LLPOT 705 - How Our Life Stories Shape Us

We experience our lives through the stories we tell. It's our story of an event, not the sensations themselves, that we remember. But what shapes our stories? Is there a formative period during which an overarching narrative gels? Through in-class exercises, you can uncover the story beneath your life events and see how it shapes your ongoing experience of life. We'll look at how autobiographical memory works, why we sometimes lie to ourselves, how to identify significant themes in our life's narrative, and much more. By the end of the course, you'll have tools for analyzing your narrative structure and will see how radically your life story filters your perceptions, forms your expectations, and guides your path.