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Your Story Matters – What Has Happened To You? By Stella Goddard

Behind the feelings we struggle to explain, there is a story. In Your Story Matters, Stella Goddard reflects on how lived experiences shape mental health, inviting curiosity, compassion, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and others.

In today’s fast-paced world we rarely pause to reflect on our lived experience. When we take time to do this, the impact can be profound. As we understand what has happened to us better, soothing and self-compassion is crucial. We can then begin to gently process our stories and find ways to recover and heal.

The book focuses on the human need for love and belonging even as we are developing in the womb. Early relationship experiences influence the way our internal working model in our brain develops. This in turn impacts our sense of self, others and the world.

Humans are relational beings and secure attachment is vital in helping us to form healthy relationships. This will also help us when we are facing difficulties. We will feel able to ask for help rather than being hyper-independent and thinking that asking for help makes us weak.

What has happened to us matters today, yesterday and into the future. Stella has written the book with chapters that can be selected to meet your specific needs. This means you can dip in and out of the book if that is your preference. Stella includes vignettes and reflective questions to help you pause and connect both with yourself, your story, your emotions and coping strategies when you are in distress.

It is a book of hope because without hope we cannot find a way forward. Stella considers where we find hope and emphasises the importance of this being placed somewhere that is realistic. An example would be that we can find resources within ourselves that we may have forgotten about or not realised were there. Recovery and healing includes the support of other people.

Discover reflections that honour your story.

Your Story Matters – What Has Happened To You?

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