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Episode 2960:

Dr. Kelly Flanagan explores why personal growth depends on inviting trusted people to challenge and revise the stories we tell about ourselves. By embracing honest feedback instead of clinging to being “right,” we open the door to deeper connection, humility, and a more meaningful life narrative.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://drkellyflanagan.com/whos-editing-your-life-story/

Quotes to ponder:

"We walk through the world a bunch of rough drafts, making mistakes as we go, and we desperately need to surround ourselves with people who love us enough to live with our mistakes, who value us enough to tell us the truth, and who believe in us enough to know we have a “revision” living somewhere in our hearts."

"Each of us needs an editor, someone we trust enough to tell us what needs to be revised about the story we are living…"

"Whatever pedestals we sit on in the trophy-room-of-our-minds get kicked out from underneath us when we embrace our mistakes and start to make revisions."

Episode references:

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Memoir-Craft-Stephen-King/dp/1439156816

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