What if the stories you're telling yourself aren't actually true?
In this episode, we're diving into the powerful inner narratives that shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, our opportunities, and our lives. So often, we move through life believing the stories we tell ourselves as fact…stories like “I'm not good enough, they don't like me, I'm lazy, I can't do this, or something is wrong with me.”
These stories are not the full truth. They are protective patterns, often formed from past experiences, that your mind uses to try to keep you safe.
You are the main character of your own life, and at any moment, you can begin to rewrite the narrative.
In this episode, we explore how to start recognizing the stories you're caught in, how to separate fact from interpretation, and how to choose a more empowering story with compassion, curiosity, and awareness.
You’ll walk away knowing how to catch yourself in a disempowering story, ask what is actually true, find evidence against the limiting narrative, and take aligned action that helps rewire old patterns.
This episode is an invitation to reclaim agency over your life, shift the narratives that are holding you back, and begin creating the story you actually want to live.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why the mind loves stories and attaches meaning to every experience
- The four types of stories we tell ourselves: stories about ourselves, about situations, about other people, and about the world
- How old stories become protective patterns formed from past experiences
- Why stories feel completely convincing even when they have nothing to do with what is actually happening
- How to catch yourself when you're spiraling in a story
- The difference between what actually happened and the meaning you're making of it
- How to ask "what is the story I'm telling myself?" and separate fact from interpretation
- Why compassion is essential when shifting old narratives
- How to find evidence against a limiting story
- Why taking action can help you rewrite your inner story
- How to choose a more empowering story about yourself, your relationships, and your life
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That's So Nourishing is a podcast for the woman who holds it all (her business, family, finances, relationships, social life, you name it...), and is ready to tackle it all in a fresh, much more nourishing way. Hosted by intuitive healer, somatic practitioner, and nervous system coach Ashley Krooks, this show explores what it means to stop performing, stop self-abandoning, and find your way back to yourself so you can create a life that feels just as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
Through deep conversations on nervous system healing, burnout recovery, self-trust, identity, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and personal growth, Ashley shares tools, stories, and honest perspective shifts to help you move through any challenges you face, release old conditioning, and root into who you truly are.
Ashley’s near decade of online coaching experience, coupled with her numerous certifications, accolades, and expertise in building a business to 7-figures is weaved all throughout this show.
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