13 stories · Your own pace
Hear yourself a little differently.
Notice the stories you tell yourself, and make room for a fairer one.
They haven’t replied. Your mind already has an explanation.
A silence is real. The story you put inside it may still be a guess.
Read the story ↗Would you say that to someone you love?
Listen to the voice you use when you make a mistake.
Read the story ↗They gave you a compliment. You explained why it didn’t count.
You can let a kind observation sit for a moment.
Read the story ↗If rest waits until everything is done, when does it happen?
Look for the place your own time occupies on your list.
Read the story ↗“I did nothing today.” Is that the whole record?
Look at the work that never made it onto the list.
Read the story ↗Glad and sad at the same time
A welcome change can still involve something you will miss.
Read the story ↗A mistake with edges
Something went wrong. That does not make everything about you wrong.
Read the story ↗When silence feels like criticism
A quiet room can leave plenty of space for the harshest interpretation.
Read the story ↗You do not need the silver lining yet
Sometimes the first honest sentence is that something was disappointing.
Read the story ↗Receive the kind thing
A compliment does not always need to be corrected before you can accept it.
Read the story ↗An ordinary day is still yours
You can describe a day without proving that it was impressive.
Read the story ↗The word “always” in an argument
One sweeping word can make a specific problem harder to talk about.
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