Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
Telling personal stories is one of the most powerful and most underrated self-discovery and personal growth tools ever invented.
It's like a handbook. Your memories and life stories are like pages in your very own life manual, and all you need to do is be willing to look through those pages, read through them, and learn from them.
Sharing your personal stories out loud is like making a peace pact with yourself. Once you let it out, once you give yourself permission to let it out – something that you kept deep inside for so long – it liberates you.
And it begins to finally make sense. Your life, your deepest thoughts and desires, your wildest dreams and aspirations, your biggest fears and doubts – you begin to get it.
My name is Olena Mytruk, and it took me a while to learn the power of storytelling. But once I discovered it, I never looked back.
I invite you to join me on this adventurous and inspiring journey as I flip pages of my Breverie Handbook – trying to figure out what it really takes to be a hardworking, passionate, multifaceted woman in today’s world.
Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
The Page About Wishes, Two Marriages, and Magic
I’m sure you’ve heard this saying before: “Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.”
There is a different version of this saying, by American writer Laurie Halse Anderson, which I like better: “Be careful what you wish for. There’s always a catch.” And I believe that the catch is in the “why”.
So, in this episode, I want to share with you two stories that were driven by two different whys and how they led to two completely different marriages.
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
- [01:44] The fear-driven wish: my first marriage
- [06:00] Rebuilding my life after my divorce
- [08:08] Trying out eHarmony because “I had to”
- [09:44] Enjoying being a single mom
- [11:27] Reflecting on my failed marriage and what I’d look for in a new one
- [13:17] The abundance-driven wish: a little nudge and my future husband
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The Page About Freedom, the Tattoo, and Taking Charge of My Life
The Page About the First Time I Put Myself First, Really
How To Actually Let Go Of Control And Take Charge Of Your Life Instead
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