You are more than just a single story

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “I cannot do this, I am shy” or “This is not my cup of tea” or “I am an introvert”

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You are not alone.

We all tell ourselves these stories, limiting beliefs that tell us who we are or what we can do or be.

Each of these stories goes back in time, have a context, something that went wrong somewhere in the past. But the stories keep bringing them back to the present.

But what if we could change the story? Instead of limiting beliefs, tell ourselves empowering stories that nudge us to go forward. To back ourselves to break those self-imposed shackles.

We need to remind ourselves that the past is just a story, a story we inferred from a very specific sequence of events. We need to remind ourselves that we are greater than our stories. We need to remind ourselves that our lives are abundant enough to hold more than just one single story.

You are not the person you were in high school, you are not the person you were last week, you are not the person you were yesterday. So go ahead and change that story today and see how you flourish with every empowering story.

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