‘What Other People Think You’re Capable of Is None of Your Business’

‘What Other People Think You’re Capable of Is None of Your Business’
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Once I got my MFA & started working, I learned just how dangerous it is to become dependent on getting your sense of self-worth from others.

I was caught in a cycle of constantly needing to book a job to feel worthy & when I didn't I was a failure. I was equating my worth with what others were willing to pay me.

You stop growing; never setting goals for yourself as an artist, a woman & fully realized human being with a purpose in this life. In other words, it's a recipe for disaster & it is exactly what you're taught to do in school from cradle to grave, hell, in life.

When someone else's values are the playbook you use to set up your life, you will always be lacking in some way.

The alternative is to learn to structure your life according to your own values and set goals in accordance with that.

How do you do that?

By learning how to rewrite the story of your life sorting fact from fiction.
To identify limiting beliefs & reframe them into actionable goals & values that speak to your SoulsSong. Writing in this way helps you turn off the noise & identify what’s most important to you & gives your dreams wings.

Journalling, critical thinking, reframing were the most powerful tools in my healing & taking back my life, my self-worth.

My journalling became a playbook for learning
- How to look at my life & separate out what was important to me & how to get closer to it.
-How to identify limiting ideas about who I was supposed to be replacing them with much richer dreams of who I wanted to be without apology.

I talk about this methodology in my ReWrite Your Story TED Talk. I call it the DreamingOutLoud Technique.

I'll be teaching the first step in the technique: "How to Do the Thing That Scares You."

We'll spend 10 minutes a day for 3 days being guided through writing exercises that question our fundamental beliefs about what we're capable & how to lose the beliefs that are holding us back.

Sign up @ www.TheDreamUnLocked.com
The only cost is your time.

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Writer, April Yvette Thompson
Published by April Yvette Thompson  · June 30, 2022  · 










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April Yvette Thompson
June 30, 2022  · 



‘What Other People Think You’re Capable of Is None of Your Business’
Once I got my MFA & started working, I learned just how dangerous it is to become dependent on getting your sense of self-worth from others.
I was caught in a cycle of constantly needing to book a job to feel worthy & when I didn't I was a failure. I was equating my worth with what others were willing to pay me.
You stop growing; never setting goals for yourself as an artist, a woman & fully realized human being with a purpose in this life. In other words, it's a recipe for disaster & it is exactly what you're taught to do in school from cradle to grave, hell, in life.
When someone else's values are the playbook you use to set up your life, you will always be lacking in some way.
The alternative is to learn to structure your life according to your own values and set goals in accordance with that.
How do you do that? By learning how to rewrite the story of your life sorting fact from fiction.
To identify limiting beliefs & reframe them into actionable goals & values that speak to your SoulsSong. Writing in this way helps you turn off the noise & identify what’s most important to you & gives your dreams wings.
Journalling, critical thinking, reframing were the most powerful tools in my healing & taking back my life, my self-worth.
My journalling became a playbook for learning
- How to look at my life & separate out what was important to me & how to get closer to it.
-How to identify limiting ideas about who I was supposed to be replacing them with much richer dreams of who I wanted to be without apology.
I talk about this methodology in my ReWrite Your Story TED Talk. I call it the DreamingOutLoud Technique.
I'll be teaching the first step in the technique: "How to Do the Thing That Scares You."
We'll spend 10 minutes a day for 3 days being guided through writing exercises that question our fundamental beliefs about what we're capable & how to lose the beliefs that are holding us back.
Sign up @ www.TheDreamUnLocked.com
The only cost is your time.