The Stories We Tell Ourselves

By Susan Binnie

I sit here quietly and tell myself I am not good enough; I am not worthy… I cannot do this… All the words burst out of past stories… Stories I believe, and I start to spiral down the words, like a scary ride that has come to the end and I am lost and alone!

As I sit and cry and reflect, I realize it is my inner child who is running the show. She was told many times that she can not write, she has nothing to say. She talks too much, she says too much, no one wants to listen to her stories, no one wants to hear her!

The stories go on and on… Echoes of all the voices from the past are so loud in my mind like thunder crashing deep inside of me as the flashes of memories burst through my mind like a lightning storm in my soul. The tears falling fast from my eyes. The storm is big, bigger than I have ever imagined it could be… Then the next thing I know I am wiping the tears and the deafening thunder stops, the lightning flashes of nightmares go away, and I can breathe. What just happened. I went from a scary, dark place to a sunshine filled room in the blink of an eye. I hear the words – “Mom are you ok, mom can I help, Mom…” I look around and realize that it is not me hearing the words, it is me saying the words. Words from past memory. I speak the words to my Mom or perhaps it is my little girl saying them to me and I am remembering a story of a time I was needed.

Wait, did I say “I was needed” … I am needed… We all are! We are all here for a reason.

My reason is to tell stories, to write stories, to teach story, to inspire, to motivate, to empower through stories! I have been telling stories, communicating through story, helping others tell themselves a different story for years. I have helped many, out of the kindness, the knowing, the love I have within me! I never saw this becoming my life purpose and certainly never dreamed it would be the thing I would get to do to support myself… I also never in a million years dreamed I would be asked to help Create the Ripple, literally this Magazine! What? wait… write a story, but I am not a writer, I am a speaker, a coach, an empath, a

guiding light… What do I know about writing a story! Then I listened closely and heard I get to help others write their stories, I get to edit stories, I get to be Managing Editor… YES, I CAN do that. Just do not ask me to write, I can’t do that! Ha ha ha and here I am writing a story! It is now a bit of a standing joke… you see not only do I get to do all of that, I also get to write and share my stories, once a month, really, every month… do I have to?, “No, you get to, get to share you with the world”… Yes, I guess I can do that I am after all a 2 times, #1 international best-selling author… Okay, okay I know that sounds ridiculous. But seriously I wrote 2 different chapters in compilation books. No one bought them because of me, it was the collective. Or was it?… again I am telling a story, so many stories and I get to choose where to share them, how to share them and why I want to share them.

Any time I have a story that can help others see things in a different light, it is worth sharing. Any time I can help someone share a story in a powerful way, I jump at the chance!!!

Stories are meant to be shared, meant to be heard, meant to be read…

If you have a story that will help someone else and possibly change their life, isn’t it worth sharing? I say it is! You were given a voice for a reason, use it! Communicate, Inspire, Motivate, Teach, Empower! Do whatever you are called to do, we are all here for a reason and we all have gifts that are meant to be shared. When we tell ourselves a positive story about all the things we can do, all the things we will do and who we are, we can stand strong in that story and be, do, have anything we desire! Will it be easy? Not always… Will it be scary? Yes, any time you are stepping in and stepping up, it usually is… Will it be worth it? Yes, absolutely!!!

If I Can do this, You can do this… Let me Help you Today!

To find out how you can; tell yourself a different story, align your story with your purpose, what story to share when, how to speak from stage or write your story… contact me!

SusanBinnie.com

susan@susanbinnie.com

Aligning your story with your purpose… I empower woman to take the word can’t out of their story and make it a more positive one. When you learn to stand in the power of the story you tell yourself, you CAN step up and step into the story you tell the rest of the world to connect to your ideal clients and live the life you deserve. Yes YOU Can… Yes YOU Will… Yes YOU Are!

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