{"id":11596,"date":"2024-04-11T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/?page_id=11596"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T04:04:48","slug":"from-character-to-coauthor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/from-character-to-coauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"From Character to Co-Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11596\" class=\"elementor elementor-11596\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7013b892 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7013b892\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a0d876\" data-id=\"9a0d876\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a946906 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a946906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cIt\u2019s like the great stories, Mr. Frodo, <\/br>the ones that really mattered.\u201d\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d2d79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15d2d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/White-Marble-Divider-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-499\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/White-Marble-Divider-2.png 709w, https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/White-Marble-Divider-2-300x30.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d44deed elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d44deed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><i>~ <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samwise Gamgee, The Lord of The Rings<\/span> ~<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37314c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37314c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c96e05d\" data-id=\"c96e05d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5bdf2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5bdf2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Character to Co-Author<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b581a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b581a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Dark-Marble-Divider-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Dark-Marble-Divider-2.png 709w, https:\/\/the-story-oracle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Dark-Marble-Divider-2-300x36.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93a20cc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93a20cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Amanda, I don't want to!\"<\/br>\n\"I know. It sucks. But trust me, you'll be so glad you did.\"\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de64790 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de64790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-1zjvfyd7uero\" data-node=\"1zjvfyd7uero\"><div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-rich-text\"><p>After nearly a decade of helping aspiring messengers become brave storytellers, I articulated a pattern in the process that I had been noticing from the beginning of my work.<\/p><p>When new messengers found me, they were excited to finally have someone who could help them sift through and bring some order to the lessons and stories they wanted to put in their book. They shifted uncomfortably in their seats while we began excavating their past during the retreat, and many of their voices trembled through tears as they shared stories they had never shared with anyone else.<\/p><p>Inevitably, we would reach the end of the excavation and organization process, and they would marvel at how magically the outline had come together\u2014how it alchemized the stories, lessons, tools, and other parts of their message into a structure that they could follow and a vision for the journey they hoped every reader would take.<\/p><p>Then came the writing\u2026 and the moment when they wondered if they had made a giant mistake when they hired me.<\/p><p>Why?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-vzp26f3l7wmx\" data-node=\"vzp26f3l7wmx\"><div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-rich-text\"><p>Because in order for them to earn the trust of their readers and audiences, they couldn\u2019t just\u00a0<em>tell<\/em>\u00a0the story. They had to\u00a0<em>show<\/em>\u00a0it.<\/p><p>Readers don\u2019t \u201cbuy what we\u2019re selling,\u201d finish our books, or experience the type of life-changing AHA we want them to have UNTIL we prove to them that we know exactly where they are now\u2014that we understand the level of doubt, fear, terror, pain, anxiety, grief, excitement, determination, commitment, or __________ that compelled them to search for our book.<\/p><p>And, in order to demonstrate our credibility, empathy, and trustworthiness, we have to go back into those tough stories and \u201cbe the character.\u201d We have to reconnect with the settings in which we were wounded, spend time with the characters who hurt us, articulate the internal dialogue that tortured us, and worst of all, feel the emotions and physical impact of those moments. Otherwise, the readers won\u2019t believe us.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484ebe4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"484ebe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It's excruciating work. No one wants to go back. <\/br>But everyone feels relieved after they do.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cdcbb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9cdcbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After years of witnessing this, I learned enough about neurobiology and quantum physics to realize that the relief they were experiencing on the other side was the result of witnessing and saving old st*ries. The writing actually allowed them to discharge pain out of their bodies and then observe details of the story they had buried\u2014details that still unconsciously held them hostage.<\/p><p>When they were done with a scene, I\u2019d ask them to come \u201cout of character\u201d and take the wider \u201cnarrator\u201d perspective of their story, so we could connect the scenes to one another.<\/p><p>While \u201ccharacter\u201d often elicited a focus on the pain, \u201cnarrator\u201d always revealed the grace in their stories as they saw how certain characters, books, and opportunities seemed to be supernaturally placed in their storyline at just the right time to help them chip away at the lies, build strength and resilience, and stay the course until they became the hero of their story.