# 1025 | The Story You Tell Yourself Is Running Your Business

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Podcast: [Own Your Choices Own Your Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life-76322)
Published: 2026-06-26T04:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.marshavanw.com/
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## Resource

In this episode, Marsha explores the powerful role that personal narratives and subconscious beliefs play in shaping both identity and entrepreneurial success. She discusses how the stories individuals tell themselves influence their confidence, decision-making, visibility, and, ultimately, the results they achieve in their businesses and lives. Through the lens of a transformational client story, Marsha shares how a dramatic shift in self-perception and belief can completely change what someone believes is possible for themselves. She highlights how many entrepreneurs unknowingly operate from limiting internal stories that keep them playing small, questioning their value, or resisting expansion, even when they deeply desire more success and impact. Marsha encourages listeners to become aware of the subconscious narratives running beneath their actions and to examine whether those stories align with the future they are trying to create. She emphasizes that sustainable growth begins internally, through identity shifts, emotional regulation, and expanding the vision of what is truly possible. Ultimately, this episode serves as a reminder that transformation begins the moment individuals stop repeating old stories and begin embodying the identity of the person capable of holding the success they desire. Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, OUTSPOKEN NLP Coaching Certification, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster OUTSPOKEN August Cohort: https://www.marshavanw.com/nlp UNBOTHERED Mastermind: https://www.marshavanw.com/offers/w8WVE3Pa Write Your Damn Book Program: https://www.marshavanw.com/writenow OUTSPOKEN Publishing: https://www.outspokenpublishing.com Tickets for Heart-Wired CEO Live https://www.heart-wiredceo.com/live Unbothered Mind Private Podcast https://www.…

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