I had a client recently ask me the difference between flourishing and being stuck. Not in definitions but in actions. He wanted to know how someone who's flourishing behaves versus how someone who's stuck behaves. He wanted insights on visible traits and actions. It was obvious why he was asking this question: he was feeling stuck and couldn’t identify why. He didn’t know what he was doing that was keeping himself so stagnant and was searching for clues. He’d been trying to change things in his life for weeks and kept running into the same barriers.

Flourishing individuals actively seek growth and new challenges. They embrace change and are not afraid to step out of their comfort zones. And while they aren’t usually comfortable with the discomfort that goes along with growth and challenges, they’ve developed self-regulation strategies that keep their nervous system aligned. They set clear goals and persistently work towards them. When they run........

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