Show Notes
It was such a pleasure to invite Lael Stone back onto the podcast, this time to talk about her new book Own Your Story. Lael shared her journey coming to write this book about supporting adults to explore their imprints, understand where they have come from and then make shifts and changes to free themselves from limiting beliefs and heal past wounds.
In this conversation Lael talks about some of the common imprints, including perfectionism and how to bring ourselves more acceptance and compassion. We talk about trust, self-care, boundaries and anger and much more. Lael shares lots of wisdom on how to support ourselves in day to day life in the challenges of parenting to find more compassion and healing.
Own Your Story is available in all bookshops in Australia. If you not in Australia and want to buy this book, please visit https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781761269424/own-your-story--lael-stone--2025--9781761269424 The Audiobook version will be available at the end of August 2025.
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