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when to flounder and when to float, aka are you reaching for help too soon or too late

O ne question clients don't ask openly but do ask with reaching out:  is this the right time for me to be reaching for help? It's a very gray area for them, and I often see them reaching out months into an issue, or at the start of something that isn't an issue but a growth zone.  And it's hard for them to know the difference between growth zone and pain zone, when it all kind of looks and feels the same (or so they think). S o some clarity can be provided here.  G rowth zones are challenging. Pain zones are isolating.  Feeling challenged vs feeling isolated is one way to tell if you are being asked to step up into a level of more empowerment for yourself, or if you are slipping into a trajectory of pained thinking and response making.   If it's hard and you don't really want to do it or deal with it but it's not painful (mentally, and/or spiritually, and/or emotionally, and/or physically) then you can be assured it's just a baby-self of you resisti...