Posts Tagged With: “How words change minds: The science of storytelling”

Day 3833: The power to change

If I didn’t believe that people had the power to change, I wouldn’t be a psychotherapist. It’s also occurring to me, here and now, that “The Power to Change” might be a good title for the book my friend Megan and I are writing about our experiences as psychotherapists. Other possible book titles include …

  • “Psyched About Psychotherapy”
  • “All Healing is Mutual”
  • “You Have Options”
  • “It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Psychotherapy”

… all of which we have the power to change.

When I’m scared or overwhelmed, I can forget that I have the power to change things, including myself.

Do you see the power to change in my images for today?

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On National Financial Freedom Day, too many Americans don’t have the power to change their financial situation to reach financial freedom, especially after the recent Supreme Court rulings.

I probably don’t have the power to change the person on Twitter who replied to my last question of the day with this: “One of the most sideways leftist tweets I’ve ever seen. Do you, Ann.”

However, I do have the power to change my reaction to that by replying, “Thanks. I will.”

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “the power to change.”

I’m happy to hear from Nat Kendall-Taylor that framing has the power to change the bias against old people.

Thanks to all who have the power to change, including YOU.

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Day 3732: Storytelling

Because I’ve been an English Major, a writer, a teacher, and psychotherapist, I am very interested in storytelling.

Here, now, are some of my storytelling thoughts:

  • We have old, limiting stories we tell about ourselves (some of which are unconscious repetitions of stories others have told about us) that can hold us back from telling new, more expansive, inclusive, and fulfilling stories.
  • Storytelling can help heal ourselves, others, and the world (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it, as some storytellers say).
  • Storytelling, whether fact or fiction, always includes important truths.
  • Every day, in this blog, I am storytelling through words and pictures (which I try to organize into some sort of story).

That’s a very long list to integrate into coherent storytelling, isn’t it?

Here’s something I’m glad to find on YouTube when I look for “storytelling.”

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I look forward to the storytelling in the comments section and thanks to all who read my daily storytelling, including YOU!

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