Growth Zone Cercle

Written By Djinane AlSuwayeh

“Growth Zone Cercle” is a way to CHECK-IN with yourself, to use as a volume knob for your life. We cannot be in relationship with others & grow in a zone that is either comfortable or overwhelming.

Just like our nervous system; there exists both calm and stress, each are necessary for us to function. There is no right or wrong, good or bad! So how do we keep growing? Riding this wave of life you may find yourself asking? We must invite ourselves in the discomfort! We cultivate compassion, interest and curiosity. And we check-in, to honor our process, to give space for integration - the “downloading” of newness.

The Growth Zone Cercle:

  1. COMFORT ZONE: is what’s familiar, it's not challenging.

  2. GROWTH ZONE: might be messy, exposed, stretching out of the familiar, and with enough access to resources so we can be in the present, socially engaged, and a place that can shift our patterning.

  3. OVERWHELM ZONE: we stop taking in and can’t learn new information, it's a stop zone.

PRACTICE:

  1. Ask yourself using this cercle of zones, what are the practices that can help to keep you in the growth zone?

  2. Ask yourself what are the resources that can help you know when to pull out of the overwhelm zone?

Djinane AlSuwayeh

Born in Strasbourg, France. Djinane AlSuwayeh is a Kuwaiti-French Creative Director, an award-winning and internationally published Photographer, certified trauma-trained yoga teacher, and somatic movement therapist and educator.

She’s currently rooted in Kuwait and regularly travels to teach and capture the faces of lovely souls.

Former founder of iiiangle, her creative studio, AlSuwayeh dedicated 10 years of her career to revolutionizing young brands by giving them international exposure. Some of her most remembered projects include launching Kuwaiti niche perfume brand called ODICT which landed a 3-year exclusive contract with SEPHORA ME for its debut collection, as well as rebranded Kuwait’s long-loved fashion brand CHARAH, making it exist with a brand expression that is timeless and proud. She was part of the VOGUE Arabia launch team, as well as led the full print and digital campaign of Memoir’s of a Sailor for JACC; Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre.

In parallel, AlSuwayeh’s photographic work has been recognized and published in VOGUE Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, and L’Officiel. She has worked with clients such as CHANEL, Gucci, and DIOR, as well as photographing celebrities such as GIGI HADID, Elie Saab, ALBER ELBAZ, Stefan Seigal, Paul Andrew and HUDA KATTAN to name a few. Her work has been exhibited in the Los Angeles County Museum and in the INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE as well as auctioned by Pierre Bergé & Associés in Paris.

www.djinanealsuwayeh.com
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