“If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become truth for you.” ~Louise Hay

Louise Hay was talking about how a teacher had called her lazy in 6th grade and was putting her in remedial class the next year. This “narrative” as we call it in psychology, haunted her for a long time and colored who she was as a person and how she thought about herself.

Back in the early 80’s, I had a middle school male Spanish teacher ask for a show of hands from the class of how many of them thought I was a bitch. YES! True story. All of the kids except my best friend, of course raised their hands. Bullying at its finest people…Nothing happened to the teacher and I was transferred out of the class. That haunted me for a looooong time. I already had zero self-esteem. You can imagine what that did to my self-esteem; plunged it into negative numbers.

Brene Brown talks about “art wounds” from school. We all have all sorts of “wounds”, as illustrated above, from teachers, parents, society, peers with bullying, etc. But if we work on ourselves and unearth these “lies” that were told to us, we can empower ourselves and decide who we authentically are as wo/men.

You get to decide your own narrative. I am not a bitch and Louse Hay is far from lazy but you have to own your own narrative or truths. This is why positive affirmations are so powerful in undoing some “wounds” from childhood and learning who you are authentically.

If you would like to learn more about empowering your truth and defining your own narrative, give me a call today at my San Diego office to set up your coaching counseling appointment today! 619-687-9013