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Introduction

What if you could go back to your childhood and delete any experiences and reactions that began to distort your self perception? What if you could go back without hours of self analysis, inventories and endless questionnaires which comprise most current self help books? What if this discovery process actually featured a fun filled fantasy with wit, wisdom and whimsy? What if you really began to FEEL rather than THINK how these changes could make a difference in your life?

Change Your Story, Change Your Life intends to do just that. The dynamic duo of Jasper the Joybird and Zephyr the Wind time travel with you back to your childhood to rewrite a wrong. Many people spend much time in therapy, 12-step programs and expanding their self help libraries. Yet they still don’t take that 12-inch trip from their head to their heart.

If we look at the great Teachers of our times, Jesus or Buddha, they knew the value of parables. Storytelling plays a major part in many aspects of our culture, as seen in movies, television and novels. However we totally ignore the value of this tool when applying it to the discovery of our true self. This book uses the fantasy of storytelling, combined with the support of two loveable characters, Jasper and Zephyr, to rewrite stories of adult remembrances of a painful childhood event. The stories create new internal reactions to this situation, which replace the old false negative beliefs.

These stories, which are thematically organized, i.e. divorce, bully victim, abandonment, etc., are universal in their topics and appeal. As the story plays out with wit and whimsy and always much wisdom, the reader sees the value of rewriting their own story. The book ends with just that opportunity. The final chapters entitled Now It’s Your Turn and Writing Your Own Personal Parable invite the reader to think of their own past incident which they would like to rewrite. They are easily led through a concise questionnaire that brings forth the emotional and visual details of that earlier time to be incorporated into their story.

There are story prompts that begin the co-creating process, i.e “Jasper is sailing high above the earth enjoying the soft breath of his best friend, Zephyr. As Jasper looks down, he sees… ” (Describe the outside location as clearly as possible. Use words that paint the picture.)

To digress, it is important to mention that beyond the purpose of re-pairing the mind with the truth of the heart, these stories have an additional mission of aligning the body’s energy systems as well. It is becoming well accepted in western medicine that stress, depression and anxiety take their toll on the human body and delete years from one’s life. Andrew Weil, M.D. has been a forerunner in touting the need to master our emotions for our own personal quality of life.

Emotions are stored in the body’s energy systems, also known as chakras, and blocking the flow of this energy can lead to physical ailments. Changing the stories changes the emotions felt in the past, which lead to more empowering self beliefs. There is a visceral reaction, a release of the distorted reality and a restoring of our natural energy flow. We begin to vibrate at a higher energy level and we attract more good into our lives. We are what we believe.

Jasper has a beautiful rainbow-colored tail which is color coded to the seven chakra energy systems. The theme of the story dictates the color of the beautiful feather that Jasper gives to the main character, along with a corresponding chakra affirmation. There is a concise chakra chart at the end of the book so the reader can see each chakra lesson, physical area and emotional component. As you’ll see, these stories are not only entertaining, but are also brimming with transformational opportunities for the reader at the level of mind, body and heart.