Have you ever caught yourself saying, I know this isn't true, but I still feel like it is?

Maybe it's after someone cancels on you or you get a no on a pitch or your brain is being

self-critical about some part of your body and suddenly your brain starts whispering, see,

you're not enough.

You'll never get it.

This won't work.

You won't get there.

That moment, the one where you spiral between what you know and what you feel is the clearest sign that your narrative intelligence is running low. It's not that you lack confidence. It's that your mind is still operating

in an old story. And today, in this episode, we're going to fix that. I'm breaking down how to know your NQ, your narrative intelligence,

how to know when it's low, and what it sounds like in your daily self-talk so that we can

strengthen it so you can stop replaying those old stories and start living a new one. You're listening to the Confidence Podcast,

your go-to space for high-performance coaching designed for ambitious high achievers

who want more out of life. You deserve confidence that rises to meet your dreams.

This is the podcast that will help you activate it fully. I'm your host,

Trish Blackwell. Let's dive in. Welcome to the Confidence Podcast. I'm your host and coach,

Trish Blackwell. You're listening to episode 675. We're talking about narrative intelligence or

NQ for short, right? Emotional intelligence is EQ.

Intelligence is IQ. This is NQ. This is a term that I have created in my coaching practice,

use it with my clients, you've heard it, kind of woven into conversations and different

podcast episodes we've had when we're talking about mental management, story management, and your brain.

And really, what is narrative intelligence?

It's the confidence skill that nobody talks about yet.

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