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Growth-oriented friends, relatives and lovers will support your personal growth and grow with you.

Growth-averse friends, relative and lovers will discourage your growth and cannot participate.

Sharing your growth process with others increases intimacy through mutual support of mental health.

Friends, relatives and lovers who inhibit or oppose your growth will be outgrown and intimacy will decrease.

Pursuing one’s dreams is central to mental wellness. Healthy relationships with healthy individuals encourage personal growth, which is necessary to achieve goals and live dreams. Relationships with unhealthy individuals can inhibit your growth and lower the chances of reaching your brightest star. If you can tell the difference between people who support your growth and those who inhibit growth, you may benefit from supportive attachment and avoid being held back.

Growth-Oriented Individuals

Some individuals are growth-oriented. They seek knowledge and change. They see themselves and their lives as dynamic, and they are constantly trying to improve their situation and that of others. These individuals encourage and support those around them. Especially those they love and care about. They not only facilitate change, but they also celebrate it and share it. Here is a sample dialogue between a growth-oriented adult child and their parents who have decided to retire to another location.

Dad: Your mother and I have decided to retire to Florida. We have always wanted to live in a warm climate near the ocean, and this is our chance. Child: That’s fantastic. You and Mom deserve an easier life........

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