Lessons tagged “narrative”
15 published lessons with this tag.
Examine your current identity narratives
What stories do you tell about yourself that may be limiting your behavior.
Identity updating
When you change your behavior you must also update your self-concept to match.
Shedding outdated identities
Some identities you held in the past no longer serve you — release them deliberately.
Meaning is constructed not found
There is no pre-existing meaning waiting to be discovered — you build it.
Meaning is retroactive
You often do not understand the meaning of an experience until much later.
Narrative as meaning construction
The stories you tell about your life create the meaning of your life.
Meaning construction is the most human activity
The ability to create meaning from raw experience is what makes us uniquely human.
Narrative identity is constructed from selected experiences
You choose which experiences to include in your story — the selection creates the identity.
The power of narrative framing
The same life events can be framed as tragedy growth comedy or adventure.
Redemption narratives
Stories where bad experiences lead to good outcomes produce more resilience.
Agency in narrative
Stories where you are an active agent produce better outcomes than stories where things happen to you.
Future narrative
The story you tell about where you are going shapes your current decisions and motivation.
Multiple valid narratives
You can hold several valid narratives about your life simultaneously.
Narrative and therapy
Much of therapeutic work is narrative revision — changing the story to change the experience.
Values evolution is growth
Changing what you value most is not fickleness — it is maturation.