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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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By: mark publicker

Of course, sharing stories is central to Twelve Step recovery.

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By: joanstrand

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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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....

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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....

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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...

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By: 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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A Bride’s Countdown to Glowing Skin

Some steps brides can take on their own to prepare and nurture their skin in the weeks, days and hours before their wedding.

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Should I Track Down the Girl I Bullied in Middle School?

And: offering to help a stepdaughter freeze her eggs, a hostess balks at accepting a gift, and a housekeeper helps herself to the makeup stash.

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Air Pollution Tied to Kidney Disease

Add a new potential ill to the list of problems linked to air pollution: kidney disease.

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Discovering Manhood in Soapy Bubbles

He thought he had left his father’s machismo behind. But when it came time to propose, he didn’t think he was man enough to be anyone’s husband.

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Finding 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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