Own Your Life Story
Embracing Cultural Identity & Creating a Life of Joy, Meaning, & Legacy
“A compelling guide for anyone seeking a life of meaning and impact.”
Available March 2026
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Feeling stuck, at a crossroads, or ready to step into your best life?
Own Your Life Story explores the powerful interplay between 'culture and self' and how the beliefs we inherit quietly shape our definitions of success, belonging, and worth. Many of the stories guiding our choices were formed long before we consciously chose them.
Drawing on psychological research, clinical experience, and the lived experiences of women around the world, Dr. Lidia Lae introduces her Life Framing approach. Through guided reflection, practical frameworks, thoughtful reframing, and intentional reauthoring, readers learn to recognise the narratives shaping their lives and reshape them with clarity and courage.
It is a pathway to living your story with alignment, meaning, and joy.
The story you choose to live becomes the legacy you leave behind.
Praise for Own Your Life Story:
“This is a book that will speak to many women, especially in times of change, and help them feel less alone as they find their voice, their strength, and their direction.”
“This book gives us a brilliant insight into how to live a life well lived.”
“In Own Your Life Story, Lidia skillfully weaves the life stories of courageous women to demonstrate the power of the StoriCompass and CulturAlign tools in helping women embrace their unique makeup and frame their lives from here on.”
“A meaningful and empowering read for anyone ready to redefine success from the inside out.”
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About the Book
In Own Your Life Story, Dr. Lidia Lae combines psychological research, clinical experience, and the lived stories of women around the world to illuminate how identity and culture shape the lives we create.
Those who dare to reclaim their voices and redefine their lives often find healing and fulfillment. They discover self-worth on their own terms and begin shaping success in ways that align with who they truly are.
Inside, you’ll discover how to:
• identify the hidden forces shaping your story
• release limiting beliefs
• develop a cultural identity blueprint that honors your values
• let go of inherited patterns
• use your story to cultivate emotional healing
• redefine joy, success, and purpose in ways that align with who you are
• embrace your power, your story, and your legacy
You only get one life. Your life is your story.
Your story shapes culture. Own it. Live your legacy.
What Makes This Book Distinct
Own Your Life Story places culture at the center of personal growth.
Rather than offering surface-level strategies, this book explores how identity is shaped through the ongoing interplay between culture and self. It integrates the Life Framing approach with the practical tools of StoriCompass™ and CulturAlign™, offering both insight and structure for meaningful change.
This book:
• bridges psychology, narrative, and lived experience
• integrates cultural awareness into personal development
• offers practical frameworks alongside reflective insight
• connects individual growth with long-term legacy
It is not about becoming someone else.
It is about becoming more fully yourself, within the culture that has shaped you.