Rewrite Your Life

Rewrite Your Life
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In the article published by Susan Gregory Thomas for the journal ‘Psychology Today’ entitled ‘Rewrite Your Life’, the authors discusses techniques that an individual can use to change or redefine the story of their lives. To start the article, Thomas states an instance of her life where she was forced to rewrite the story. In her case, the author explains the setbacks that her daughter, who is of mixed-race, was facing in school due to racially based bullying by the white students and the lack of action from the teachers. In helping her daughter to overcome these setbacks, the author notes that she applied a technique that was based on an identity narrative theory, which enabled her daughter to change the story of her life by speaking up. According to Thomas, the identity narrative theory is a model of understanding human thought and behavior; thus, it was helpful in changing the story of her daughter. The article further goes on to identify various techniques that a person can use to rewrite their stories. The most notable techniques elaborated in the article are story editing and story prompting, which the author explains based on the painful experience of her daughter (Thomas, 2016).
Analysis of Susan Gregory Thomas Ideas
While Susan Gregory Thomas expresses several ideas, the most notable one revolve around the two primary techniques for rewriting one’s story. According to the article, although these two techniques have a similar purpose, their application tends to vary. As such, the objective of story editing is to neutralize harmful or possibly self-defining encounters that can bring about defeating and destructive thinking or behavior. On the other hand, story prompting relies on prompts that force an individual to reco...