{"id":6686,"date":"2020-12-01T08:46:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2020-12-23T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:53:07","slug":"stories-that-keep-us-stuck-in-midlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/2020\/12\/01\/stories-that-keep-us-stuck-in-midlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories that Keep You Stuck in Midlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6686\" class=\"elementor elementor-6686\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19923ef1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19923ef1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;curve&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M500,97C126.7,96.3,0.8,19.8,0,0v100l1000,0V1C1000,19.4,873.3,97.8,500,97z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19fe5cc7\" data-id=\"19fe5cc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776311d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"776311d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stories that Keep You Stuck in Midlife<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dbafe15 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5dbafe15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf2835b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bf2835b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We need better stories.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14c12b10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14c12b10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19fd98f5\" data-id=\"19fd98f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146ebd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"146ebd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stories drive\u00a0action. Or, they keep you stuck.<\/p><p>I was listening to Jen\u00a0Sincero, the author of You&#8217;re a Badass (a book I highly recommend) being interviewed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-chase-jarvis-live-show\/id1127915772?i=1000501087290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-chase-jarvis-live-show\/id1127915772?i=1000501087290\">on a podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. She talks a lot about mindset and the stories we tell ourselves. She said this, and it really stood out for me: &#8220;Awareness is they key to transformation. We get so stuck in our stories and in our excuses that we don&#8217;t even realize we&#8217;re doing it. We take them as fact and as the truth.&#8221;<\/p><p>It&#8217;s so true for me and I&#8217;m wondering if it resonates with you too. We tell ourselves so many stories. Some helpful; some not so much. In midlife, we add a few more unhelpful ones.<\/p><p>This week, I worked one of my enduring stories with my coach. &#8220;No one wants me.&#8221; The updated version is, &#8220;No one wants me because of my age.&#8221; I just turned 60 so I&#8217;m really feeling this these days.<\/p><p>This story is part of my operating system. It runs beneath the surface and any evidence that this might be true triggers me.<\/p><p>When I tell myself this story, I react by getting anxious, shutting down, hiding, wanting to give up. This story completely drains all my power away.\u00a0<\/p><p>My coach and I spent an hour on this single story. It&#8217;s that deep for me. Is it helpful for me to tell myself this story over and over and over? No. I know this, but it doesn&#8217;t stop this story from bubbling up.<\/p><p>She asked me, &#8220;Who would you be without this story?&#8217;\u00a0<\/p><p>I sat with that question until something shifted. Without this story, I&#8217;m just me. I&#8217;m curious and calm.<\/p><p>We continued with some turnarounds.<\/p><p>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Someone<\/strong><\/span> wants me despite my age.&#8221; (I don&#8217;t need everyone to want me. Who does?)<\/p><p>&#8220;Someone wants me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>because<\/strong><\/span> of my age.&#8221; (Is it possible that my age could make me more wanted by someone?)<\/p><p>A pithy, positive affirmation, &#8220;Everyone wants me!&#8221; didn&#8217;t ring true. But, something like &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span> want me because of my age,&#8221; reminded me that it starts with me. There&#8217;s some work to do there.<\/p><p>These new versions of the story, begin with a pinprick of light, of hope.<\/p><p>We started talking about how this story hands my power over to others. But, it is just a story. My power, my agency, my Self is always within me, buried beneath this disempowering story.\u00a0<\/p><p>I don&#8217;t need to change me or my age. I just need to tell myself better, truer, more fine-tuned stories.<\/p><p>A better story makes me come alive again. I come out of hiding. I see my shame and feel compassion for myself. I get back to my day.<\/p><p>What midlife stories are you telling yourself? 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