond instead of react.

A healthy sense of self means that you have self-awareness and self-ownership without being reshaped by other people's opinions and expectations, or by a destructive patterns of self-deprecation or pride.

One of the core principles of Growing You is learning to live AS the person God designed you to be. This means you live with the value God has given you. Another principle, is to honor self without dishonoring God & others.

Part of developing a healthy sense of self is identifying what belongs to you, and what doesn't. It includes growing in courage and character as you refine what belongs to you and how to navigate the challenges that go with stewarding what belongs to you (your thoughts, choices, attitudes, actions, emotions, needs, gifts, filters, beliefs, etc.)