Psychology Today – Katherine Cullen
Each of us has a story about who we are, the various event and persons who’ve influenced us, and what actions we’ve taken to get ourselves where we are.
These are our narrative identities—and research shows that the more structurally coherent, meaningful, and agentic (or full of a sense that we’ve had the ability to influence our circumstances) they are, the greater our well-being is likely to be.