Emotion serves as a central organizing process within the brain
How we feel about our past affects how we think about describing it
Creating an endless loop of repeating scenes and expectations
Seeing the patterns in our past incidents
Choosing to learn from them and rejoicing in that growth can be done most naturally by shifting the theme of the stories we tell others about ourselves…
Move from contaminative to redemptive
In this shift you create a life-affirming triple win:
- You begin living from your strengths more often
- Others around you are encouraged by this emotional
contagion, thus you are helping friends of your
friends’ friends to see their life story in a more
resilient light. - Reflecting resiliency in your storytelling can pull
others closer as they are attracted to positivity
Positively integrated personal narratives are an important marker of psychological health
Telling your stories from a resilient mindset also helps anchor that attitude in you and more
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