Rewriting The Story I Tell Myself About Who I Am and Who I Can Be

Buddhability

SGI-USA

Health & Fitness, Self-help, Self-care, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.9 • 603 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We all have narratives we tell ourselves about what is possible for our lives. Today’s guest, Jackie Alexander, of Chicago, shares how she overcame limiting beliefs about the kind of student and person she was. We discuss how chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo about everything from housing, to money, to graduate school led to Jackie’s newfound self-confidence.

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References

You Were Born to Win, p. 5

The New Human Revolution, vol. 26, p. 46

Transcript

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0:00.0	From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is bootability, the weekly series where I talk
0:09.2	with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives
0:14.2	and the world around us.
0:20.1	Welcome back, everyone, and Happy New Year.
0:23.6	I hope that you all enjoyed the end of the year.
0:26.6	I got to spend lots of time with friends and family and of course ate a ton of delicious food.
0:33.6	Now I'm feeling refreshed and excited about the year to come.
0:38.6	I've got some goals on my list that feel doable and some that feel, you know, a little less
0:44.7	doable.
0:45.8	Some might say impossible.
0:48.6	And I'm guessing that you might have a dream or two that is also in that category.
0:53.7	Maybe we tell ourselves that we're not the
0:56.5	kind of person who could commit to learning guitar. Or we'll never have enough money to own a home.
1:04.6	Fortunately for you and me, today's episode is all about going for things that we're not
1:10.0	totally sure we can achieve. Today's guest, all about going for things that we're not totally sure we can achieve.
1:13.5	Today's guest, Jackie Alexander of Chicago, first chanted Namyo Hōrenge Kyo when she was
1:19.3	in college.
1:20.6	I don't want to give everything away, so I'll just say that since she started her practice,
1:26.0	she's gone places literally and figuratively.
1:29.4	She never dreamed possible.
1:38.6	Thank you, Jackie, for joining the podcast.
1:42.3	It's great to have you here.
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