Jonathan Adler on the Stories We Tell About Our Lives
Shankar Vedantam with Jonathan Adler
Psychologist Jonathan Adler explains how the stories people form around real events can shape identity and wellbeing—and why a more livable story need not deny pain, rewrite facts, or force a redemptive ending.
This is one exact episode. The review applies to this conversation only.
A change, loss, diagnosis, or departure has disrupted the story you once told about who you are.
Know before you begin…
Includes depression, homophobia, disability, chronic illness, addiction recovery, grief, and psychotherapy. Narrative reframing is one influence on wellbeing, not a way to narrate oneself out of material conditions.
