At times I have been an expert of getting caught up in my life stories, especially the ones that are big and dramatic. There can be safety in holding on to what has happened to you, what you’ve experienced and what you’ve been through. The issue is when we live in our stories and don’t move beyond them. That’s when we stop creating new stories for ourselves. That’s is when we get stuck.

Things that happened in your life were impactful and created stories of your experiences - AND they don’t define you. The beauty of human life is that we can continuously find and choose different stories and create more experiences. The stories don’t define us, but they can feel like they do when we make them our identities.

You are not your stories. You are an amazing human WITH stories. How does that shift in wording feel to you?

Reach out for coaching sessions if you would like guidance on getting out of your stories and creating new ones.