We all tell stories. Every day. Some of us get paid to do it. Others do not. But every one of us tells ourselves, and others, who we are through the way in which we move through the world. Oftentimes those stories couldn't be farther from the truth.
Writing is an amazing creative and emotional outlet. I know not everyone enjoys writing, but there are many different ways to use writing to infiltrate positivity into our life and to focus on more upbeat and encouraging things.
Writing is much more than having to sit at a desk with the keys of your computer at your fingertips waiting for that English essay to arise. It's a way to communicate with others, way of expressing thoughts, ideas, and beliefs, and as mentioned in this article, a way of coping with trauma. Writing can be used as a tool to help individuals have greater life-satisfaction by writing down the positive aspects of their life and being thankful/grateful. Even if one already feel a sense of purpose and satisfaction in their life, I say this helps as a way to become aware and mindful of positive experiences in our lives.
...By not tacking on an Aesop-style moral to the end of the story, the child is then able to interact with what they have heard without trying to do things like impress the adult by getting the “correct” answer. This exact thing happens frequently in counseling only it is not the child trying to get the right answer according to the teacher, it is the client trying to get the right answer according to their therapist.
This non-profit organization works with survivors from all kinds of trauma, violence or hardship and helps create/tell their story through collaborative creative expression. What a healing purpose...and with great resources for the healing power of story. Amy Fuller PhD
“This above all: to thine own self be true.” – Shakespeare If there’s one business slogan/fad/concept that’s in danger of becoming meaningless through overuse, it’s “brand you.” These days I can can...
Cecil Murphy, author of over 100 books including the best-selling "90 Minutes in Heaven" shares strategies to help storytellers maximize each opportunity.
Dr. Amy Fuller's insight:
Cecil Murphy shares tips for how to tell a great story
We all have to get up in front of a group of our peers and deliver a presentation at some point. Whether it’s a TED talk or a book report in your elementary school classroom, there’s a pressure and sense of nervousness that strikes us all. And that’s just the mere thought of giving a presentation. What about the actual presentation itself? How do you make it successful and awesome? In an effort to help you become the next Steve Jobs of presenting, here are more than two dozen different presentation tips perfect for both students and teachers alike.
I think the most important part of storytelling is tension. It's the constant tension of suspense that in a sense mirrors life, because nobody knows what's going to happen three hours from now.
It's amazing how many new and innovative ideas arrive in the world each and every day. People are constantly progressing and expanding current ideas to solve problems, make things more convenient, and to economically endure.
“It is brilliant and quietly addictive” – The London Guardian
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The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. At the center of each performance is, of course, the story – and The Moth’s directors work with each storyteller to find, shape and present it.
Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.
Dr. Amy Fuller's insight:
The Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization, was founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green, who wanted to recreate in New York the feeling of sultry summer evenings on his native St. Simon's Island, Georgia, where he and a small circle of friends would gather to spin spellbinding tales on his friend Wanda's porch. After moving to New York, George missed the sense of connection he had felt sharing stories with his friends back home, and he decided to invite a few friends over to his New York apartment to tell and hear stories. Thus the first "Moth" evening took place in his living room. Word of these captivating story nights quickly spread, and The Moth moved to bigger venues in New York. Today, The Moth conducts eight ongoing programs and has brought more than 3,000 live stories to over 100,000 audience members.
"In 2005 I was part of a group who produced stories about the impact of child sexual assault through The Center for Digital Storytelling’s Silence Speaks initiative. Initially after viewing the stories at the end of the workshop, I felt curiosity and surprise at the immediacy of impact: I felt proud, visible, and necessary – quite different from how I had walked into the Berkeley lab feeling on the first day. What has become clear was that this process of internal re-structuring has continued to this day. Making Listening and Telling was the beginning."
Dr. Amy Fuller's insight:
Beautiful story of how listening and telling overcomes shame and sets us free.
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