Name: How changing your story can change your life
Uploaded: 2019-11-01T15:00:48Z
Duration: 16 min 16 s
Description: Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you stuck instead of providing clarity. In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb shows how to break free from the stories you've been telling yourself by becoming your own editor and rewriting your narrative from a different point of view.

Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you stuck instead of providing clarity. In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb shows how to break free from the stories you've been telling yourself by becoming your own editor and rewriting your narrative from a different point of view.

Lori Gottlieb: How changing your story can change your life

How changing your story can change your life

Embracing 'wise compassion' over 'idiot compassion' in editing our stories helps confront uncomfortable truths for growth.

Understanding our role in perpetuating our own stories of misery and stuckness is crucial to initiating meaningful change.

Rewriting our life narratives through an 'editing' process can significantly alter our personal and relational dynamics.