In therapy, we talk a lot about the stories we like to tell. I encourage people to tell the positive stories about themselves, since we tend to remember and focus on the negative.
Do you see stories we like to tell in my images for today?
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Apparently, the Daily Bitch isn’t interested in listening to the stories we like to tell.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “the stories we like to tell.”
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Colleen Georges likes to tell stories similar to those I like to tell.
Thanks to all those who are here for the stories we like to tell, including YOU!
As a therapist, I listen to stories that people like to tell. Some stories are curative; others are habitual retellings of internalized toxic beliefs.
A story I like to tell is that people are capable of change, growth, and healing, no matter what awful experiences they’ve had.
I expect I’ll have stories I like to tell from my vacation in Europe next week. The last time I took a trip, I certainly had stories (see here for one of them).
Do you see stories we like to tell in my images for today?
The Daily Bitch likes to tell fascinating stories.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for the stories we like to tell.
I look forward to reading the stories you like to tell.
Thanks to all who help me share the stories we like to tell in this blog, including YOU!
Yesterday, my husband Michael said “that’s the story of my life” regarding something negative, which I’ve heard a lot in my life.
Most of us have negative narratives (like “I never get what I want”) that cause us to say “that’s the story of my life” when things don’t work out. It’s important to realize “that’s the story of my life” also includes exceptions to those narratives, since the stories of our lives are complexly rich with negatives and positives, too.
I almost said “that’s the story of my life” yesterday when somebody resisted listening to me and made it difficult for me to get what I needed. I felt helpless and beaten thinking “that’s the story of my life” until I remembered a traumatic experience in the hospital many years ago when an anesthesiologist callously refused to honor an easily-granted request from me. After realizing “that was then and this is now” and that I wasn’t doomed to repeat negative experiences, I was appropriately assertive yesterday, got what I wanted, and proved again that “that’s the story of my life” includes good outcomes too.
Yes, “that’s the story of my life” means problems but also solutions, uncertainties but also resolutions, rejections but also loving relationships.
When I look at my images for today I think, “that’s the story of my life,” in a good way.
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Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “that’s the story of my life.”
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Thanks to all who make the story of my life better, including YOU.
