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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Your Stories Are Powerful by Lisa Ebel is a self-development guide about changing the way people understand the stories they carry about their own lives. The Shamrock Story gives readers a way to revisit significant experiences so they can see the person they were with greater compassion and appreciation. Writing becomes the route into that work, as memories that once felt settled can be reconsidered through the knowledge a person has now. The book asks readers to look closely at how they speak about former versions of themselves, then use that understanding to rewrite stories in ways that honor what they lived through. By doing this, readers are encouraged to build a kinder relationship with their past and bring that new understanding into the way they see themselves now.
Lisa Ebel’s Your Stories Are Powerful is the kind of guided workbook that knows exactly what it wants readers to do with what they discover about themselves. Ebel writes with an inviting warmth that shows the assurance of someone who has spent years teaching people how stories influence the way they see their lives. Her teaching experience gives readers guidance they can actually use. Amy’s “Glasses Amy” story in Step Three proves the value of that approach, as writing about the glasses helps her regard her younger self with greater compassion. The mirror ritual in Step Seven follows the same understanding, asking readers to look themselves in the eyes before speaking aloud the qualities they want to retain. Ebel offers readers a thoughtful method for reconsidering the stories they carry into everyday life. Readers seeking a guided workbook with usable exercises will find plenty here to appreciate. Very highly recommended.
