{"id":12908,"date":"2026-05-04T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/my-intentions-for-cgc-year-10-steve-pavlina\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:15:50","slug":"my-intentions-for-cgc-year-10-steve-pavlina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/my-intentions-for-cgc-year-10-steve-pavlina\/","title":{"rendered":"My Intentions for CGC Year 10 \u2013 Steve Pavlina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier today we had our first new Synchronize<\/strong> call for Conscious Growth Club Year 10<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Synchronize is our monthly orienting call where we check in with the current pulse of the group. What are people moving through? What kind of support would help this month?<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s call also gave me a clearer sense of what wants to happen in CGC this year \u2013 not as a rigid plan, but as an evolving direction.<\/p>\n

Some of the words and themes that came up were:<\/p>\n

connection
belonging
intimacy
action
momentum
relationship
ease
rest
integration
calm
openness
experimentation
wonder
surprise
courage
trust
devotion
creative flow
sharing the half-baked stuff
sharing more of our real journeys<\/p>\n

That provides some nice clarity about how the CGC Year 10 energy is opening for us.<\/p>\n

It also helped clarify the kinds of people we\u2019d love to invite into CGC this year.<\/p>\n

Not everyone. CGC has never been meant for everyone.<\/p>\n

But if this kind of space would genuinely support you, I\u2019d love for you to recognize yourself more clearly in the invitation.<\/p>\n

A Year of Connection and Belonging<\/h2>\n

One of the strongest intentions for CGC Year 10 is to help the group become an even stronger space for real connection and belonging.<\/p>\n

A lot of people are doing plenty of inner work these days.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re reading. Journaling. Watching videos. Listening to podcasts. Thinking about their patterns. Trying to improve their habits. Trying to understand themselves.<\/p>\n

That can all be useful.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a certain kind of growth that doesn\u2019t really activate until you bring your actual self into relationship with other self-aware, growth-oriented, action-taking people.<\/p>\n

Not your polished self.
Not your \u201chere\u2019s my impressive update\u201d self.
Not your \u201cI\u2019ve already figured this out\u201d self.<\/p>\n

Your real self \u2013 the part of you that is still experimenting.
Still sensing what wants to change.
Still learning how to trust your own deeper signals.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of the things we want CGC to support more strongly this year: people being able to show up in a real way, while they\u2019re still in motion.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to arrive fully formed \u2013 it\u2019s actually better if you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Fully formed people are usually either done growing or pretending.<\/p>\n

More Action, Less Solo Circling<\/h2>\n

Another strong theme from today\u2019s Synchronize call was action.<\/p>\n

Not frantic action.
Not grinding.
Not chasing.
Not hustling harder until your heart feels like it\u2019s trapped in a cage.<\/p>\n

More like: let\u2019s stop circling the same things alone.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s bring the stuck points into the room.<\/p>\n

The decision you keep postponing.
The relationship pattern that needs attention.
The creative project that keeps almost becoming real.
The part of life that feels cluttered, heavy, vague, or unfinished.
The invitation you keep not sending.
The body signal you keep ignoring.
The truth you keep nibbling instead of claiming.<\/p>\n

CGC works best when people bring what\u2019s actually happening.<\/p>\n

A decision.
A desire.
A transition.
A stuck place.
A longing.
A half-baked idea.
A request for support.<\/p>\n

Then we can work with it together.<\/p>\n

One intention for Year 10 is to help the club become a better bridge<\/strong> from insight to lived movement.<\/p>\n

Not just more self-awareness.<\/p>\n

More like:<\/p>\n

I had the conversation.
I made the request.
I cleared the old thing.
I rested to replenish my energy.
I reached out.
I started the project.
I stopped pretending that old path still fits.
I let myself be seen.
I let life help me more.
I completed.
I cleared.
I released.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the kind of progress I love seeing in CGC.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s big and dramatic. Sometimes it\u2019s beautifully simple. Both count.<\/p>\n

Creative, Open-Hearted, Relational People<\/h2>\n

We\u2019d especially love to welcome more people this year who are creative, open-hearted, socially warm, and willing to experiment with life.<\/p>\n

By creative, I don\u2019t necessarily mean professional artists, although we always have some of those in CGC each year.<\/p>\n

I mean people who relate to life as something they\u2019re actively shaping.<\/p>\n

Writers, artists, entrepreneurs, coaches, weirdly brilliant nerds, intuitive explorers, relationship builders, community-minded people, project starters, experience designers, sensitive humans with unusual inner worlds \u2013 yes, please\u2026 more of these people.<\/p>\n

People who have ideas they haven\u2019t fully landed yet.<\/p>\n

People who want to publish something, build something, host something, heal something, explore something, simplify something, or open a new doorway in life.<\/p>\n

People who are willing to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t finished yet, but here\u2019s where I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

That kind of honesty is powerful in our group, and the group energy is especially good at helping such people move into meaningful next steps.<\/p>\n

This gives other people permission to be real too. One person\u2019s progress often inspires others to move into action.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d rather be in a room with sincere half-baked liveliness than polished pretense. CGC is a club where energy loves to move into action, not just circulate in possibility space. And given the recent Spirit Airlines news, there\u2019s a timely reminder here: spirit is wonderful, but the quality of the journey matters too \u2013 and eventually, the plane needs to land.<\/p>\n

A Healthier Relationship With Support<\/h2>\n

A lot of thoughtful people are oddly bad at receiving support.<\/p>\n

They can be very good at helping others.
Very good at thinking.
Very good at coping.
Very good at being self-sufficient.<\/p>\n

But self-sufficiency can quietly become isolation.<\/p>\n

One of my intentions for CGC Year 10 is to normalize receiving more support.<\/p>\n

Bring the thing you need help with.<\/p>\n

Bring the part that feels unclear.<\/p>\n

Bring the place where you\u2019d love perspective, encouragement, mirroring, truth, warmth, or a nudge.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean we turn CGC into a therapy space. It isn\u2019t that.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a growth club. A live, relational, participatory space. A place for adults who are willing to engage with honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and care.<\/p>\n

But it does mean you don\u2019t have to keep pretending that your life is a solo engineering project.<\/p>\n

Humans need supportive rooms.<\/p>\n

Humans need honest mirrors.<\/p>\n

Humans need other humans who can say, \u201cYes, I get that,\u201d or \u201cHave you considered this?\u201d or \u201cThat sounds like the old pattern talking,\u201d or \u201cI think you already know what you want here.\u201d<\/p>\n

That kind of support can change the direction of a whole month \u2013 and sometimes a whole life. People often become bolder and braver when they have a rock-solid base of social support. They take more action. They hesitate less. They trust themselves more.<\/p>\n

Stretch, But Don\u2019t Strain<\/h2>\n

Another intention for this year is to keep CGC stretchy but humane.<\/p>\n

I want people to grow.
I want people to experiment.
I want people to become braver, warmer, more expressive, more honest, and more alive.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t want the group field to feel like pressure.<\/p>\n

A good growth space should help people breathe.<\/p>\n

This year I want CGC to hold a healthy range:<\/p>\n

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