Self-growth Explorer Gifts

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

A tourist inadvertently destroying the place he is visiting

"Existentialist Trail. Get lost then found. Nietzsche Park System"

'The secret to my success? Even as a kid, I never accepted that annoying phrase, 'None of your business.''

"Every time I explore the corners of my mind, I have the urge to dust."

Man to date about many self-portraits on his wall: 'Self-realization is where I'm headed.'

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

Bob began seeing his mother, who gave him up for adoption, professionally, three times a week. It didn't help much.

A hard green shell on the outside doesn't always mean it's chocolaty on the inside.

As soon as I've extinguished my ego, I'm going to take some "me" time.

What brings you to therapy, Rudy? Dr. Noodle. I've been feeling like my whole life is on pause. And I can't find the remote to unpause it. Meanwhile, everyone else's stories are proceeding apace. They're all into the second act already. They've all had plot twists, and hero's journeys, and epic love scenes, and thrilling reversals of fortune ... Meanwhile, I'm still paused on the opening credits because no remote. Why don't you get up off the couch and unpause it manually? You can do that?

"Adolescencia"

"The thing about innovation, new ideas and change is that it needs to be carefully considered, vetted and fall within corporate governance before being implemented."

Self Help: Get To Know Yourself/Get To Unknow Yourself

'The bouncing dot.com. bomb.'

It all began with free-range chicken. Then it was organic vegetables. Next the farmers decided they should all take a year off to go find themselves.

'And now, here's our own Ted Slimbuck to explain all those ups and downs in the stock market.'

Phil at Fifty: Still Trying to Find Himself

Stock market ups and downs.

'The therapy did help your husband find his inner child, unfortunately his inner child is called Dwayne.'

"I get the feeling you're still keeping a lot of yourself inside."

'All his life, Mel has been convinced that he's a poster boy for something... he's just never been able to figure out what, exactly.'

"Bull market? Depends on which end of the bull we're talking about."

'I'm prescribing a patch to help you get over your inhibitions. Put it over your eye and pretend you're a pirate!'

'I just feel so used all the time.'

"Nobody wants to steal my identity."

"I'm desperate to have an inner child of my own."

"You need to get in touch with your inner tadpole."

Oh my goodness, you're right - I've only been hiding from myself!

"I feel like I'm moving from my quiet desperation phase into something a bit more colorful."

'When daddy comes home, tell him you still love him, even though he lost money with stupid trades in emerging markets.'

"Papi! Papi! I figured it out! I know exactly what I'm gonna be when I grow up!"

After a lifetime of searching, Leonard finds himself.

'Thank you for gently guiding me toward insight.'

'Nice this kite sailboat. But how do you actually land it?'