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Moving forward with positive focus
by ASilentObserver
Last post
 July 19th
...See more Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. As you might know, we did a growth path survey a couple of weeks ago where we asked what kind of growth paths you all would like to see. And, one of the most requested categories was Moving forward with a positive focus. I'd like to invite you to help me create good growth paths in this category. It would be great to team up where we collectively share what has helped us learn, understand, how to move forward with a positive focus. These can be personal experiences, things people have said to us, books or ideas we have come across, talks or short videos we have found on YouTube, images that we find helpful, etc. Let's share all of the above in this thread and work together to figure out how to make these steps or exercises. It can be used to help others become better at moving forward. Any and all ideas, thoughts are welcomed. This is our discussion space where we can get ideas flowing. We will figure it out as we learn and evolve. Thank you and I'm looking forward to working with you all on creating Growth Path Playlists on this topic! ------------------------- We would also appreciate your feedback, thoughts on these topics too: Open here to check! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SiteUpdates_100/HelpUsBuildGrowthPaths_2224/HelpusBuildGrowthPaths_241147/]
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Have you completed a Growth Path? Post here!
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 March 19th, 2023
...See more Growth Paths at 7 Cups offer an opportunity to literally work on growing, in different ways, one step at a time! Have you recently completed a growth path? Use this thread to share your experience! Name the Growth Path you took - consider giving a shout out to its creator/builder here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ProjectsEvents_184/GrowthPathExperiences_2240/AppreciatingGrowthPathExpertsandCreators_244577/]. Please answer the following questions in regards to the Path you have completed: * How much time did you commit to using the growth path? * What was the most helpful thing you learned from this Path? * Describe the Path you took in 3 words.
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Appreciating Growth Path Experts and Creators!
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 November 27th, 2021
...See more Have you recently completed a growth path? Use this thread to appreciate the efforts of everyone on the "team" towards improvement - we want to give a shout-out to every expert, growth path creator/builder as well as every member who join us in the growth journey at 7 Cups! You can view path creators/builders on the path preview pages of the Community Paths [https://www.7cups.com/path/modifier/community].
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Have you completed a custom Growth Path!! Let us know here!
by Heather225
Last post
 3 hours ago
...See more Thank you for taking part in the Growth Path Playlist! We're curious to know how you're liking them so far! Please fill out this form to let us know which one(s) and what you think: HERE [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AuArc_hsHaYq0bSsHSSHGt60QDHU2RGTUf5AyAt03L4/edit]. If you are a Builder and can include this survey at the end of your paths, that would help us greatly in collecting more valuable data!
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Growing
by Marylandgirl40
Last post
 21 hours ago
...See more Growing right is very important and so is growth and mindset so please remember this Sincerely Marylandgirl40
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Growing right
by Jacaranda911
Last post
 Monday
...See more I'm in the middle of losing overtime I have for a new life.
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Let's check-in together!
by amicableox0685
Last post
 November 20th
...See more Hello I hope you all are having a good day😊. Today I just wanted to make things simple on myself and hopefully others by asking how did today go? If it was good, what did you do to make it good🤲? If it was challenging, what are things you've done in the past to make it less stressful💪? Have a blessed one!
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path away from not being someone to being seen for being someone
by stormieandpaws
Last post
 October 30th
...See more this may seem  crazy to more, but it what we have lived. seem like all my life i was not allowed to be a full person. seem like i was  just seen as my mom daughter  and my brothers sister. many did not call me by my name at all. some even thought i was just like my mom with her likes and dislikes. no one asked me  what i personally liked and dislikes. this made me feel like i was  no one at all. may 2017  i moved to different  city in same state. first time in my life  i been not close to were my  family  lives. so people now here know me as me call me by name. even ask questions about my likes and dislikes. this even after more then 7yr still feel odd, but to others it be normal to  have name used and asked questions about self. not even sure why it just feel odd to me. here i living free from  them who abused me. not even  hear from family members much. but i also find myself at times lost to what i like and dislike it just so new to me still. feel kinda crazy writing this out even most would know answers to what they truly like and dislike but i question that a lot
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Communication
by JoltDW
Last post
 October 14th
...See more Always communicate Bothered by something Tell someone Us listeners are here for you To keep a friendship or relationship Communicate so there's no gap in-between you Stay safe, take care
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How to reset?
by hyunjinnn
Last post
 October 5th
...See more i want to have a change in my life but somedays are too heavy. days full of regret, guilt, sadness. before it gets any worse i want to have a reset. but i don't know how. i looked up at videos and articles but they are too much glorified. does anyone want to share tips or their experience with reset? 
