Whether we’re pursuing an achievement or seeking healing, it’s normal to want overnight success. We want to see a straight incline, consistently going up, with no drops. We want to take a quantum leap over the messy middle and land right in our ‘glow-up’ era.

But progress isn’t a straight, upward facing arrow, because real-life growth isn’t linear – it’s messy, full of dips and detours.

Progress and healing often feel like one step forward and two steps back, but friend – even the backward steps are part of the dance. If you’re behind-the-scenes reality doesn’t match someone else’s highlight reel, please know… You’re not doing it wrong.

In this blog post, we’re going to explore the true reality of real growth – how we learn, heal, and grow and why so-called ‘set backs’ are not signs of personal failure.