The Story in My Head: Healing & Self-Improvement for the Lazy
The Story in My Head is a podcast about healing, self-improvement and self-care for the lazy. It's a raw and meandering journey through the stories in my head that create fear, plant obstacles and disable me from living the life I want. This is NOT your average self-help podcast. It is not polished and refined and presented as a recipe for healthy living. Rather its an honest sharing of the stories that feed my dark spaces, the consequences of my storytelling, and the ways I'm working to re-write the narrative. I think most of us tell stories in our heads that we fear will be judged if we share. I want to explore the stories that make us uncomfortable including ones about depression, anxiety, conflict, self-esteem, sex, relationships, death, addiction, parenting, adulting. This list goes on and on. These are the issues I struggle with and I don't think I'm alone, yet most people don't want to talk about them. WTF? The Story in My Head podcast, hosted by me...Amy. Where my guests and I talk honestly about things that make us uncomfortable. We will share our stories, our experiences and the nuggets we gather along the way. You might laugh a little. You may cry a little. I suspect you will be able to relate. Nonetheless, it will be shameless entertainment. If you like Unf*ck Your Brain, Help Me Be Me, Unlocking Us, The Mel Robbins Podcast, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, Terrible Thanks for Asking, Therapy for Black Girls, Goop, The Happiness Lab, and Happier then you may enjoy The Story in My Head. Check it out.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 67
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Q Ina Crisis
The Story in My Head often leads to expectations.... unrealistic ones! And to be honest I've had expectations of how people around me 'should communicate, should behave, and should provide' whenever…
Q Humble Pie
This mid-week quickie starts fun and ends serious. This Story in My Head begins dark and smelly, and now offers me permission to feel proud of myself. Celebrate your skills, successes, accomplishme…
Q Be Present
Today I am practicing new coping skills to help reduce stress and anxiety. I've learned I need to practice when I am NOT feeling stressed or overwhelmed. I'm committed to setting myself up for succ…
Q Anxiety Toolbelt
Over the last week I have used visualization to help me inventory the tools I have to reduce anxiety, and then to begin creating an Anxiety Toolbelt. The process has been more difficult than I had e…
Anxiety Tools
I'm starting a new project...REDUCING ANXIETY! I am motivated to do the work required to make changes. I am determined to tackle this project honestly. I am hopeful I will succeed in this project …
Who's Your Villain?
We all have stories of good versus evil, the heroes and the villains, the good guys versus the bad guys. Where do your stories come from? Are they based in YOUR experiences or someone else's? The …
Q Changing the Tone
The Story in My Head this week was a product of my insecurities, my attitude and my imagination! I re-told an event in my head several times, and I changed it slightly each time. I ended up with a …
Q Ima Failure
The Story in My Head about being a failure changed dramatically (and quickly) when a man in a coffee shop called me a failure... and my insides went nuts! Today's mid-week quickly is my experience c…
Q ForGIVEness 5
The Story in My Head has completed creating Frank the Forgiveness Octopus. Today's quickie is the fifth segment of my story...my journey of forgiving myself and others.
forgiveness, amends, relation…
Q ForGIVEness 4
The Story in My Head has a main character named Frank. He's a forgiveness octopus. I'm focusing on the 8th aspect (Frank's leg, tenticle, arm) of my forgiveness octopus...forgiving myself! Today's…
Q ForGIVEness 3
I've decided it will be helpful for me to practice apologizing and asking for forgiveness. The Story in My Head has told me making amends is just too hard to do sometimes. I want to practice and ma…
Q ForGIVEness 2
I've decided it will be helpful for me to practice forgiveness. The Story in My Head about forgiveness is a long one and I'm working to sort it all out. Today's quickie is the second part of my sto…
Q ForGIVEness 1
I've decided it will be helpful for me to practice forgiveness. The Story in My Head poses a lot of questions about forgiveness. Today's quickie is the first part of my story...my journey towards f…
Q Permission Granted
Even as an adult, the Story in My Head still includes a longing for and at times a need for permission. Permission to act, to speak, to react, to change. At times I feel a desire for someone to off…
Q Pushing Boundaries
Pushing boundaries is part of human nature. It allows our curiosity to wonder and it encourages us to explore new things. We push boundaries to investigate the consequences and discover our limits.…
Q Letting Go
Letting Go seems daunting at times. Today I present a mid-week quickie visualization to experiment with for yourself. I've practiced it a lot and found it to be helpful so I decided to share this S…
Q Enabling?
The boundary between helping and enabling is not always clear. In my quest to set new and healthier boundaries for myself, I must first admit I often enable my loved ones (and myself). I'm sharing …
Q MindYa
Minding my own business has proven to be more difficult than one may expect. There are so many instances I find myself using my time, energy and attention on things that do not serve me or move me i…
Q Boundaries
Its time for me to re-evaluate and set some new boundaries. But where do I begin? At the beginning of the Story in My Head of course! Here's a mid-week quickie to start thinking about new boundaries…
Q Focus
Whatever thoughts I am focusing on in this moment determines the direction my body will go in the next moment. If I want to change my direction, I must change my focus. This is easier said than don…