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For 24 years I carried survivor's guilt. Not just the feeling. The story around it. The beliefs that got built on top of what actually happened. Because here is what most people do not realize: It is never just the event. It is what you decided the event meant. About you. About life. About what you deserved. And those decisions turn into language. Words you repeat so many times they stop feeling like a story and start feeling like the truth. So I did something. I wrote out what actually happened. Just the facts. And then I wrote out every story and belief I had built around it. Every conclusion I had drawn. Every meaning I had made. And then I changed the language around those stories. Not to lie. Not to pretend it did not happen. But to separate what was real from what I had been telling myself about what was real. And something shifted. Because the event never had the power. The story did. So here is something simple for you today: Think about something you have been carrying. Something heavy. And ask yourself... what actually happened? And what story did I build on top of it? Because sometimes the thing that is holding you is not the thing itself. It is the words you wrapped around it a long time ago. Change the words. Change the grip. That is where it starts. PROUD OF YOU 💙 Walking with you, Leasha When you're ready, here is a way I can walk with you… The LIST Method™ Tool: The tool that gets everything out of your head and onto the page... every thought, every fear, everything you have been quietly carrying so you can finally see it, analyze it, and start understanding what has actually been running the show. Grab it here​​ P.S. My CMS Daily Check-In CORE: 1 CLARITY: 1 CONNECTION: 1 CREATION: 1 Total: 4 / 4 |
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