How you see yourself and other people tells a lot about who and how you are in the world. By choosing the beliefs and values you want to hold, without anyone else telling you what they should be, you create your own story and become the person you want to be. Below are some questions about "owning your story" that will help you examine how you think about yourself and behave today, and will give you ideas on how to write your story however you want.
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How do you see yourself? What is your daily self-affirmation?
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What are the beliefs and values you feel strongest about? What do you tell yourself about who you are, what you feel and how you think?
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Who are all the people in your life who have helped write your story for you? What have they said or done that has shaped your story?
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How did others' perceptions of you influence your self-perception as a child? Is it how you see yourself now?
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If negative things people said to you as a child were not true, how do you think it would have changed how you were then? Do you think it might have changed how you see yourself today?
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If some of the negative stories that others told about you were not true, how would you rewrite your story? How would that improve your self-image?
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Which beliefs about yourself do you want to continue and which ones do you want to change?
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Which beliefs from your parents are you replicating? Are these true for you?
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Is the story you've created for yourself the way you want your teen/parent to see you? If not, how do you want them to see you?
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What story do you tell yourself about your teen/parent? Is it their true story, one that they themselves have created?
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If this is not their true story (the one they have written), how can you help them start creating their own story? And how can you be okay with this story, without bringing any judgment into it?
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How can you acknowledge your teen's/parent's story and give them the choice to write it? Can you support your teen's or parent's personal story without putting your own feelings on it?
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