We can not change the past, but we can reclaim how it affects our future. Learn from key concepts including:
How to recognize the authors who have impacted your story.
How to take back the pen.
How to define your why - and redefine your try, pointing your life story in the direction you want it to go.
Discover Our Key Concepts.
Welcome To The Course
What Does It Mean To Change A Narrative?
Clarifying Key Terms
What Is A “Narrative?”
What Is A “Shift?”
What Does “Wholeness” Mean?
What Does “Identity” Mean?
How Do I Use The Workbook?
Do I Need To Watch Each Of The 20 Concepts In Order?
How Do The Change Your Narrative Books Tie Into This Course?
What Is Addiction?
Addiction Matters - A Trigger Warning
What Does It Mean To Shift A Story Affected By Addiction?
A Word About Changing The Narrative Of Addiction
If You Struggle, I Want You To Know…
The Purpose Of Processing
How To Find Additional Tools And Resources
What Is A Narrative?
Exercise #1 - I Used To Believe... But Now I Believe...
A Moment Of Pause
Is It Possible?
They Used To Believe
Two Options - Linear Or Abstract Processing
Exercise #2: Option A - Linear Processing
Exercise #2: Option B - Abstract Processing
Two Additional Questions
Letting Your Story Out - Safely
Overriding Fear
What This Concept Meant For Me
What I Hope This Concept Means For You
Introducing Concept #2 - "Taking Back The Pen"
Returning To The Narrative
What Does It Mean To Take Back The Pen?
Who Are Your Authors?
Untrustworthy Authors
Dark Authors
Trustworthy Authors
Exercise #1 - Who Is Who?
What To Do When It's Hard To Label
What To Do When They Shift Their Role
Addressing Your Authors - The Letter
Addressing When You Gave The Pen Away
Addressing The Trustworthy
Affirming The Trustworthy
What "Taking Back The Pen" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Taking Back The Pen" Means For You
Introducing Concept #3 - "Victim Is Not My Name Tag"
What Is A Name Tag?
I Am Moana
Victim Is Not Your Name Tag
Exercise #1 - Removing False Labels
Peeling Off The Tag
The Clay Pots
Exercise #2 - Processing The Exercise
Exercise #3 - Who You Truly Are
What "Victim Is Not Your Name Tag" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Victim Is Not Your Name Tag" Means For You
Introducing Concept #4 - "What Is Truth?"
What Is Truth?
Deny, Distort, Distract
Inviting Others In
How To Invite Them In
Exercise #1 - Naming Your Truth
Exercise #2 - What Is Truth? - Part 2
What The Concept "What Is Truth?" Meant For Me
What I Hope "What Is Truth?" Means For You
Introducing Concept #5 - "How To Get Out Of The Box"
Out Of The Box
Assigning Appropriate Responsibility
Exercise #1 - Revisiting The Letter
Exercise #2 - Name Your Box
Processing The Exercise
The Open Flap
What The Concept "How To Get Out Of The Box" Meant For Me
What I Hope "How To Get Out Of The Box" Means For You
Introducing Concept #6 - Breaking Cause And Effect
Breaking Broken Cause And Effect
X & Y
Breaking It Apart
Processing The Break
Defining Bitterness
Defining Jaded
Three Ways To Break Broken
Have A Conversation
Place Boundaries
Walk Away
What The Concept "Breaking Cause And Effect" Meant For Me
What I Hope The Concept "Breaking Cause And Effect" Means For You
Introducing Concept #7 - The 5 Journey Markers Of Wholeness
The Journey
Realize
Realization And Wholeness
Exercise #1 - Processing Realization
Acknowledge
Identify
Self-Care During Ownership
Guilt & Shame
To Identify - Part 2
Accept
Community Mourning
Proceed
What The Concept "The 5 Journey Markers Of Wholeness" Have Meant For Me
What I Hope "The 5 Journey Markers Of Wholeness" Mean For You
Introducing Concept #8 - Schedule Silence
To Schedule Silence
Making Time
Noisy Silence
Exercise #1 - Entering Silence
Plan For Silence
Exercise #2 - Diving In
What "Scheduling Silence" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Scheduling Silence" Means For You
Introducing Concept #9 - What If Tomorrow Were Stronger Than Yesterday?
