THE PROBLEM
We keep living from stories that won't let us go!
Something happens. We have a thought about it. An old expectation kicks in. We anticipate what will happen next based on what has happened before.
We respond accordingly. Those responses shape what we do, what we avoid, what we accept, what we notice—and therefore some of what we experience.
Then those experiences become proof.
See? I knew it.
Things never work out for me.
I can't trust myself.
I always end up back here.
There's never enough time.
People always leave.
I have to take care of everybody else first.
And THAT is why simply deciding, “I don't want to believe that anymore” often doesn't change very much.
Because the story isn't only a sentence in your head anymore.
It's become a way of living.
THE SOLUTION
If an old story becomes a life through repetition,
expectation, choices & experiences, a new story
can become a life the same way.
You'll notice the feeling.
You'll catch the thought or image that preceded it.
You'll uncover the story underneath it.
You'll choose the story you want instead.
And you'll begin practicing it in real life.
And when the old feeling comes back, that's not where the process failed.
That's where you use it again. Sometimes you uncover another branch of the story you couldn't see before.
You Can't Rewrite Your Life without
Changing the Story You're Living
You may already know some of the things you don't want to believe anymore.
Maybe you've told yourself you're going to stop expecting the worst. Stop second-guessing yourself. Stop assuming things won't work out. Stop believing you have to earn rest, keep everyone happy, or wait until everything is okay before you're allowed to enjoy your life.
But knowing you don't want to believe an old story isn't always enough to stop living from it.
Because eventually, a story becomes more than something you think.
It shapes what you expect. What you notice. The choices you make. The way you respond. The things you do—and the things you don't.
And those choices create experiences that can make the old story seem true all over again.
That's how an old story can quietly become a life.
The Autumn Rewrite helps you interrupt that process.
Instead of simply trying to convince yourself to believe something different, you'll learn to notice the story you're living from, decide what you'd rather experience instead, and begin practicing that story through your thoughts, imagination, choices, rituals and ordinary life.
Because if an old story can become a life, a new one can, too.
What You'll Find Inside The Autumn Rewrite
The Autumn Rewrite is a 71-page guided journal & planner designed to help you catch an old story when it shows up, and have somewhere else to go with it.
Inside, you'll learn how an old story can quietly become a way of living, and how a different story can begin taking shape through what you think, imagine, choose, practice and experience.
You'll have guided pages to help you...
- notice what you're feeling and what triggered it
- uncover the story underneath your reaction
- decide what story you'd rather live from
- identify the thoughts, feelings and images that support it
- use visualization to make the new story easier to imagine
- find experiences and practices that help you begin living it now
- know what to do when the old feeling—or another piece of the old story—comes back
You'll also find an Emotions Wheel, visual guides to how old and new stories become lives, cozy autumn reflection pages, and plenty of space to work through the stories that actually show up in your own life.
You'll learn how to make autumn the container for your practice, using things you already enjoy, like tea, reading, quiet mornings, spiritual practice, rest and cozy rituals, to create a life you actually want to return to.
AND YOU'LL GET THIS BONUS!
You Don't Have to Rewrite Your Whole Life
Start with what's bothering you today.
The worry that keeps coming back. The decision you keep second-guessing.
The thing you're already assuming won't work out. The old belief that still gets a vote in choices it shouldn't be making anymore.
Notice the story. Choose the one you want instead.
The Autumn Rewrite
A 71-Page Guided Journal & Planner
A cozy, practical way to notice the stories shaping your life, choose what you want instead, and begin practicing a different story, one ordinary day at a time.
Digital download • 71 pages • $13.97
A cozy, practical way to notice the stories shaping your life, choose what you want instead, and begin practicing a different story, one ordinary day at a time.
Digital download • 71 pages • $13.97