Mind Your Own Story is a marvelous play on words as well as a call to change your life. Growing up I always heard people say, "Mind your own business!" I would often wonder what that "business" was they were supposed to be minding. Intellectually I knew it meant to stop butting in someone else's affairs. But, hmmm….

Instead of minding your own business, I feel it's necessary to begin by minding your own story. We all live and tell our stories – to others as well as to ourselves. Unfortunately, the majority of those stories are grounded in fear, doubt, anxiety, lack and limitation. If there is one piece of the story that is positive and empowering, it gets buried under the muck and glossed over as insignificant. These are the stories we live our lives from. Our lives are rooted in these stories, thus creating more of the same day after day after day.

Well, it is time to change your story by creating a brand new story. In changing your story, you change your reality and create a new life.

The "mind" part of Mind Your Own Story means you will create your new story mindfully and consciously – not by default. No more allowing external events and circumstances determine your story and your life. You can make conscious choices about your story and your life.

The "own" part of Mind Your Own Story has a double meaning. First, it is your story, not the story you have inherited through past conditioning from family members, authority figures, cultural influences or the media. Your story is your own; it comes out of who you are – your values, your desires, and your character. Second, you own this new story, so own it! Your story is your own and you own your story. It belongs to no one else except you.

This should help you in minding your own story. Your new story must come from that deep place within – your core authentic self. You are a divine expression, a creator of all that is you. It is not only your birthright; it is who you truly are. So stop allowing external circumstances determine your path. Take the mindful and conscious journey to creating the life you truly desire. Stop living someone else's dreams and goals and stop living on autopilot. Take the proactive approach to creating your own life, you own story. Make the decision to Mind Your Own Story today!