90 Day Challenge: Some stories are so ingrained in our minds from childhood that we give them power over our worldview. We develop an intense loyalty to stories that our primary caregivers passed on to us. Think about your family of origin stories and how they are influencing your life and relationships. From The Stories […]
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Mental Filing Cabinets.
90 Day Challenge – When a troubling and exciting experience happens that you’re not sure how to deal with – when you’re rifling through the file cabinet in your mind looking for a way to react – stop and actively redirect yourself to really listen, learn and be present. Excerpt from The Stories We Tell […]
The World As We Want It To Be.
90 Day Challenge – When our brains don’t have all the information about something we tend to fill in the blanks with a variety of stories and outcomes. For most of us, these stories tend to be fictional and false, not grounded in reality. This can lead to anxiety, isolation and problems in our daily […]
Replace fiction with facts.
Fears Are Stories We Tell Ourselves.
Writing Blog Tour
Greetings from Dallas, Texas. My name is R. Scott Gornto and I am a therapist, speaker and author of my upcoming book, The Story We Tell Ourselves. I want to thank Elizabeth Oates for tagging me in the blog tour. I have know Elizabeth for years now. We co-lead a divorce care group for adolescents […]
Choose Presence.
90 Day Challenge – Day 7 – We tell ourselves stories to make sense out of the world around us. These inner dramas can be more appealing and compelling than the real world, and we can lose the capability to genuinely listen to and engage the actual people in our lives. The solution is to cultivate […]