In the final episode of this series, Nicole Conner shares some suggestions for applying the principles of narrative therapy to your own life, including discerning your dominant story. https://youtu.be/fZGwS-MJ3Zg For more information or to get in touch with Nicole, visit www.definingstories.com.au.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – A Story About Anxiety
In this episode, Nicole Conner shares an example of the usefulness of narrative therapy in responding to the presence of anxiety in a person’s life. https://youtu.be/8H4l28JVSsU Visit www.definingstories.com.au for more information.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Externalization and The Table of Life
In this next conversation with Nicole Conner, we talk about the power of externalization. In all of our lives, we are not the problem; the problem is the problem. Externalizing prevents us from forming our identity around a problem story and enables us to deal with it more objectively. The 'table of life' is a … Continue reading The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Externalization and The Table of Life
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Problem Stories
In this conversation with Nicole Conner, we discuss various problem stories and what we can do about them. https://youtu.be/gSQuDtNb6AU
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Defining Stories
In this second conversation with Nicole Conner, we discuss the power of stories in our lives, where they come from, and how they influence us. In addition, we consider the idea of questioning our stories and potentially changing these powerful narratives that we live by. https://youtu.be/-dI4_xIw0ks
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Narrative Therapy
Today I begin a series of conversations with my wife, Nicole Conner, on the topic of 'The Stories We Tell Ourselves'. Nicole has a Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work from Melbourne University and she has her own narrative therapy practice called Defining Stories. Over the last few years, Nicole has been able to … Continue reading The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Narrative Therapy