Recently, I was speaking with someone who was trying to enroll me in a story that his work wasn’t inspiring to him and he was tired of being on demand for the CEO.

I had to call bullshit, because just a few weeks prior, this same person had told me how he was setting his own terms for work/life balance and letting his team know when he would be available and when he wouldn’t.

At this particular moment, he was caught up in self pity and I wasn’t buying it.

We all need people who can see through our stories and call us out when we need it.

I’m all for empathy. We need to be able to feel our feelings and it can be powerful for someone to hold space for us.

But there are moments when you just need someone to look you in the eye and say, “bullshit,” to wake you up and help you get out of the story you are telling yourself.

Disrupting the stories you tell yourself and others is necessary to get you from feeling stuck or victimized to a place of agency and power.

It is a powerful way to remind you that you have more choice than you realize.

What story are you living into, and where do you need to be called out?

Love,

Audrey