How to Find Your Way Out of Your Old Story

When the thing that holds your world together disappears, how do you find your way out of your old story and into a new one? James panna baker is a professor of psychology at u t austen. He studies words and language to influence our ability to cope with upsetting experiences. Jamie: We all walk around with a story about ourselves, and we're always shifting and editing that story. But then sometimes something huge and terrible happens, something that knocks out such a big chunk of the story that it doesn't hold together any more.