People often ask me why I chose the title "Story Activist." Years ago I found a small clip of New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis talking about the power of story.
Somehow the way he spoke about stories making you want to take action caused a lightening spike in my brain. "That's it!" I said...
- The spirit of story is change, emotional connection, the arc of meaning, and resonance
- Sharing our stories to promote connection and touch our hearts
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Beautiful, tragic, tender, terrifying, traumatising -- stories are all of these things. So how do we deal with difficult stories?
Happy New Year! We survived 2021 -- and we're about to enter the year of the tiger.
If there's one thing I know about cats, it is that they decide how they are going to meet life. They know how to be totally alert. They know when to totally relax. They are tenacious hunters. They know how to mark...
I remember laughing out loud at hearing Pema Chödrön once say: "If you think you're enlightened, go home to your family."
She has a good point.
If you think you're a good leader / facilitator / conflict resolution coach / mediation specialist / meditator / process...
I met some weirdness on a walk in a State Park yesterday. This video introduces you to my new weird friend and it is intended to help you open your mind to the idea of weirdness. An open mind is the prerequisite to accepting weirdness, and especially your own. You may never know what gift you are...
The dynamic duo -- stories and visuals. Who knows which one came first, but it is certain we use visuals to tell a story and stories to help us survive and thrive.
This particular visual makes a graphically strong point about the power of stories to help us understand the data deluge. What is...
Yesterday was the fourth Monday of the month and that means I took my regular seat by fire (on Zoom of course) in The Story Café. We open the doors, see who from THE STORY DOJO will arrive and settle in to share how our theme of the month is stirring in us. It's like a regular...
Yesterday in THE STORY DOJO Frédérique te Dorsthorst introduced us to the power of archetypes. She reminded us that archetypes are part of our evolutionary past and we communicate with and through them every time we tell a story. The more you know about how they work, the more...