How to Change Course When You're Stuck In "Why Me" & Other Negative Stories About Yourself (Equanimity & Mental Health Series p. 3) [50]

Joy Lab | strengthen your mental health with the science of joy · Mar 15, 2023 · 1m

In last episode, we faced the beginning of an emotional storm and now the storm is whipping up more, enough to incite that common hurricane called "why me"… also known as getting caught up in our story line. The problem here is that the stories we tell ourselves are rarely helpful or accurate. Or as therapist Lori Gottlieb puts it succinctly: "If there's anything I've learned as a therapist, it's that we are all unreliable narrators of our own lives." Thankfully, equanimity can still be our life boat at this phase of a storm. We'll talk about the strategies to use to quiet those stories and…