90 Day Challenge – Think about the stories you tell yourself as scripts for how you think a given situation should play out. We cast ourselves and those around us into roles within those scripts and try to direct the action. We try to force life into our predetermined script, attempting to convince others to go […]
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Emotional Wounds.
90 Day Challenge – Some of our emotional wounds, if we allow them to dictate the stories in our minds, can eventually take over our interior selves. Excerpt from The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Book Release Oct 21st
Imagine.
90 Day Challenge – If you have trouble imaging your relationships this way – I hope you’ll think about reading my new book. One of my goals is to help you improve your relationships. Based on my research with clients as well as personal experience, a major contributing factor to our lack of fulfilling relationships […]
We are storytellers.
90 Day Challenge – Humans are storytellers, and we have been this way since the dawn of time. Understanding how you write scripts for others based off of stories you already know requires identifying where those stories originated. From The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Book Release October 21, 2014
Pay Attention.
90 Day Challenge – Once you start noticing the stories you fabricate on a daily basis and compare those outcomes to what actually happens in reality, you’ll begin to see a wide chasm exists between the two. It’s these stories we tell ourselves that ultimately prevent us from relating to others in a healthy way. […]
The Most Powerful Stories.
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 […]
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.
90 Day Challenge – Live in facts, not fiction Excerpt from The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Book Release October 21, 2014
Fears Are Stories We Tell Ourselves.
90 Day Challenge: “Fears are stories we tell ourselves.” If you’re human – you have felt fear. The fear of being alone, the fear of losing your job, the fear of failure, the fear of sickness, the fear of uncertainty, the fear of not being good enough. Our fears are stories we tell ourselves – […]
