coined by Ricoeur to describe the assembling of dissonant life events into a cohesive narrative. In simple terms, it is flipping the script from being defined by an event that happens in your life, to you defining the event.
You are the one assigning the meaning. This process of crafting a defining life story has three stages: prefiguration → configuration → refiguration. Prefiguration begins with assessing your past—looking at the major events that have happened in your life.
Specifically, the traditions, rules, beliefs that form your current worldview; your unconscious biases and presuppositions you bring to the table.
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