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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 7, 2024

Episode 15- Emotional Wellness

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly kick off Mental Health Awareness month discussing Emotional Wellness. Disclaimer: We are not licensed professionals in the field of Mental Health. …
April 30, 2024

Episode 14- Music and Personal Growth

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly explore the how music influences our lives. Sydney is really is quite irritated today, but Kelly is in a good mood. We will let music lift her up! Y…
April 23, 2024

Episode 13- Joy

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly consider the important role that joy plays in our lives. Joy is a choice. Which one of us is a fan of Donny Osmond? What is the difference between h…
April 16, 2024

Episode 12- Interview with Lisa Little, Improv and Personal Growth

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly talk with Lisa Little, the owner and artistic director of The Little Improv Theater in San Antonio, Texas. We discuss the role improvisation can pla…
April 9, 2024

Episode 11- Laughter Is Important!

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly consider the importance of humor in personal growth and life in general. Kelly learns how each generation uses emojis differently...Sydney is a grea…
April 2, 2024

Episode 10- Tools, Part 2

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth, Sydney and Kelly expand upon the tools mentioned in episodes 4 through 6. Kelly tells of her encounter with "fringe friends." "Lucky Life" by Gerald Stern Not about …

Recent Blog Posts

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…

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…

About the Hosts

Kelly Arrendell

Podcast Host

Sydney West

Podcast Host