The Story I Tell

A free transformational practice from

The SHIFT™ Method by Elizabeth Cantey

What's Inside

There's a sentence you've said to yourself about why it hasn't changed yet. "I don't have time." "I'm too tired." "I've never been able to stick with anything."

That sentence is true. It's also not the reason.

The Story I Tell is a free 10 minute practice that walks you underneath it, to the sentence that's actually running things. It takes a quiet moment and a pen.

What You Will Learn

  • Your anchor habit — the one change that would change everything else

  • The sentence you tell yourself about why it hasn't happened yet

  • What's underneath that sentence — usually three or four layers down, and usually a surprise

  • Why your resistance isn't the enemy, and what it's been protecting

  • One gentle next step, with no willpower required


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The Story I Tell worksheet is one of the powerful practices in Elizabeth Cantey's newest book—Why You Can't Change Your Habits—even when you really, really want to.

You already know what to do. That was never the problem.

This book walks you through the five places your resistance lives — Safety, Hidden Reward, Identity, Feelings, Territory — with a practice for each. That's the SHIFT Method™.

Most people have looked at one of them. Almost nobody has looked at all five.

Elizabeth Cantey, D.D.

  • Inner Transformation Coach for over 35 years

  • Doctor of Divinity; Ph.D. in Religious Studies

  • Award-winning author of Living Enlightened—The Joy of Integrating Spirit, Mind, and Body,

  • Host of the Living Enlightened Podcast,

  • Founding member of the Los Angeles Tribune Women's Group