- The Monthly Springboard Series · Free Live Session
Time to Tell Yourself a New Story?
How to re-author the account you live by
We are always telling ourselves a story. Quietly, constantly, we narrate who we are and why our life has gone the way it has. And most of the time we don’t even notice we’re doing it at all.
That’s the catch. The story runs in the background and simply feels like the truth. But it isn’t the truth — it’s an account, one version among many. The same life could be told a dozen ways, and the version you’ve settled on quietly decides what you attempt, what you rule out, and who you take yourself to be.
A new year is a natural chapter break — a good moment to catch the story you’ve been living by, and ask whether it’s still the one you’d choose.
In Ian’s words: “You can’t stop narrating. But you can become the author, not just the narrator.”
At the start of a New Year this session is a chance to catch up with yourself – and the account you live by.
Free live session · Friday 15th January · 1pm UK · 50 minutes via Zoom
What we'll explore
- The story you didn’t know you were telling — how to catch the running narrative that feels simply like ‘the truth’ about you
- Story, not fact — why the same events can be told a dozen ways — and why it matters who’s doing the telling
- The shape it takes — how a self-story quietly makes itself come true, and the cost of not noticing
- Finding the sentence — a chance to surface the single line you most often tell yourself about who you are
- Rewriting it truer — a fuller, more honest line, and how to find it
- Living the new line — why a rewritten story only counts when you start to act from it — and how to begin
Most of us never stop to notice the story we tell about ourselves. It simply runs, and over time it starts to shape what we try and what we rule out.
This session is a chance to catch that story, find the line you tell yourself most often, and begin rewriting it into one that’s truer.
You can't stop narrating. But you can become the author, not just the narrator.
Founder of ITS · Trainer & Coach
Ian McDermott
Ian McDermott has dedicated his life to giving people the tools to deal with the challenges they face and the skills to create their own solutions. He is renowned for making learning simple and enjoyable, for rekindling people’s curiosity and confidence, and for a teaching style that helps people feel more at ease in themselves and the roles they find themselves in.
Ian is the founder of International Teaching Seminars (ITS) and a leadership, innovation and collaboration consultant. He has trained a generation of NLP Practitioners, NLP Master Practitioners and Coaches working all over the world. His 15 books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
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Will there be a Q&A?
Yes, ask as we go along. Bring your questions, or chip in as they arise.
Will there be more sessions like this?
Yes, this is part of our monthly Springboard series, so keep an eye out for the next one.
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