Reclaim Your Story

What It Is

Telling the story of a hard season or relationship from where you stand now.

Why It Helps

When others controlled the narrative, your truth got buried. Reclaiming your story in your own words restores agency. You get to name what happened, what it cost, and what you’re learning.

What You Need

Privacy, a journal or recorder, and gentleness for what surfaces. Rooted’s journal is a private space perfect for this work.

How to Do It

Choose one chapter of your story. Write or record it in your voice: what happened, how you felt then, what you see now. Include what you weren’t allowed to say before. Don’t rush to forgiveness or silver linings—just truth.

This Is Not Worship

It’s narrative therapy and meaning-making used in trauma recovery.

Variations

Share it with a therapist or trusted friend when ready, create a timeline with images, or write it as a letter to your younger self.