This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

In the Road Road, in on the sand.

That's such a good song.

That is Tess Parks with a song, Life is But a Dream.

The album is Work All Day, Up All Night, and you can find it on Bandcamp.

Tessparks.bantcamp.com. Good stuff. And I thought it was perfect for us today, because today we're talking about stories.

You know, the ones you're barely conscious of, but that you tell yourself and that shape your

entire reality and life experience? Yes, those stories. We all have stories. We tell

ourselves stories about who we are, who other people are, what we can expect from ourselves, what we can expect from others.

And these stories develop over a lifetime of experience. And they develop whether or not we

want them to or whether or not we're conscious of it. And so we are all carrying around stories, whether or not we know it.

If you have a set of stories that help you feel good about yourself or feel empowered

and strong, you're going to have inner strength and resilience.

And it's going to be easier for you to feel good

and take positive action. If you have stories about yourself and others where you are worthy of

love and respect and you can expect good things from the people around you, your relationships

are going to feel easier

and happier.

And on the other side of all this, if you are carrying around stories that make you feel bad or

doubt yourself or see the worst in other people, you're going to struggle sometimes.

And that's okay. The good news is that we can all recognize

and take ownership of our stories and we can change them. And my guest today is here to tell us how.

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