DIRECTED STORYTELLING: TURNING POINTS

Today, my life is ___________________. Today is

different than
/
the same as
(circle one) any other day of my life. When I think about my life path, there
are three moments that stand out. The three pivotal decisions I made or
moments that brought me here are :
(1)________________________________,
(2)_________________________________, and
(3)____________________________________________.
When I think about moment (1), the emotion I feel is _____________________.
This emotion makes me most aware of ___________________________ [the
area of your body that feels this emotion the mosT]. The sensation of this
emotion feels like ____________________________________. The first time I
felt this sensation, I was _______ years old. The cause of this emotion and
sensation was _______________________________. Most people in my life

know this story

/
dont know this story
(choose one).
**** Sidebar (Objectivity Checkpoint): If you selected that most people in your life
know this story, do you tend to retell this narrative frequently? What type of
reaction do you typically receive from telling this story? Sympathy? Hugs?
Congratulations? Praise? Sometimes we latch onto certain narratives for the
reaction they elicit in a social setting. Take a moment to decide if this story has
BECOME you. If this rings true, write down the emotional response you feel when
you tell this story: ___________________________.

If no one close to you knows this story, do you know why? Certain life narratives
have the power to define us if we let them. Perhaps the turning point was one of
triumph. Sometimes we decide to shy away from these positive defining moments
because they might set the bar higher for us to aspire to greatness. Or maybe you
feel ashamed of your narrative and hide it from the world around you. If this is the
case, I challenge you to share it with one person today. We will be working on
distancing ourselves from these narratives and frequently to do so you have to
GET IT OUT!

The moment (2) happened, I was _______ years old. The two most important
influences in my life at the time were ___________________ and
__________________. Thinking about (2) makes me feel
__________________. I feel this emotion most in my _____________________
[area of my body]. The sensation of this emotion feels like
____________________________________. The first time I felt this sensation,
I was _______ years old. The cause of this emotion and sensation at the time
was _______________________________. Most people in my life k
now this

story
/
dont know this story
[circle one]. Is this emotion and sensation the
same as (1)? If so, please refer to the sidebar below. If it is different, please
proceed to (3).

**** Sidebar: Humans tend to create similar narratives throughout the course of
their lives. The body becomes chemically addicted to the neurotransmitters
produced during an emotion and begins to crave it. We will be working on
evaluating our 3 most prominent emotional addictions later in the course. We will
learn to rewire the emotional responses attached to these addictions to break
ourselves free.

The third most pivotal moment that shaped who I have become is
_____________________ __________________________________________.
At the time, I was living in _________________ (geographic location or

physical place). This place

felt like
/
didnt feel like
(circle one) HOME. To me,
HOME means _____________________________. Today, my HOME is
__________________________________________________. I feel s
afe
/

inspired
/
unsafe
/
ungrounded
in my current home [circle one]. When I think
back to moment (3), I am overcome with __________________ [emotion].
This emotion seems to affect my body most in the ________________ area.
If I could change any of these moments with no repercussions, I would
____________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________.
The changes I listed above teach me that my state of mind or perception at
the time were _____________________________. That same state or mind or
perception has also lead me to make the following decisions at other points in
my life (** when has the same behavior popped up and caused similar
situations)
_______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________.

CAREER + DESIRE
When I was a child, I wanted to become a
____________________________________ [career]. In High School, I wanted
to become a __________________________________ [career]. In College or
after High School, I wanted to become _______________________[career].

Eventually, I became a _____________________________ [career] in

________________ [location] at the age of ___________________. When I
think about my current career, my instinctive emotion is
___________________. The sensation I feel in my body from this emotion is
______________________.
The three qualities that make it possible for me to excel at my career are
(1)___________________, (2) ___________________, (3)
______________________. The three qualities that hold me back the most in
my career are (1)_________________, (2) ________________________, (3)
______________________.
I am
immersed in / not immersed in
the career path of my dreams. My desire
is to _______________________. This scares me because
_________________________________ _______________________________.
This excites me because ________________________
_______________________.
The skills that I use currently in my career that translate to my desired path
are __________________________, ___________________ and
________________________.
When I think about my parents career choices, the first emotion I feel is
______________ ____________________. Their financial future w
as secure
/

insecure
[circle one]. I
have
/
have not [
circle one] taken these financial
patterns into adulthood. When I compare my moms career path to my own,
my first thought is ___________________________________________
_________________________________.

I am
surprised / ashamed / confused / proud / aware [
circle one] that our
paths are so ______________ [best adjective to describe the comparison].
When I think about my Dads career path, my first thoughts are
_________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_.
I am
surprised / ashamed / confused / proud / aware [
circle one] that our
paths are very ______________ [best adjective to describe the comparison].
My partner (if you have one)
has similarities with / starkly contrasts with
[circle one] my ______________________s [one or both parents] career
path. I was attracted to this person because _______________________.
Their career makes me feel _____________________ [emotion].

BODY + BEYOND
When I think about how my body currently looks and feels, the first thought
that comes to mind is ___________________________________. The emotion
that comes in tandem with this thought is _______________________. This
emotion draws my attention to my _______________________ [area of the
body].

The last time I LOVED my body was

________________________________________________. I was living in
______________________ and the two most recent events in my life were
_________________________________ and
________________________________.
When I think about my parents bodies, I feel ________________ [adjective].
My Fathers body was ___________________ and he was
healthy / unhealthy

/ back and forth between healthy and unhealthy

[circle one]. My Mothers

body was _________________________ and she was h

ealthy / unhealthy /

back and forth between healthy and unhealthy

[circle one]. The fitness and
health behaviors that I learned from my parents are ________________,
_____________
____________________, and _________________________. These behaviors

helped me / hurt me / motivated me to go in the opposite direction

[circle
one]. I am
repeating / avoiding / conflicted about [
circle one] these behaviors
with my own family. The emotion I feel when I think about the health
behaviors in my family is _________________.
My partner
supports / does not support
my beliefs about health and wellness.
I want to teach my family __________________________________________
about health and wellness. To do this, I need to
________________________________________.

MY PERSONALITY
My most embarrassing qualities are ___________________,
________________
and ____________________________. These qualities affect my life when I
_____________. The person in my life that loves me the most would describe
my personality in three words as: _________________, _________________,
and __________________. The person in my life that dislikes me the most
would describe my personality in three words as: _______________,
_______________, and _________________.
I would describe myself as ____________________, ____________________,
and ________________.

*SIDEBAR - When I work with clients, this line of questioning is extremely

important. Our
objective personality
expression often lies directly in between
our self-assessment and the assessments of those who love and hate us the
most. [ Your team leader will walk you through the Objective Personality
Triangle Exercise now ] As you dig deeper in this work, youll begin to get
more comfortable with your behaviors or experiences being starkly
contrasted to the objective reality youll begin to see shape up. That doesnt
make you a liar! It makes you human.
When I think about the parts of my personality that have caused my relationships
to end (intimate or friendship) they would be __________________________ ,
_________________________, and ________________________________.
In the moment the relationship is falling apart, I am (aware / unaware) of these
manifestations of my personality. If I reflect on the relationship, I can see that
__________________ (behavior) often leads to my relationships ending.
Can you think of someone in your life that also exhibits this behavior?
__________________. What was the first age you began to notice this behavior?
___________.
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