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A new mindset
by JoltDW
Last post
 September 29th
...See more A bad day isn't bad luck, it's a bad day The way you view life is how your life ends up becoming Think positive, everything happens for a reason, a good one Even if your life is a sequence of bad occasions, change it for the better You can do it We believe that you have the ability to change how your life becomes Only you can change it
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Aim for better
by JoltDW
Last post
 September 27th
...See more Mistakes are what form us Learn from your mistakes Recognise your mistakes Everyone makes mistakes Don't blame anyone Don't blame yourself Just don't repeat it Reflect on it Hope you all have a wonderful dayyyy❤️❤️❤️
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Healthy people
by amicableox0685
Last post
 September 17th
...See more You probably already know but in case you forgot that healthy people seek out therapy as well.
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Gateway to Ancestors
by communicativePond1728
Last post
 September 11th
...See more I was dying. It was fine. Happens very often. I'd done lots. Didn't expect to live past 11 and it's decades later so I can go. Obviously...I didn't die - here I am writing this, not from the other side. And yet at the time, two days ago, facing it full on, I was beyond help and victory of any kind was an impossible dream. And it turns out, ironically, I was already dead. In the winter of my life. Had I been in winter my whole life? Yes. Do I often forget what season I'm in? Yes. Do I sometimes remember but refuse to wait for myself to settle back into it and instead flail around in dishonor of my grief, values and journey? Yes. In this particular moment of a whole decade or so of this disordered behaviour, I was spetznaz slammed by my period. Furthermore, I'm not talking 'oh time to buy a singular panty-liner and sip a molecule of water more than usual' period. I'm talking call an exorcist, the Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice, throwing up, writhing, suddenly learning the language of werewolves level pain. I'm talking period *** the likes of which have never been *** before in all history and heritage of period *** throughout eternity. I'm talking scare boyfriends, friends and family all the way to the other side of the world never to return again for as long as you both shall live so help you god level pain. I was too sick, tired and deep in comorbid crapola to do a single thing for myself including go by foot to find ibuprofen in the tiny city I'm in at 3 AM. I was also done with all medical models; eastern, western and anything below, above and in between... (That rose quartz did nothing but call in some fboi and I'd been off medication for a decade I'd been on for a decade so who even knows anything anymore and I'm not indigenous enough to be indigenous but not anything else enough to be anything else.) so I settled in for the final long sleep. Just a grody Snow White that would never be kissed. At least not consensual like. In conclusion, surprise of surprises, instead of imploding in pain and suffering I tapped into some sentient healing ability and began transmitting sacred energy out of whatever was happening in my uterus as it gave birth to my womb tissue and blood. I felt barely nothing which is odd considering the level of pain experienced is stage two birth or heart attack. I listened to meditations for period cramps, how women's cycles and periods and just women in general have been just dragged in the dirt for a millenia due to the dark ages that we've been in for an era and a half or whatever. Men have the short end of the stick too because we're all holding the same stick. I cried my eyes out for them...Anyway I learned a lot of things I was never told. That period blood has stem cells. That it could be used any number of ways from sacred art to gardening to a supplement. Actually when I think about it, I wasn't told much of anything. Maybe I was but I ignored it as new age woo woo bs like everyone else "normal". So now I'm a weirdo from lumeria who likes intimidating or weirding people out in my oversized or overly spiritual clothes and strange eye contact and my period that has now opened a portal to my ancestors and I want and need to no longer set myself on fire to keep others warm and that's non-negotiable so don't *** with me. Maybe pathway next. Or ice cream.
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How do you know who you are?
by initiatedmeow
Last post
 September 6th
...See more I've recently come to the realization that sometime over the past few years I've completely lost myself. Or maybe I never knew myself to begin with, since I was a chameleon in high school and generally my entire public school career. This lack of identity is contributing to catastrophically low self-esteem which leads to suicidal ideation and increasing depression, as well as pushing my partners away and not fully trusting them or allowing them close to me. Suffice to say, there are hurt feelings all around and I don't know what to do about it. I want to do better and be better, but in order to do that I feel the increasing need to figure out who I am. Because after all how can I authentically relate to other people if I don't know who I am at my core. Due to this though sense of self, I lack trust in myself and others. Because it can't trust myself, how can I know that my trust and others as well placed? How can I take them at their word if I can't take myself and my word. Have any of you gone through this, and come out the other side? I'll be honest, I'm terrified, and I don't know what to do.
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