What is Your Story?

So what is your story...

By Annika Ek – Purpose2Business Mentor

I recently met a lady who told me the story about her sister, she said that her sister described herself as old (almost 60), alone and poor. What energy do you think she is putting out and receiving in return, if she quietly to herself and to others keep repeating her story that she is “old, alone and poor”?

You guessed it, she is putting out low vibes that attracts more “no fun” experiences into her life, to further add to her story and confirm that her life is a mess…

Let’s pretend that this lady experiences a shift in her awareness, and can see how she by repeating this story is getting more of the same. That is quite an eye opener! This insight may be received with joy, enthusiasm and empowerment, or not. Why would someone not be delighted to gain awareness of how “their story” is self perpetuating and self fulfilling? Because that makes the individual responsible for their story and they can no longer be “The Victim”.

To snap out of “Victim mode” it is essential to understand how being a “Victim” serves you, although a less conscious part of yourself, since it brings attention and pity, and any attention is often better than no attention at all…

To fully take ownership we need to look at that part of our self that benefits by being a victim “straight in the eye” and acknowledge it. The next step is to choose to operate at a higher level, and to begin telling ourselves and others a different story about ourselves, this story is equally true, just empowering instead of dis-empowering.

Let’s return to the lady who inspired this article. How can we help her re-write her story that shifts her from “Victim” to something more empowering? Let’s begin by looking at her age, 60 is just a number, it is older than someone who is 40, but a lot younger than someone who is 80. With age comes wisdom and experience if we allow ourselves to become empowered. So let’s switch “old” to “wise”.

The next word in her story was “alone”. Alone is also relative, in a way we are all alone as we go through life and go in and out of relationships with different people, they appear as family, friends or romantic relationships. To help this lady out we can suggest that she is independent and has the freedom in her life (no need to check with the spouse before doing something fun and exciting). We re-write “alone” with the words “free and independent”.

Then she called herself “poor”. She may be “poor” compared to the financial freedom she previously enjoyed, but she may be a lot richer than many others she crosses paths with that have a lot less but see themselves as rich. Our riches don’t lie in the money we have (or don’t have) in the bank. Being truly rich is about our ability to be resourceful. And it will also be a lot easier to manifest monetary results in her life if her story shifts to “Wise, Independent, Free and Resourceful”

How do you think her reality will shift if she begins describing herself to herself and those around her as “Wise, Independent, Free and Resourceful” consistently? Well, she will not longer get the attention of being a victim, but in its place she will get something much better that no one can take away from her, Empowerment from Within!

My Coaching Challenge to You: Now it is time to take a close look at the story you are telling yourself and those around you, either out loud or in your actions and self care. Spend some time connecting with your story and see where it can use some re-writing to give you a powerful boost towards creating a life that resonates with who you truly are. To further connect with with and manifest who you truly are, Hand Analysis is an invaluable tool. Join my next “Discover Your Life Purpose” class where your fingerprints will be analyzed!

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