Radio Headspace How to Recognize the Subtle Ways You’ve Grown
Nov 12, 2025
Growth isn't always loud—sometimes it's a gentle whisper. Discover how mindfulness helps in recognizing small shifts like kinder self-talk and softer reactions. Dora uses the metaphor of a garden to illustrate how daily practices can nurture unseen growth. She shares relatable micro-moments of healing, like responding kindly to anxiety and letting insults slide. Learn practical signs of progress, such as setting boundaries and embracing curiosity. It's a journey of quiet change worth celebrating.
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Waiting For A Breakthrough
- Dora remembered expecting a dramatic breakthrough while doing therapy, meditation, and journaling for months.
- Her therapist reframed healing as a quiet process, not a fast, obvious event.
Healing Is Like A Garden
- Healing is like growing a garden: seeds planted and watered with daily practices produce unseen change underground.
- Micro moments are the real substance of transformation, not dramatic future events.
Tiny Shifts In Daily Life
- Dora described small real-life changes: greeting anxiety kindly, letting a passive-aggressive comment pass, and closing social apps when comparing.
- Each tiny change showed practical progress instead of a single grand revelation.