Change Your Story, Change Your Life

WHY STORY? Do you know why you can’t say, “I’m not a storyteller?” Because you are a storytelling machine. We all are. Stories and storytelling is hardwired into our DNA. We create meaning and purpose in our lives by creating narratives. That’s how I work; that’s how you work. Each of us is a storytelling machine. You might say, “I suck at storytelling.” That may very well be. But what does that really mean? It means that you allow the random voices in your head to shape your life, moment to moment. That’s what most people do. They live in reaction to people and events. Something unpleasant happens, and they feel bad. Someone criticizes them, and they feel blue. I know. I lived my life for a long time that way. It’s like being a feather in the wind. You are helplessly blown in any direction the wind chooses. It doesn’t have to be that way. You can choose to take responsibility for the raging tide of inner voices and direct them wherever y