By: Cecelia Haack
Today, I sat with my 84-year-old mother and listened to her stories of raising our family. Her storytelling helps bridge the distance between us caused by illness. For a moment or two, we were...
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Another healing aspect of story-telling. When my mother, at 96, was dying, I spent quite a bit of time with her. Ours had been a conflicted relationship, and I wanted to part with her in the best...
View ArticleBy: Sujatha Baliga
Wonderful news. I work in the field of restorative justice, where storytelling is central to the effectiveness to our work. Studies show that recidivism drops for young people who meet directly with...
View ArticleBy: Katherine Stone
I love this article. Love it. I fully believe that women sharing their experiences of postpartum depression and anxiety with each other helps eliminate shame and stigma and alleviate some of the guilt....
View ArticleBy: Nicole Keesecker, Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change
Certainly storytelling can be a powerful way to convey information, however I think the other lesson learned from Dr. Houston’s study (When Patients Share Their Stories, Health May Improve, February...
View ArticleBy: Brendon Smyth
I work for Navigating Cancer (www.navigatingcancer.com), an online community for cancer patients, and we hear over and over again from members of our community how much they value the stories shared by...
View ArticleBy: Sally James
The Mayo Clinic has a Health Care Social Media institute – fairly new – addressing how patients connect to each other, and their caregivers, through this media. I think the “narratives” that are told...
View ArticleBy: Michael Wong
This is an excellent study. But, think for a moment of what it implies. Without taking anything away from this excellent study, all it did (which was a lot!) was get patients to listen to stories....
View ArticleBy: Shelly
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov has done fascinating and internationally awarded research on the power of storytelling at the end of life. His work on Dignity Conserving Care and Dignity Therapy can be...
View ArticleBy: Melissa Frykman-Thieme
As a 53 year old woman with heart disease and a 30year career as an RN, I find myself looking for outside of the box ways to get better. One of the biggest healing forces, beside medications and...
View ArticleBy: Carolyn Thomas
Thanks for this, TPP and Dr. Chen. The most important part of this study is the fact that the patients heard stories from other patients who were SIMILAR to themselves. There’s a difference between...
View ArticleBy: Katrin R.
I get feedback like the following all the time, from doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc ‘You have to know what a great teacher you are for me. Books etc don’t tell the real story as well as the real...
View ArticleBy: Limin Mo
I’m so glad to hear all these uplifting comments. Through the telling, listening and eventually publishing a book about the traumatic life of my coming-of-age, Spirit Bridges, is a memoir of a...
View ArticleBy: Michael Williams
I’ve experienced the value of storytelling in medical and therapeutic work for more than 30 years working with children, adolescents and adults. I’m now a full-time therapeutic storyteller working with...
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View ArticleFinding My Father, Preserved on Canvas
His art collection, with its movement and irreverence for boundaries, took him places he could no longer travel.
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