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"true\" class=\"eael-section-particles-ea0137a elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea0137a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-eael_ptheme_source=\"presets\" data-preset_theme=\"nasa\" data-custom_style=\"\" data-particle_opacity=\"0.5\" data-particle_speed=\"6\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"ea0137a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddc0229\" data-id=\"ddc0229\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9de7cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9de7cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Back and forth, they would go, between \u201ccharacter\u201d and \u201cnarrator\u201d until one day\u2014usually just past the half-way point\u2014something incredible happened.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t            <style>\n                .elementor-element-ea0137a.eael-particles-section > canvas {\n                    z-index: -1;\n                    position: absolute;\n                    top:0;\n                }\n            <\/style>\n        \t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d4aeb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d4aeb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44c9711\" data-id=\"44c9711\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-854bba7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"854bba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cAmanda, while I was writing today, I realized why I\u2019m still having trouble with (relationship, business, etc.). It\u2019s because\u2014have you noticed?\u2014every time someone says\/does ______________, I respond the same exact way and say\/do ______________________. It\u2019s true that people have been doing this to me my entire life, but I think I just figured out the moment when I become an accomplice to the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in that moment that my clients become \u201cco-authors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through the process of building their \u201ccharacter\u201d and \u201cnarrator\u201d muscles, they learned how to hold both perspectives at once. And with practice, they were able to hold these two perspectives in their present story and see more than they ever had been able to see before.<\/p>\n<p>They were able to see the moments when they were giving away their pen\u2014authorship of their feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and STORY\u2014and respond fully as a Character (sadness, rage, etc.) and Narrator. Finally, they were now able to claim ownership of the pen to write new scripts and behaviors and break the story loops that were still spinning them out (and making them, at least unconsciously, feel like a fraud for even considering sharing their story).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4acee38 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4acee38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And here's the really important part.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3501f9f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3501f9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of my clients are NOT new to the healing and transformation rodeo. They\u2019ve been through lots of programs, become certified in many healing modalities, and are known for their mastery.<\/p><p>And yet, there were still these residual st*ries that they hadn\u2019t been able to uncover or witness until they began the process of writing.<\/p><p>Why is that?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fae420 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fae420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When there is still pain, we avoid Character and <\/br>live, teach, preach, and help from Narrator.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeca59c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeca59c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-xtn8f7123v0q\" data-node=\"xtn8f7123v0q\"><div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-rich-text\"><div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\"><div class=\"ast-container\"><div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area primary\"><article id=\"post-9274\" class=\"post-9274 page type-page status-publish ast-article-single\"><div class=\"entry-content clear\"><div class=\"fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-9274 fl-builder-content-primary fl-builder-global-templates-locked\" data-post-id=\"9274\"><div class=\"fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-nd4ix5jzg9fc fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay fl-visible-desktop fl-visible-large fl-visible-medium fl-row-bg-fixed\" data-node=\"nd4ix5jzg9fc\"><div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-full-width fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-omik9j3p0tgu\" data-node=\"omik9j3p0tgu\"><div class=\"fl-col fl-node-td9b8exz6l23\" data-node=\"td9b8exz6l23\"><div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-htkm8bdqnx64\" data-node=\"htkm8bdqnx64\"><div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-rich-text\"><p>Many of us have done so much personal development work that we live from our Narrator by default. Even if there were tears early on, we focused on developing the skills of \u201cgetting above the story\u201d and \u201celiminating the charge of painful emotion\u201d because well, no one told us that it\u2019s important to finish crying the tears of grief, pounding the pillows with rage, and shaking our fists at the sky until it\u2019s all out of our system.<\/p><p>Nope.<\/p><p>As soon as we escape the pain of the Character, we find ways to never go back. We don\u2019t want to feel the pain ever again, plus we\u2019ve recognized some very powerful truths.<\/p><p>Our thoughts and emotions create our reality, so isn\u2019t it better to just change those and be done with them? 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a75e4ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simply changing our perspective doesn\u2019t change our stories.\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t            <style>\n                .elementor-element-6e5d05e.eael-particles-section > canvas {\n                    z-index: -1;\n                    position: absolute;\n                    top:0;\n                }\n            <\/style>\n        \t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f69f58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f69f58\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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