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How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb | TED
You're not stuck in your life. You might be stuck in the story you're telling about it. Time to pick up the editor's pen.
Who it's for
When someone feels stuck, the problem is often less the facts than the narrative built around them, such as who is to blame and what is possible.
Stuck→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
A TED@DuPont talk by psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb on how the stories we tell about our lives shape what we see as possible. She describes therapy as a kind of editing that helps people notice where they are unreliable narrators of their own lives, and looks at common themes of feeling trapped and wanting change.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com.
Before you start
Age: Ages 14+
The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 50
