29/06/2026
When we talk about growing, what do we actually mean? Grow in what way, towards what?
It’s easy to throw around phrases like “become your best self,” but a lot harder to say what that self is even made of.
For me it has always come down to three areas. Body, mind, and spirit. The body is how we move and feel and carry ourselves through the world. The mind is how we think, learn, imagine and make sense of things. And the spirit is the part underneath all of that, our character, our will, the way we treat the people around us.
What I find interesting is that none of them really grow on their own. When the body gets stronger the mind tends to feel it. A clearer mind settles the spirit. And when all three start moving together, you start to feel more like yourself. That, to me, is what the self actually is. It shows up on its own when the other three are alive.
What I’ve noticed, in myself and in the people I work with, is how easy it is to throw everything into one of these and leave the others untouched.
