The Art of Becoming: Turning ‘Inner Work’ into Ecstatic Exploration
We’ve all been sold a myth about personal growth: that it’s a long, hard slog, a series of endless hills to climb, digging into “inner work” as if chipping away at some untamable part of ourselves. But what if we tossed out that heavy, dutiful language and opened to the idea that growth could be a pleasure—a tantalizing, guilt-free indulgence, a sweet, deepening relationship with ourselves?
What if we saw personal growth as a sumptuous, slow burn? A process of re-discovering, re-membering, and savoring the full potency of who we already are, layer by luscious layer.
Personal Growth as a Guilt-Free Pleasure (Without the Guilt)
Many of us carry a subtle (or not-so-subtle) guilt around the time we devote to self-discovery, as though tending to our inner world is somehow selfish, a distraction from the “real” world. But let’s reframe: this is the real world. Your joy, your expansion, your desire to know yourself deeply—all of these are divine pursuits, worthy of your time, attention, and reverence.
Growth isn’t about fixing or changing what’s “wrong” with us. It’s about reuniting with parts of ourselves we may have set aside. Imagine each new insight, each layer revealed, as a piece of your own power returned—a morsel of divine pleasure reawakening your senses to the more you’ve always had within.
Why “Inner Work” Needs a Glow-Up
“Inner work.” The phrase alone carries a heaviness, doesn’t it? It suggests labor, duty, even drudgery. But personal growth needn’t feel like work at all. Imagine if we reimagined it as an irresistible calling back to our own aliveness.
So let’s explore some new terms. Instead of “inner work,” consider “soul re-membering” or “power reclamation.” Each suggests something magnetic and sensual, hinting at an effortless remembering of our own greatness—a homecoming to our own depths.
Imagine telling yourself, “I’m indulging in my own soul re-membering.” It’s as though you’re savoring the parts of yourself you’d forgotten, welcoming each one back into your wholeness.
Growth as a Sensual Self-Discovery
Think of the last time you experienced a breakthrough, a sudden clarity or insight that left you breathless. That moment wasn’t just intellectual—it was a full-body experience. Your senses woke up; you could feel the electricity of it move through you.
Personal growth is like that: a sensory invitation to step into more of who you are.
Growth is the taste of something just a little wild, a little untamed. It’s letting yourself steep in the fullness of your own experience, engaging your senses in each revelation. We’re not here to bulldoze through layers but to caress them open, to let ourselves become through an invitation to more.
An Invitation to the “More” in Growth
Let’s throw out the notion of growth as duty and see it as a deep desire for more. More joy, more sensuality, more fulfillment. Growth is an invitation to step into an intimate romance with ourselves, exploring each layer of who we are with gentle curiosity and reverence.
When we treat growth as a divine pleasure, we invite ourselves into a new paradigm where we are not laboring toward some elusive end goal but savoring every moment of becoming. Personal growth is our lover, our partner in creation, and a sacred act of devotion to ourselves.
I invite you to explore this vision with me. To embrace personal growth as a pleasure, a discovery, a feast for your senses. Join my 18+ Life Turned On Telegram group to dive deeper into this journey, where we reclaim our desires as sacred, unravel layers of self in reverent intimacy, and dance with our own becoming.
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In ecstatic sovereignty,
Sharon Marie Scott
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