

How to Reset Your Inner Narrative and Reclaim Your Confidence
7 snips Aug 17, 2021
Join Valerie Gordon, a career and communication strategist and author of 'Fire Your Narrator', as she unpacks the power of our inner narratives. Valerie emphasizes recognizing and reshaping negative self-talk to bolster confidence, especially for women facing career challenges. Through personal anecdotes, she explores mindfulness as a method to manage intrusive thoughts. Listeners will be inspired by stories of transformation, including how community support can turn setbacks into opportunities for growth and empowerment.
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Inner Narrator Creates Your Story
- Your inner narrator shapes how you interpret experiences and guides future actions.
- A faulty inner story prevents creating an external story of success.
Interrupt Runaway Narratives
- Stop runaway narratives by checking whether you want to follow the story into the future.
- Interrupt thoughts that extend one moment into catastrophic predictions.
When Striving Undermines Satisfaction
- The striving narrator pushes for constant achievement but can make satisfaction elusive.
- In small doses it fuels progress; in excess it prevents enjoying results.