Existential Narrative Therapy

  We all carry stories. Some we’ve told a thousand times. Some we keep locked up because they feel too heavy or messy to share. And then there are those silent ones—the ones that quietly shape how we see ourselves without us even realizing it. I know this because I’ve lived it. We all have. You Are Not Just Your Past Here’s something I tell my clients often: “You are not who others say you are. You are who you choose to be.” But here’s the tricky part—sometimes the stories we’ve been handed feel like they’re carved into stone: I’m not enough. I always fail. I have to carry everything alone. I don’t know who I am without this pain. Those stories feel true, even when they aren’t. They can leave us feeling stuck, unseen, or like life has already decided our ending for us. So, What Is Narrative Therapy? Think of it like this: Narrative therapy is about stepping back and asking, “Whose voice is this? Where did this story even come from? And do I still want to keep living by ...

  This quote hit me like a deep breath I didn’t know I needed.  It came from a reflection in one of my courses—Frankl’s Logotherapy—and reminded me of something I often forget: That our imperfections, limitations, and life experiences aren’t barriers to meaning.  They are the meaning. What Makes Me… Me I’ve lived most of my life with a quiet awareness of something I rarely speak about: I have dyslexia. It’s subtle. It shows up more when I’m tired or under stress. But it’s been part of my story since elementary school—when I used to be pulled from class to get extra support. I used to see it as a weakness. Now I see it as part of the lens that makes me me . A 2019 study showed that 35% of U.S. entrepreneurs are dyslexic. Why? Because they see things differently. They problem-solve differently. They approach the puzzle of the world from multiple angles. Reading that, I thought: Maybe that’s why I do what I do the way I do it. I don’t just play “devil’s advocate.” I conside...