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When conditional narratives prevent present moment living

I keep telling myself I will start living when I lose weight but I have been saying that for fifteen years and I am missing my actual life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Future-focused stories about when life will really begin prevent engagement with current reality and perpetuate cycles of postponement.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

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