What's the story you're telling yourself?
What’s the story you’re telling about that thing that happened…?
We all experience hurts, trauma, or tough stuff every once in a while… It’s called life! If a relationship ended, something terrible happened or things didn’t go as you planned... your life doesn’t need to stop. You don’t have to feel stuck.
One of the most powerful tools I have discovered in the last five years of has been the power of “the story” we tell ourselves. Your story. My story. That story. The story we think about circumstances, relationships or situations is so important to how we view life, how successful we are + how resilient we can be.
Even more so... that story we tell about anything in our life frames who we think we are in “the story” and in life...the victim? The villain… The hero… We tend to find our place based on who we are in our own story + others’.
Abuse or being bullied is a product of listening to others’ stories they try to tell you about yourself. Feeling shame is a result of taking on someones role that they have made you out to be. Feeling like you want to give up, being depressed or anxious is because of the hopeless story you’re telling yourself about your life.
The only way out of some of these mental battles or the only way to stop feeling stuck is to REFRAME your story. First off- I AM NOT saying make up a story that isn’t true... But reframe the story you’re stuck on from a different perspective. One that empowers you and gives you choices… One that is not based on fear but is empowered by love! The one that gives you a purpose + hope for the future.
This is your life. It’s time to take control of the stories you’re telling yourself.
It’s time to stop listening to the made up stories others told you. It’s time for a new and fresh perspective… On that thing that happened, that person who hurt you, that situation that didn’t go your way… or just your life! I promise, if you do this, doors will start to open up for you. Hope will fill your heart again. You will look forward to the day as you wake up in the morning + you may even get to re-write a happy ending for yourself to live a life you’ve always dreamed of. That’s the goal!
I love + believe in you wholeheartedly! No fear or doubt! Just Faith, Hope + Love!
💋 Mel Marie xoxo