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5 Tips for Meeting Your Personal Development Goals

5 Tips for Meeting Your Personal Development Goals

By Kate Motaung|2024-09-30T12:56:48+00:00August 26th, 2020|Featured, Individual Counseling, Personal Development|

The year 2020 has been a challenging and perplexing one so far. Not much has gone according to plan for most people, and it can feel like things have spiraled out of control and can’t be reigned back in. The sense of powerlessness that accompanies the feeling of losing control over our own lives can lead to anger, apathy, or giving up on our dreams. This doesn’t have to be the case. Setbacks come in different shapes and sizes, but human beings are creative and adapt to new situations in incredible ways. You may have had personal development goals set for yourself for the year ahead – getting a new job, buying a new house, losing a few pounds and getting in shape, getting married, seeing the world, learning a new language or finishing a course, and acquiring a new qualification. Whatever the goals you’d set for yourself, don’t be quick to resign yourself and give up. Probably now more than ever, having and pursuing goals for our continued personal development is a life-giving process that can imbue our lives with meaning and a sense of purpose. Below are five keys to help you on your personal development journey. Five Keys to Meeting Your Personal Development Goals 1. Set your goal The first and most important step is setting the goal. This is probably obvious, but sometimes the obvious bears stating. Many people stumble out the gate by not being clear in their own minds what they want to achieve. The famous saying that if you aim for nothing, you’ll hit it, comes to mind. If you don’t know where you’re going, you can’t take steps to get there. You must decide for yourself the areas of your life that you want to develop and set your goals accordingly. [...]

Spiritual Disciplines that Promote Spiritual Development

By Kate Motaung|2024-09-30T12:57:04+00:00July 27th, 2020|Featured, Individual Counseling, Personal Development, Spiritual Development|

Spiritual development and spiritual growth are important biblical concepts because God wants His people to know Him deeply, live in a way that honors Him, and reflect His image. In the Bible, it is referred to as sanctification. Sanctification (as defined in Strong’s Concordance) means “consecration or purification, a sanctification of heart and life, holiness.” It is a process of becoming more like Jesus, continually turning away from sin, and turning toward Him. Some verses in the Bible that point to the idea of spiritual growth or development in terms of sanctification: For this is the will of God, your sanctification. – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. – Romans 6:22 But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. – Ephesians 4:20-24 Other passages describe spiritual development and growth in comparison to an infant being on milk to a more mature person on solid food, like: About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain since you have become ill of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the [...]

Getting Help through Individual Christian Counseling Services

By Kate Motaung|2024-09-30T12:52:11+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Featured, Individual Counseling, Men’s Issues, Personal Development, Women’s Issues|

Life east of Eden can be tough. We do not live in an idyllic world, in which our bodies, minds, emotions, relationships, and environment are only healthy and supportive of our growth. As much as we would like to be in control of everything that happens to us, life can get overwhelming. Despite best efforts, we don’t always have it together, and we can struggle to muster up the resources to handle things on our own. Sometimes life just doesn’t go according to plan. The bottom falls out for a variety of reasons, and we need a sympathetic and compassionate ear with whom to talk things through. We all need a place to get real answers that get straight to the heart of the matter so that we can live a life full of meaning and joy. Some people think that Christian counseling services are only for others. Unfortunately, there are unhelpful narratives out there about therapy that may make people assume it is not for them, and so they do not avail themselves of this helpful resource. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Christian counseling services are a valuable resource for everyone, and helpful for addressing a wide range of issues regardless of your vocation, gender, race, age, or social class. You could benefit from Christian counseling services whether you’re dealing with: depression anxiety eating disorders panic attacks struggles with your faith journey anger issues loneliness low self-esteem relationships issues post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) past trauma and hurts sexual abuse overcoming addictive or harmful behaviors . . . or other concerns. If you are struggling, there is no need to go it alone. Help is available to you in the form of individual Christian counseling services. What is Individual Christian Counseling? The most common picture people have [...]

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