The 4 Ugly Lies Of Personal Growth

NOTE: for the purpose of this article I use the terms personal growth, personal development, self-improvement and inner work synonymously, as referring to a broad concept of turning yourself into a better person. (according to your own definition of “better”)

Along with the omnipresent praise of personal growth, there is not enough being said about the traps and threats it creates. About the dark places it may lead to. About the challenging feelings it can trigger — without showing any practical way of dealing with them.

There is hardly any mention of the harm personal growth may cause, alongside the potential benefits.

I am not sure if I would use the word “malice” myself — but I can certainly see the risk of misguided efforts and taking wrong turns on the path of self-improvement.

I have progressed in many areas of my life, sure. But I also believed some lies on the way. I took as mine certain underlying assumptions that the personal growth movement seems to be promoting in between the lines of self-help…

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