EP 549: It's not what's 'Wrong' with me; it's what 'Happened' to me

My whole life, it feels like I always had something wrong with me. I wasn’t good at sports… I was a chubby kid… I couldn’t make friends… I was terrified of girls and sex… And the list goes on and evolves to more adult issues like financial struggle, substance abuse, legal issues, etc as I grew older. I always felt like I was somehow broken as I watched all the other people around me hold their lives together and thrive where I was struggling so mightily. I used to think it was genetic, or that my parents were just messed up people and I was messed up like them. But it was only recently, thanks to a wonderful quote I recently heard, that I’ve reframed this view of myself. In today’s episode, I talk about this: In case you missed it, the quote is: “We have to start looking at ourselves in terms of what happened to us instead of what’s wrong with us.” -Fritzi Horstman, The Compassion Prison Project. And if you feel like there is something ‘wrong’ with you, it could be that you have unresolved childhood trauma. And if you don’t have access to professional mental health services, I may be able to help. So I invite you to book a call with me here: https://calendly.com/artburns/45-min-coaching-session It’s free and it could change your life.