Why Your Past Is NOT Determining Your Present
00:00:00.000 | In psychology, it's not the past that determines the present.
00:00:03.520 | It's actually the present that determines
00:00:05.160 | the meaning of the past.
00:00:06.360 | And this is like a fundamental mindset
00:00:08.160 | when it comes to healing trauma, things like that,
00:00:10.240 | is that my past isn't what's determining who I am now.
00:00:13.040 | Actually, it's who I am now that determines
00:00:14.760 | the meaning of my past.
00:00:15.960 | And the more you get really good at that,
00:00:18.080 | the more you can continuously transform your past in ways
00:00:21.360 | that it is happening for you rather than happening to you.
00:00:24.320 | But if you listen to most people's language,
00:00:26.320 | they still blame their past for why they are the way they are
00:00:28.520 | right now rather than taking ownership
00:00:30.400 | that it's actually you right now that are shaping
00:00:32.520 | the story, the narrative, the frame, the view of your past.
00:00:35.120 | It's not the past that determines the present.
00:00:37.160 | It's the present that determines the past.