101 Stories for Enhancing Happiness and Well-Being Using Metaphors in Positive Psychology and Therapy By George W. Burns

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101 Stories for Enhancing
Happiness and Well-Being
Using Metaphors in Positive
Psychology and Therapy By
George W. Burns

… Introduction

If you change your story, you change your life, your experience, and your level of happiness. This is something I recently had confirmed for me by nine-year old Lucia, the daughter of dear friends who travel a lot in the course of work, family, and vacations. Previously, Lucia had suddenly and inexplicably started to get anxious about getting on a plane. The anxiety developed with tension in her stomach and severe symptoms of vomiting and fainting when faced with an approaching flight. Terribly scary for a young child; terribly distressing for concerned parents.

In telling me the story of her recent trip back from England, she again began to experience the tension and feelings of nausea and I was impressed. Simply by thinking about it and retelling the story, she could re-experience her feelings and experience them intensely. If the story was this powerful, I began to wonder, was it possible to change it to an equally powerful story of travelling comfortably and happily?