Tag: Possible Selves
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Lost Possible Selves: The Person I Never Became
Read more: Lost Possible Selves: The Person I Never BecameWe sometimes mourn a life we never lived: the parent, partner, professional, or artist we expected to become. Research on…
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Goal Adjustment
Read more: Goal AdjustmentA meaningful goal can deserve years of effort and still need revision. Goal adjustment involves reconsidering what remains feasible, what…
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Making Our Dreams Come True
Read more: Making Our Dreams Come TrueDreams give the future a personal shape, but desire alone cannot create change. Making a dream real requires a valued…
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Personal Transformation
Read more: Personal TransformationPersonal transformation rarely arrives as a single breakthrough. It develops as people understand familiar patterns, choose meaningful directions, practice workable…
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Change Is Difficult
Read more: Change Is DifficultChange is difficult because established habits, emotional reactions, environments, and social conditions all carry momentum. Lasting personal change usually develops…
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Predetermined Destinations
Read more: Predetermined DestinationsA life can drift a long distance through repeated choices that seem too small to matter. This article examines how…
