Do we need painful moments to grow?

April 6th

Can we learn or grow without going through the hard stuff? Do we have to experience pain in order to grow, expand, or integrate new perspectives or wisdom? Do we need “bad” situations in order to become a better version of ourselves? Megan shares 3 tips to grow from a place of intentionality vs. only in response to painful experiences.

In this episode, we connect on:

01:45 | Can we learn and grow without the painful moments?

03:00 | Most of us are living life on autopilot

06:15 | The rock bottom moments can be our wake up call

09:00 | How to grow from a place of intentionality vs. reaction

14:00 | ​​If we aren’t prioritizing time with ourselves, we are likely living on autopilot

15:15 | The importance of daily inner connection time

18:30 | How the Industrial Revolution shifted how we viewed time

20:30 | The art of detachment

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