The Story We’re Given: Who Benefits When You Believe It?

Who gets to decide what a story means - the person living it, the person reporting it, or the person who benefits when we believe their version?This week on Healing Is Hilarious, Rachel LaForce connects five seemingly unrelated headlines: Andrew and Tristan Tate’s arrest and extradition proceedings, Jon Ossoff’s calm dismantling of political evasion, Anne Hathaway’s “buzzer-beater” pregnancy at 43, the World Cup halftime show that gave soccer fans everything except more soccer, and the return of WAG culture - but this time, the women are the ones controlling the cameras.Together, these stories reveal "The Given Story". A narrative presented as objective truth that quietly protects someone's power, preference or profit. SHOCKER.How do predators rebrand domination as masculinity? Why have we confused loudness with leadership? When does biological information become a cultural deadline? Why does entertainment keep interrupting the things already holding our attention? And why is women’s visibility called vanity only after women learn to own it?And before you run off calling yourself too old, too late, too quiet, too sensitive or too much, ask whether that is the truth - or simply the story you were given. It's time to write yourself a new story! Tune out. Tune in. Love you, mean it.SUPPORT THIS PODCAST AND LEAVE A REVIEW! PRODUCED BY Skewed Orbit StudiosIG: instagram.com/healhahapodYOUTUBE: youtube.com/@therachellaforceVISIT: rachellaforce.comJOIN MY NEWSLETTER: rachellaforce.com/newsletter