Narrative Actualization
With Narrative Actualization, you take the reins in your life.
We teach a 3-step process:
1) Writing your story as it is now.
A story relies on narrative elements (setting, point of view, character, dialog, plot) to create a realistic, truthful atmosphere. Focusing on five smaller elements is far less intimidating than trying to capture the whole story.
By mindfully crafting the five elements of narrative, a complete story emerges.
We help you reflect on each element of your story, looking at your setting, how you view yourself in your story, the characters that populate your life, the conversations you have, and the various aspects that make up your plot.
2) Rewriting your story the way you want it to be.
Then you re-vision your story. Re-visioning is looking at the story with new eyes and removing details that aren’t part of the story you’d like to tell. It’s replacing those details with healthy, vibrant parts that capture the life you want to live.
Re-visioning is intimidating, but taking it element-by-element, detail-by-detail eases the experience and makes a compelling, true story. When you re-vision in a safe environment with understanding people, you create lasting change in your life.
3) Moving into your new story.
We like to use the analogy of the river. Your story is a river. You can’t control everything that goes into your river, but you can be your river’s steward.
This is true with your story. You can’t control who your parents were. You can’t control your DNA. Everything else is fair game.
Once you’ve identified your new story, it’s time to start moving into it. Some of this movement is tangible. Some of it is intangible.
Narrative actualization uses tools to help you move into your story. These include Feeling your Way, Inspired Thought, Tracking Progress and Reassessing.
Narrative actualization is a simple, powerful approach to changing your life. You have the ability already, the Center for Narrative Actualization teaches you how to make lasting change in a comfortable, creative way.
Remember, you don’t get to the final edit until you leave this Earth. So make the most of your story today!
