What it is: The Power Of Now is a book by Eckhart Tolle that focuses on living fully in the present.
Growth Potential: The Power of Now focuses on the whole “be here now” concept in simple concrete terms. Tolle rams home the idea that life never occurs in the past and the future, only in [...]

Location: New York, New York
What it is: Momentum Education is a New York-based company whose focus is on adult transformational education. Momentum Education is comprised of a collection of workshops: The Basic, The Advanced, and Leadership. The workshops encourage breakthrough learning experiences which support participants in realizing their full potential. The work is presented in [...]

What it is: Another post from the personal development guru, Steve Pavlina. This article puts your “life rating” in context. Would you look at your life and rate it a 7? Well, Steve shows you that you’re not only a 3, but 10 is a myth. Being a 10 is all about movement on the [...]

What it is: At GrowthPop we think it’s important to try new things and have fun doing it. We found this video of a new therapy technique that we thought was fun…don’t try this at home, it’s for professionals only.
Growth Potential: Fix all your problems in 5 minutes? I’m in.
Pop Potential: Not so sure about [...]

Location: Muir Beach, CA
What it is: Green Gulch is the San Francisco Zen Center’s retreat center in Marin County, CA. They have a Sunday sit that’s only $5 donation requested for 45 minutes of really good meditation in a really beautiful setting in a Zendo on their ranch (really), followed by a talk by one [...]

Location: San Francisco, CA and New York, NYWhat it is: Arete is a weekend workshop course where the 7-16 participants find their truest, deepest self. This community reflects on what is shared and this experience helps reveal areas in your life where you are not being your truest, and are hence not expressing and [...]

Location: Culver City, CA
What it is: “In 1986, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith founded the Agape International Spiritual Center, a trans-denominational spiritual community whose doors are open to all seekers in search of authentic spirituality, personal transformation and selfless service to humankind. ” Dr. Beckwith powerfully vocalizes his visions for extraordinary human awareness. Agape (pronounced [...]

What it is: A terrible movie based on a (I’ve heard) reasonably cool, impactful book.
Growth Potential: Did I mention that this movie was terrible? Oh, okay, well it’s terrible. Really. No, I’m not kidding, it’s possibly the worst film I’ve ever seen. Uh-huh, in my whole life. Yes, I’ve seen a lot of movies, yep. [...]

What it is: ‘The Game’ chronicles 2 years of the life of Rolling Stone columnist, Neil Strauss, as he infiltrates a society of Pick Up Artists and transforms his skills with women. Strauss goes from a self-described “chick repellant”‘ to, well, the self-described “best pickup artist in the world.” Through his tales, readers learn [...]

What it is: The Secret is based on a concept called, “the law of attraction” and teaches its principles through interviews with various authors and experts in the fields of psychology, metaphysics, finance, and personal development. The Secret’s basic tenet is that by changing the way you think and focusing on what you really want, [...]