Because you are human, you have a story about who you are, where you fit into the world, what you can accomplish, what you want, what you can\u2019t do, what you aren\u2019t good at, etc. Maybe that\u2019s obvious to you.<\/p>\n
What isn\u2019t so obvious is that whatever story you are currently telling you about yourself is one that YOU MADE UP. What\u2019s worse is that you forgot you made it up and now you believe it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t go back to school at this age.
\nMy boss just doesn\u2019t like me, no matter what I do.
\nI\u2019m married to someone who will never see me for who I am.
\nI don\u2019t have enough education to\u2026.
\nI can\u2019t launch my new business; it\u2019s too risky.
\nI\u2019m just not as talented as he\/she is.
\nI\u2019m not the right size, age or shape to be a \u2026
\nI can\u2019t tackle global warming or social justice issues; I\u2019m just one person\u2026
\nI don\u2019t have the time to\u2026
\nI don\u2019t have the money to\u2026<\/p>\n
These are a small sampling of stories that people have told me over the years. (Maybe you have told yourself some version of these as well?) See how they close off new possibilities? Do you get a sense of how they keep you stuck or playing small?<\/p>\n
Well here\u2019s a radical notion to consider\u2026 maybe your suffering (not having what you want, not living in alignment with what you care most about) is a result of the story you tell yourself.<\/p>\n
Maybe the outside circumstances that you blame for not having, being, doing what matters to you most isn\u2019t what\u2019s really stopping you.<\/p>\n
A wise teacher once said to me, \u2018You can\u2019t create a new world if you don\u2019t have a new story.\u2019 I like this. It lets me make changes from the inside out, regardless of external circumstances. That\u2019s power!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Because you are human, you have a story about who you are, where you fit into the world, what you can accomplish, what you want, what you can\u2019t do, what you aren\u2019t good at, etc. Maybe that\u2019s obvious to you. What isn\u2019t so obvious is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n