In this episode I explore why stories are so important to me and explain how I grow through intentional storytelling. I look back at the stories about myself and my life and I re-examine and rewrite them through my current beliefs and understanding of the world (not through the eyes of the person I was at the time). Through this process I have found I can clear up shame, fear, and doubt and I replace them with things I value more like curiosity, creativity, and compassion. I lighten my load by choosing with intention and wisdom to tell myself a better story, a kinder story, a lighter story, and I choose to let go of the heavy stories I picked up unconsciously on the way when I didn’t know any better. And then I hold that story lightly and keep cultivating curiosity... always ready and willing to change if I’m called to.
This episode maybe should have been my intro but I didn’t know how to write it until I’d been doing this for a while... Everything in this episode is why I love stories and why I think they’re so important! Everything in this episode is how I “do therapy” by myself and with my therapist. It’s how I know how to make sense of the world. It’s my unique way of processing things, it’s what I have to share that feels unique and important.
