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Mental Wealth with Jules Hobbs

Rewriting Other People's Stories

Season 3, Ep. 19

This episode invites you to notice the stories you’ve absorbed from others and begin rewriting what no longer fits - reclaim the pen my friend, because YOU are the author of your own life!


Mental Wealth with Jules Hobbs is a podcast which aims to support you to use mindfulness and mindset to help you to increase your mental wealth. Season three focuses on you and how amazing you are using tried and tested methods from Discover You, a successful group coaching program created by Jules. 


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Sources:Narrative Identity & Personal Stories

McAdams, D. P. (1993). The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self.

McAdams, D. P., & McLean, K. C. (2013). “Narrative Identity.” Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Social Influence, Roles & Expectations

Goffman, E. (1959). The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

Explores how social roles, expectations, and “masks” shape identity.

Actor–Observer Bias & Attribution

Jones, E. E., & Nisbett, R. E. (1971). The Actor and the Observer.

Foundational work on how we explain others’ behaviour differently from our own.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2011). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change.

Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap.

ACT concepts of self-as-story, cognitive defusion, and values-based action.

Self-Concept, Identity & Psychological Flexibility

Adler, J. M. (2012). “Living Into the Story: Agency and Coherence in Narrative Identity Development.” Journal of Personality.

Cognitive Reframing & Thought Patterns

Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders.

Foundational ideas behind noticing and reshaping unhelpful thought patterns.


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LinkedIn @Jules Hobbs Bott

Facebook in the community group, Journal With Jules where she posts daily, free journal prompts. 


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