Tools For Personal Growth
Affirm and expand your thinking and spark your imagination!
Below are potential sources of interest, inspiration and education
you may want to check out.
Recommended Reading
Hover your mouse over each book cover to view its title,
author and description of content.
Personality Typing
Enneagram Typology is a unique and enriching system of personality typing - a
powerful tool for personal growth. The following link will take you to a short
test to determine your personality type. Once your type is determined you will
be able to follow a link to a detailed description of your type. Explore the rest
of the site to learn how you can use this tool to support your growth.
Recent Facebook Posts
17 May: "Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t
be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already
know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs
26 April: Live your life from your genius!
4 April: Sometimes we have a tendency to focus solely on the size of our
obstacles without ever seeing the truth of our own capacities. How might we
change the course of lives (our own and others) if we focus instead on the
power of our own internal resources? Place an honest faith in what you love,
what you hold to be true and in your personal gifts and capacity to grow and
effect positive change. See what happens.21 March: "Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you
living in better conditions. - Hāfez14 March: "When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage
by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage
and has a history it becomes more beautiful." - Barbara Bloom | For those of us who
are spared yet equally vulnerable, let our compassion and generosity and help be their gold.
How To Help Japan: Earthquake Relief Options
7 March: On occasion we become keenly aware that there is something much greater
moving in the sea of life – indeed sometimes even within ourselves – and there is
nothing to be done but to open our arms and let it be.
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Quotes
This collection of quotes will change monthly, so check back in for fresh inspiration.
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
Jose Ortega y GassetLet the beauty we love be what we do.
RumiUltimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is,
but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Victor FranklWe cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Bertha CallowayWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Lao TzuTED. "Ideas worth spreading". Talks on a multitude of subjects.
Gifted For Life. Personal growth and empowerment for gifted adults.
Information and resources for gifted adults.
Highly Sensitive Power. “Empowering sensitivity through curiosity, creativity, and community”.
Highly Sensitive. Exploring how to thrive as a highly sensitive person.
Qmunity. BC's queer resource centre.
Alliance For Arts And Culture. Vancouver Arts Advocacy.
The Cultch - Vancouver East Cultural Centre.
Vancouver School Board Continuing Education.
Emily Carr Continuing Studies.
Small Business BC seminars and other resources for entrepeneurs.
Creative Tools
Kickstarter - Get funding for your creative project without giving up creative control.
Notation Software Forte - User-friendly music notation software.
Other Resources
604.802.9506E-mail Heather Hennenburg
Heather Hennenburg, M.Ed., CCC, Authentic Life Personal Growth Counselling, 1885 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC
