As the year draws to a close, we are naturally compelled to reflect on the months behind us—what unfolded, what was gained, lost, or left unprocessed. For me, this year's ending is tinged with a quiet anxiety, born from surrendering to the truth that we never really control life’s events. And yet, we do hold the power to choose how we tell the story—and that, ultimately, changes everything.
Recently, on a drive through the snow-kissed fields of central Washington, I found myself listening to Adyashanti’s “Healing the Core Wound of Unworthiness.” His insights, coupled with the lessons from Week 3 of my Truth Training course on the “Language of Reality,” prompted deep reflections on the stories we tell ourselves—and more importantly, who’s dictating them.
Adyashanti invites us to ask: Who is the author of these stories? What voice dictates your inner narrative? This voice is often the one that carries the most charge, steeped in judgment, fear, or the threat of consequence. When it comes to our unworthiness—the belief that we are somehow undeserving of love—this is a voice many of us know too well.
But here's the paradox: while this voice may seem powerful, there’s always an equal, opposite truth running alongside it. In every story of unworthiness, there’s also a story of deep worthiness. As a breathwork practitioner, I’ve learned that life is a beautiful paradox, where opposites exist inextricably. The inhale and exhale, the dark and the light—one cannot exist without the other.
This means we get to choose which story we breathe life into. We don’t need to reject our old narratives entirely, nor should we repress them. Instead, we must listen, give these voices a place at the table—but not the final say. When we sit down with our fears and doubts, we open the door to telling a more beautiful, empowering story.
What if we allowed ourselves to narrate from the lens of possibility and wholeness, rather than fear and lack? This doesn’t mean blind optimism—it means conscious choice. If the fear-based story can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, why not the story of our deepest potential?
As we approach the end of this year, I invite you to sit with the stories that have shaped you. Which ones have kept you small? Where are there cracks in the narrative, inviting new light to come in? We are the storytellers of our lives, but we’re also creations of the stories we tell.
Ask yourself:
- What stories am I living by?
- Where am I creating from fear instead of possibility?
- What voice has become the dictator of my life, and what new narrative can I write moving forward?
The world is shaped by stories. It’s time to tell a more beautiful one.
With love and a new pen in hand,
Jenny
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