Example sentences of "personal growth " in BNC.

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1 The danger in the education system is that there will be an emphasis on procedures and practices at the expense of personal growth and relationships .
2 Although he might perhaps have done better to observe Wittgenstein 's adage , ‘ Whereof one can not speak , thereon one must be silent ’ , one can not help regretting that he has not tried to be less vague about the nature of personal growth .
3 Personal growth and opportunities come to you through intimate one-to-one relationships this summer , Pisces .
4 So personal growth at that time was in high leaps forward rather than in little trickles .
5 Keeping a journal of meditations , insights , dreams , thoughts , feelings and significant experiences can be a vital step in our personal growth .
6 Metaphysics invites us to revel in the never-ending process of personal growth , to delight in the ever-changing scenery of our lives , and to befriend rather than fear our subconscious mind .
7 Personal growth is supposed to be fun !
8 For example : being intelligent , stupid , wealthy , poor , male , female , young , old , attractive , ugly , successful , happily married , single , tolerant , strong , athletic , sensitive , kind-hearted , loving , creative , talented , spiritual , insightful , well-educated , healthy , having a chronic illness , belonging to a certain race or religion , being left-wing or right-wing , being ecologically aware , being involved in personal growth , working for charity , belonging to a certain profession , having a traumatic childhood … .
9 If you dither over decision-making , over choosing which of your probable futures to reach for , or which step to take next in your personal growth , here are several ways of listening to your whispers :
10 At the first personal growth workshop I ever attended , I still recall an exercise in which we had to write down our faults and weaknesses , what we disliked about ourselves .
11 Although from time to time you may find it hard to believe , this is a year of immense personal growth .
12 a ‘ personal growth ’ view focuses on the child : it emphasises the relationship between language and learning in the individual child , and the role of literature in developing children 's imaginative and aesthetic lives ;
13 a personal growth view ;
14 For example , drama contributes to personal growth , by enabling pupils to express their emotions and by helping them to make sense of the world , and to prepare for adult life through such activities as the simulation of meetings .
15 The journey through painful feelings is part of coming to terms with troubled emotions , and then devising a realistic strategy for emotional and social survival and the re-commencement of personal growth .
16 It has been suggested that suffering may be appropriate when in some way it contributes to learning and personal growth .
17 Simplified , formula-like techniques are inconsequential when compared with personal growth as a means of overcoming difficulties .
18 Its teaching declares that God is concerned for our personal growth and transformation .
19 Personal growth , 5 .
20 Personal growth , 10 .
21 They want scope for their own professional development and personal growth .
22 Have Religious taken this call seriously ? eg. retreats , personal growth workshops , sabbaticals , study leave , changes in lifestyle and accommodation ?
23 Constrained by such a straight-jacket , personal growth ( of teacher or taught ) becomes virtually impossible .
24 Women fully occupied with children , poor and under stress , may be advised to pursue personal growth within these limits , taking five minutes each day for themselves , to read the newspaper , drink coffee , or relax , for instance .
25 Unger , who adopts a fundamentally social-cognitive theory , argues that sex-specific psychological mechanisms restrict everybody 's ‘ personal growth ’ ( 1983 : ix ) .
26 For example , we may do great things while they are in care , achieving personal growth and forming relationships , but this is vitiated as adolescents face , at the age of 18 , the constraints of joblessness , social isolation and poor accommodation .
27 Stemming largely from the work of Carl Rogers ( e.g. Rogers , 1951 , 1978 ) , a school of thought has grown up emphasising both the centrality of the relationship between professional and client and the concept of personal growth — a growth which is essentially self-defined and personally experienced .
28 A wide range of subject matter is also covered including world hunger , worship resources , liberation , social justice , health and welfare ministries and personal growth .
29 Long working hours , shift-work , large families and overcrowded dwellings may limit the possibility of privacy and of personal growth through the shared marital culture which Parsons 's model postulates .
30 He possessed the gift of being able to release in individuals their potential for being more sensitive towards the feelings of others and was able to generate a spirit of loving care : such a vital pre-requisite for creativity , personal growth and self-confidence .
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