letting anyone get close to me. I feel
free. I feel safe. I feel special because I
get attention for breaking the rules.
Again, this could go on for pages but
you get the idea.
Once she’s gotten all her false
rewards on the page, Sally can then
focus on them, feel them all the way
through, thank them for trying to protect
her (we don’t want to turn this into a
self-loathing exercise please) and
release them by replacing them with
new, powerful stories. She can literally
take each one and replace it with a new
truth. For example: