Ep.26 Your Story Matters: How Understanding Your Past Can Transform Your Present with Blake Roberts

Bridgett Blood talks with Blake Roberts all about the importance of understanding your story.

Blake is a therapist who owns a private practice in the Nashville area where he helps clients overcome anxiety, be more present, and foster healthy relationships. He became a therapist by way of engaging the depths of his own story through counseling and recovery. Blake is also a photographer, entrepreneur, and writer. More importantly, he’s a husband and a new dad.

In this episode we discuss:

• Coming alive and connecting to your story 
• Having self-compassion toward the parts of us we hate
• Emotional enmeshment  with a parent 
• How to know if we are reacting to something that is happening in the present or our past? 
• How becoming a parent can surface pain you experienced with your own mom or dad.
• We all carry mixed motives (and that’s okay)

00:00 Introduction and Background

08:35 The Power of Story Work

25:46 Understanding and Healing Through Story Work

31:56 The Role of Self-Compassion

29:39 Curiosity and Compassion

36:47 Repairing Relationships

45:38 Practical Tips for Engaging in Story Work

52:44 Sharing the Conversation

Connect with Blake!

Blake's Substack - “More to the Story.” From a therapist's office to your inbox, More to the Story fosters deeper awareness & growth through a combination of personal essays and reflections on creativity, emotional health, and faith. Blake is also starting a men’s emotional wellness brand. People can learn more/sign up here:

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Instagram @blakethecounselor

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