TED Talks Kids and Family - How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb

How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb

11/01/19 • 16 min

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Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you stuck instead of providing clarity. In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb shows how to break free from the stories you've been telling yourself by becoming your own editor and rewriting your narrative from a different point of view.

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