What If Tomorrow Were Stronger Than Yesterday?
Kintsugi
Restoration - The Starting Point
Exercise #1 - Processing Restoration
No Origin
Trauma's Short Circuit
I Did This
Revisiting The Distinction Between Guilt & Shame
What The Concept "What If Tomorrow Were Stronger Than Yesterday?" Meant For Me
What I Hope The Concept "What If Tomorrow Were Stronger Than Yesterday?" Means For You
Introducing Concept #10 - "You Are More"
The Value
The Voices
External Voices
"Self-Preservation" Speaks
The Internal Voice
Let Them Rise
You Are Not
You Are
You Are Becoming
You Will Be
The Warrior Voice
What The Concept "You Are More" Meant For Me
What I Hope The Concept "You Are More" Means For You
Introducing Concept #11 - "Failure Is Not Your Identity"
Not Your Identity
Which Net?
Maneuver Through
Seek The Diamond
Assign Yourself Grace
Brutus
Amanda
Learn
Find The Open Door
Exercise #1 - Processing "Failure"
What The Concept "Failure Is Not Your Identity" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Failure Is Not Your Identity" Means For You
Introducing Concept #12 - "Choosing Hope"
The Spark
What Is Hope?
Placing Hope
Exercise #1 - Contemplating Hope
The Tension
Pictures Of Hope
My Relationship With Hope
My Reason For Hope
Exercise #2 - How Hope Creates A Legacy
What The Concept "Choosing Hope" Meant For Me
What I Hope The Concept "Choosing Hope" Means For You
Introducing Concept #13 - Perseverance And Endurance
What Is Perseverance And Endurance?
What It's Not
Overriding "Suck It Up"
The Ripple Effect
Seek What Refuels
You Are Allowed To Rest
You Are Allowed To Play
You Are Allowed To Invest In You
You Are Allowed To Dream
The Reset
Seeking Community
We Train In Community
What The Concept "Perseverance And Endurance" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Perseverance And Endurance" Means For You
Introducing Concept #14 - "Define Your Why"
Define Your Why
Why I Fight - Exercise #1 - Define Your Why
Why Do We Rise?
Give Yourself Time
Exercise #2 - Pressing On
Why I Didn't
A Safety Plan
What The Concept "Define Your Why" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Define Your Why" Means For You
Introducing Concept #15 - "Fake It Till You Make It"
What "Fake It Till You Make It" Means
Defining "Faking"
Trying Something New
Setting A Boundary
Learning To Share
Building A Team
Exercise #1 - Processing The Feeling Of "Fake"
Re-Instill Hope
Lent Before Learned
Exercise #2 - Processing Confidence And Courage
What The Concept "Fake It Till You Make It" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Fake It Till You Make It" Means For You
Introducing Concept #16 - "Find Your 'But'"
Find Your "But"
The Third Option
Exercise #1 - Unpacking The Story
Continuing To Unpack
Back To Reality
How To Argue Well
What The Concept "Find Your 'But'" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Find Your 'But'" Means For You
Introducing Concept #17 - "How To Hold Onto The New"
Holding On
Rewrite Your Story
Exercise #1 - Reflecting On Your Shift
Watch Your Speech - Exercise #2: Old Versus New
Take Calculated Risks - Exercise #3: Defining The Risk
Teach Others - Exercise #4: Supporting Others
Getting To Know You
Exercise #5 - But Who Are You?
What The Concept "How To Hold Onto The New" Meant For Me
What I Hope "Holding Onto The New" Means For You
Introducing Concept #18 - "How To Find Support"
Finding It
Building Your Board
The Paper
Where To Turn
Trustworthy Authors
Community Gatherings
Professional Support
Exercise #1 - Starting The Search
Vetting Your Support
What The Concept "How To Find Support" Meant For Me
What I Hope "How To Find Support" Means For You
Introducing Concept #19 - "We Are Proud"
We Are Proud
Changed & Changing
Exercise #1 - Changed & Changing
Celebrate You
I Changed It
My Story
We're Changing It - Exercise #1: Reflecting Back
Exercise #2 - Continuing To Process
I Am Rooting For You
What I Hope "I Changed It" Means For You
Reclaim your narrative, starting now.
