Who Do You Think You Are? Rewriting the Question

About this episode

This episode explores how the stories we tell ourselves can shape our confidence and future, encouraging listeners to reconsider their perspectives.

SHOW NOTES: What if the stories you've been telling yourself aren't the only stories available? In this episode of Encouragementology, we explore the power of perspective and how the meaning we assign to our experiences can shape our confidence, choices, and future. Through personal reflection, thought-provoking examples, and the wisdom found in both childhood wonder and adult experience, we'll examine how rewriting the question can help us discover new possibilities. Sometimes the circumstances don't change, but the way we see them changes everything. Here is what we unpack together: Why two people can experience the same situation and walk away with completely different stories How the question "Who do you think you are?" can become either a limitation or an invitation The difference between an event and the meaning we assign to it How our brains naturally seek evidence to support what we already believe Why "What you seek, you will find" is more than a motivational phrase Lessons from A Field of Wishes and the childlike ability to find wonder in ordinary moments How asking "What else could be true?" creates space for growth and possibility Why perspective is not about ignoring…

People in this episode

Host: Kendell Boysen

Topics covered

• perspective
• self-reflection
• personal growth
• storytelling
• confidence
• meaning

Keywords

• self-improvement
• perspective shift
• personal stories
• confidence building
• meaning assignment

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