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An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth

An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth

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 mistakes and resources, with Sydney asking questions relevant to millennials and Gen-Zers. Take a breath, and take a listen.

Recent Episodes

May 13, 2025

Episode 68- Types of Therapy with Ana Maldonado, LPC, Part 1

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 ...
May 6, 2025

Episode 67- Sleep and Mental Health

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 ea...
April 29, 2025

Episode 66- Personal Tastes and Personal Growth

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 Robbins What influences our preferences and taste...
April 22, 2025

Episode 65- Opera Experience

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 Opera Modern Opera What to expect Helpfulness of reading notes ...
April 15, 2025

Episode 64- What Is Taxing?

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 stressfu...
April 8, 2025

Episode 63- April Showers Bring May Flowers

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 adage What are our ...

Recent Blog Posts

April 9, 2024

Laughter Is A Great Medicine

Laughter, genuine laughter! Uncontainable, joyous! Pure and unrestrained. A true gift given. My daughters and I were flying a kite on a wonderful, breezy afternoon.  The youngest was holding the spool of string, the rest of us had our necks cra…

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Feb. 6, 2024

Hope for Growth

I often struggle with limits...well, some limits. Take speed limits, because of them I've had the opportunity to meet a variety of officers, sit through several defensive driving classes, both in-person and online, as well as watch my bank account d…

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About the Hosts

Kelly Arrendell

Podcast Host

Sydney West

Podcast Host