Benefits of Guided Autobiography

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.
​The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” ~ Ralph Nichol

And we need to listen to and understand ourselves.

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Benefits of GAB

• The power of being heard
• Connecting and bonding through sharing and listening
• Increased self-esteem and optimism, or hope
• Stretching our brains
• Improving writing skills
• New insights for understanding who we are
• Lowered anxiety/tension
• Greater positive view of others
• Coming to acceptance of our lives which informs our future

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
~ Marilyn Monroe

Photo by Jorge Fernández Salas on Unsplash. (Detail above)