Rewriting the Story

One of the most important leadership skills I’m teaching my kids right now?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

My pre-teen daughter is navigating a new school, shifting friendships, and all the emotions that come with being 12.
She’s confident and grounded — and still, she’s 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧.

Like all of us, she has a swirl of self-talk in her head.
One comment from a classmate, one offhand moment, and her brain fills in the blanks:

“Maybe they don’t like me.”
“Maybe I said something wrong.”
“Maybe I’m too much.”

It’s unconscious storytelling.
And it’s powerful.

We 𝒂𝒍𝒍 do it.

We take incomplete information and weave narratives — usually not ones grounded in truth, but in fear, insecurity, or self-protection.
And most of the time, we don’t assume positive intent.

But that story?
It shapes how we see ourselves.
How we show up.
What we believe we’re worthy of.

I’m helping her catch it.
Name it.
Question it.
Rewrite it.

Because the ability to rewrite the story — with compassion, with clarity, and with truth — is a skill that serves us for life.

And it’s one of the most powerful tools we can pass on.