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An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth

Kelly Arrendell and Sydney West

Everyone wants to live a fulfilled life with less stress and more laughter. Join Kelly Arrendell and Sydney West as they explore the wonder, humor, challenges, and sometimes self-inflicted wounds on the journey of personal growth. Our weekly podcast conversations provide tools you can incorporate into your own path of growth. The journey to becoming more fully yourself is lifelong but is something you can start now, wherever you are. Kelly is our resident expert on self-growth and shares her own

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Episode 73- Millennials and Spirituality

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2025/06/17

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly take a look at what is unique about Millennials and their spirituality.Focus on personal journeyBlend various traditions and faithsOnline access to retreats and groups, appsWholistic wellness and spiritualityLook to the church as well as other places for answersOkay with not having solid answersCommunity is importantAllowing for questioningWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram: @anincompleteguideYouTube:

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Episode 72- Development of the Image of God

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2025/06/10

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss how images people hold of God change through personal experiences and their spiritual journey.Exploring images or attributes, ideas and understandings of God Sometimes we need to heal images of God that have been harmfulHow do we reflect the God we believe in?Limited language is all we have to describe GodDoubting, questions, and growthNo matter where you wander, God is thereWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram:

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Episode 71- Spiritual Development

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2025/06/03

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly begin a series on spirituality. This episode focuses on stages of faith development.How did I get here from there in my spiritualityFoundationsAges 0 - 2, learning trust, this can impact our trust in God laterAges 3 - 6, our image of God comes from our parents, very concrete, how are responded to when we don't do what is expected or wanted, are we shamed or given graceAges 7 - 12, justice and fairness, good happens to good

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Episode 70- Our Mental Health Journeys

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2025/05/27

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss their personal experience and journey with mental health.Openness to talking about mental healthMental health and mental well-beingKelly's journey walking beside daughter struggling with depressionLooking for a therapist that is a fitNot being a fixer, but a supportShort term situational depression, long term depressionCaring for self while care-givingSydney's postpartum anxietyMedicationsGiving yourself

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Episode 69- Types of Therapy with Ana Maldonado, LPC,...

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2025/05/20

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly continue their interview with Ana Maldonado, LPC, discussing different types of therapy. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDREspecially for trauma and distressing situationsTrauma is stored in your body, this approach is a bottom up versus the other therapies that start with the head...logic etc...Desensitizes the memory, bi-lateral stimulationDo not have to talk through the whole experienceTherapists require

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Episode 68- Types of Therapy with Ana Maldonado, LPC,...

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2025/05/13

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly interview Ana Maldonado, LPC, discussing different types of therapy. This is part one of two episodes on this topic.Every theory has strengths and weaknessesCognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT. The most researched type of therapyBehavior is shaped by your thoughts, often uses worksheetsWorks to install new ways of thinking and directing your thought patternsCan use CBT on a lot of different issues, addictions,

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Episode 67- Sleep and Mental Health

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2025/05/06

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly begin our month-long focus of Mental Health. This episode examines sleep and mental health. We both love our sleep!Sleep cycle and importance of each stage75% of depressed people show symptoms of insomniaAnxiety feeds insomniaRestoration during sleepRoutine and sleepLight exposure and exerciseMeditation and sleepQuieting the mindWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram: @anincompleteguideYouTube: @AnIncompleteGuidePatreon:

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Episode 66- Personal Tastes and Personal Growth

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2025/04/29

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore how personal tastes may change along with our personal growth.The Let Them Theory, by Mel RobbinsWhat influences our preferences and tastesFoundations that allow us to moving onWhat we are naturally drawn toTrying new things and being okay when they aren't a fitListening to your inner-selfStagnation versus movement and growthWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram: @anincompleteguideYouTube:

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Episode 65- Opera Experience

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2025/04/22

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss their experience of attending the opera Madam Butterfly.A little history of OperaModern OperaWhat to expectHelpfulness of reading notes prior to attendingImpressed by the diversity of the crowdGive it a try!!Website: anincompleteguide.comInstagram: @anincompleteguideYouTube: @AnIncompleteGuidePatreon: patreon.com/AnIncompleteGuidetoPersonalGrowthShout out to Lauren, Jake, Kyle, Nicole, Cassie, and Cassidy our

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Episode 64- What Is Taxing?

