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GrowthQuests all started with a fern...
The fern as a journey...
As long as I can recall, I have loved ferns (yes that is my fern-tattooed foot!). As my personal "spirit-plant", a fern represents many symbolic truths about the way "it all works".
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First, a fern's fractal nature shows how a part and the whole can exist simultaneously. As above, so below-- our personal experience creates the planetary consciousness.
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And, a fern represents the fractal relationship between the long arc of our whole life journey and the smaller journeys--"Quests" within.
In my thirties, I was fortunate enough to research a topic that was close to my heart for my PhD: Transformative Learning. This type of learning focuses on how people grow and transform their perceptions of themselves and the world.
The fern came back to me as I studied the patterns to transformation because it is the same timeless, spiral pattern that shows up in nature, ancient myths, and modern stories.
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Spiral Growth...
Ferns begin life as a tightly-wound spiral full of mini-spirals. Each of the smaller spirals mimic the larger.
Symbolically your entire life journey is the large spiral, and the mini-spirals are the Quests within. You repeat similar patterns and lessons over and over again because they are tied to your life's purpose...
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​​If you knew that each "mini-Quest" also mimicked your bigger life purpose, could you gain even more wisdom as you Let Yourself Unfold? I think so...
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GrowthQuests was born ...
"Let Yourself Unfold"
You can't force growth. It unfolds as it is meant to, but you can be conscious of the lessons and wisdom that come as it does. The reason I offer both "Inner-Quests" and "Outer-Quests" is because Growth happens within you, but also as a result of how you interact with the natural world.
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One of my life purposes is to help my clients trust the Quests they are on by becoming fully present to the Growth happening within them. Once you can embrace it, your life becomes more meaningful, purposeful, and joyful.
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