Literally Rewriting Your Story with Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio - a podcast by Jessica Sun
from 2020-09-16T10:00:14
We’ve all heard of the benefits of journaling. Cognitive writing is a new tool that will transform your relationship with the past so that you can break out of old limiting patterns and beliefs to create change that will last your lifetime. Learn about the research-backed step-by-step process to take back control of your life.
Limor is a Cognitive Writing Specialist who uses narrative writing techniques to help people achieve personal breakthroughs. She has worked with women, men, and children across cultures, socio-economic levels, and demographics. Through her literacy and cognitive research she saw that there was a stark similarity in how writing helped each of them break through addiction, depression, and trauma.
Quotes to remember:
“When kids are not heard, when their stories are not told, they’re not ready to hear any other stories.”
“You are the author of your life. You are the expert of your life.”
Takeaways:
- Writing bypasses our verbal function so we can write things that we can’t speak
- Reading your work aloud to others allows you to take ownership of your experience
- When we write our stories of the past, we have the power to change the ending of the story
- Many of our stories have different characters but the same plot
- Many of us go through life without knowing who we really are
- We are all made up of stories: ones people tell about us, and ones we tell about ourselves
- Start with your stories rather than your goals
What you’ll learn:
- What cognitive writing is and how it has helped people with brain trauma and those incarcerated to find new meaning, as well as people who want to find a new partner or job--anything holding you back
- The four steps of Limor’s life-changing cognitive writing process
- How cognitive writing is different from journaling or therapy
- What it means to find your voice
- The first and most difficult step of change
- The two situations in which cognitive writing will not work
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Links:
Further episodes of Guru Please
Further podcasts by Jessica Sun
Website of Jessica Sun