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2025/04/15

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly play with the theme of tax season and have a conversation around things that can be taxing, things that are emotionally/physically/mentally stressful.How do we assess if something is taxing?Maintaining can be taxingSmall things can add upHow to cope or make things less taxingGain perspectiveSelf-care during these taxing timesWhere does our strength come from?Website: anincompleteguide.comInstagram:

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Episode 63- April Showers Bring May Flowers

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2025/04/08

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore our own take on the old adage "April Showers Bring May Flowers." Listen for the cat at the 14 minute mark!Origin of the adageWhat are our showersDouble meaning of showersSmall showers, not all are stormsMajor showersShowers that are mixed of hard things and blessingsBagheera (the cat) joins inLaying the ground work for personal growth and relying on itWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram:

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Episode 62- April Fool's, Quit Fooling Yourself!

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2025/04/01

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly have a bit of fun with April Fool's before diving into our more serious topic of how we fool ourselves.Signs of self-deceptionCycle of fooling ourselvesFooling ourselves about the present reality, banking on the futurePushing things off or blaming others"Really, I'm fine"Making excusesSelf Awareness...knowing the games we play with ourselvesStarting now, where we areSelf-deception, another way to not be in the nowWebsite:

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Episode 61- Interview with Adam Dorsay, author of...

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2025/03/25

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly interview Adam Dorsay, the author of "Super Psyched: Unleash the Power of the 4 Types of Connection."Psyched...doesn't mean happy all the time, it about being connected to our psycheBeing "alive" while we are livingBeing thoughtful about how you allocate your timeConnection---what brings us alive, your life-forceConforming rather than connecting to themselvesConnecting to self, to others, to the world around us and to

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Episode 60- Don't Miss the Boat!

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2025/03/18

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly play with the phrase don't miss the boat. What happens when you think you have your ducks in a row? They scatterJust do one thing...onceIts not about making a long term commitmentLong term planning as a way of not startingSelf-sabotageIn a kayak going with what comes, not a super yacht that seems in controlYou don't have to make a project out of everythingDo one small thingWhat do I want to do today, listen for the nudge

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Episode 59- Suffering

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2025/03/11

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore the difference between pain and suffering, as well as ways to relieve suffering and not adding to it. Defining sufferingDifference between pain and sufferingTypes of sufferingJoy, happiness and sufferingWe all experience sufferingCreating or enhancing our own sufferingHolding suffering and joy ImpermanenceTools for when we are sufferingEmbracing the sufferingWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram:

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Episode 58- Fruits of the Spirit

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2025/03/04

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly talk about the "fruits of the spirit" as they pertain to personal growth and suffering. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-controlWho are the fruits of the spirit forTending to your inner self and nurturing yourselfAwareness of areas of growthSome may come more naturally than othersAll faiths have things similar to this which are to be fosteredWays to nurture the fruits of the

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Episode 57- Spirituality and The Body

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2025/02/25

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore the connection of body and spirituality.Differing views of body and spiritMost religions talk about the body, diet, importance of movement or fitness, cleansing regarding the bodyWhat is spiritualityBody limitations and spiritualitySpiritual beings in a sacred bodyTaking care of body...sacrifice or gift?Spirituality assisting illness and bodily limitationsWebsite: anincompleteguide.comInstagram:

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Episode 56- Emotions and The Body

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2025/02/18

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss the effect emotions can have on the body.Body Mapping Emotions...where you feel emotions in your bodyParts of the body are activated by emotions while parts can also be deactivated by emotionsBody-Brain connectionAwareness of tension in your bodyEnergy in the bodySpirituality, emotions, and bodyNeuroplasticity of the brainEmotions do not have to control youTools: body scan meditation, emotion journaling with body

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Episode 55- Highly Sensitive People

An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth ·

2025/02/11

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore the traits of a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). This is not the same as Sensitive Processing Disorder, which is a diagnosis. This topic has to do with sensitivities to light, touch, taste, sound, smells, etc...Dr. Elaine Aron...book and websiteSensitivities vary from person to personCharacteristics that accompany HSPEmpatheticSpirituality and the HSPTrauma in childhood and HSPBoundariesGood to be able to name it and

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Episode 54- Rage Room Experience

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2025/02/04

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly reflect on their experience in a rage room at Unchartered Adventures in San Antonio.Rage rooms began around 2008 Can be a great release, it took a bit to get comfortable with the smashing and breaking of bottles, plates, etc...Anger is a signal, there is something is wrong, something else is behind angerAnger is healthy and leads to positive action can result from angerMisplaced anger gives anger a bad rapWebsite:

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