Tuesday, December 15, 2020

“Day 2 of “The Journey Back to Self” - The Stories We Tell Ourselves

 

Meet Pam (circa 1972). 

Pam’s childhood was a good one. 

Her parents raised her with a good set of values and quality family time was important. 

As Pam grew up, she had good experiences. As everyone does, she also encountered adversity. Each experience was interpreted differently. 

Some experiences created different internal stories creating a “victim” mentality and at other times encouraging a “victor”.  Either way, they were driven by the experience. 

As I sit here in Day 2 “Journey Back to Self”, I reflect on what stories I have created from my childhood - which have debilitated me in some areas of life and which ones have served me into living my best life ever. 

It will surely take more than 10 minutes,  but just in this short period of time, I gained a perspective and awareness that I would’ve never gotten if I didn’t take 10 minutes to myself this morning. 

In your 10 minutes of self-care, what past stories can you identify as being debilitating or motivating?

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