THERAPEUTIC STORYTELLING

Editor's Note from Michael Williams: This video announces a new initiative from Hollywood: Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment. Many of Tinseltown's stars and activists get together to call for the entertainment industry to take a more 'spiritual' approach that incorporates more humanistic themes. It features such luminaries as Jim Carrey, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson and Jean Houston among others...

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Editor's Note from Michael Williams: For the past 5 years, British film-maker Kevin Brown has been documenting the life of Aboriginal storyteller Francis Firebrace as he travels the world sharing stories of the Dreamtime. This video introduces Francis and tells of Kevin's exciting documentary project and offers viewers an opportunity to become involved.

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by Norma-Jean Strickland,
ATH Co-Editor Therapeutic Storytelling

I would love to have ATH visitors write me with your own stories about how love has provided healing in your life. I’ll collect everything you send, review each one and then post selected stories here at ATH in the near future...

Editor's Note from Norma-Jean Strickland: Dear ATH readers, I want your stories about how love has provided healing in your life! Read more to get my submission guidelines.

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Editor's Note from Michael Williams: In this TEDxEast talk, V.O.I.C.E. project founder, poet and storyteller Sarah Kay entertains with poetry and storytelling weaving a riveting narrative of family history and imagination. Learn more about Sarah's work at www.project-voice.net.

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Editor's Note from Michael Williams: Story coach Sean Buvala of seantells.com takes you on a quick journey into storytelling tips and learning. Use Sean's method and learn a story in no time.

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by Michael Berman

Invite your learners to each pick three questions that interest them to ask the person they are sitting next to, and then to report back what they find out to the rest of the class...

Editor's Note from Michael Williams: In this month's offering, storyteller Michael Berman turns to the “power of water”. Using quotes from a variety of sources, he suggests questions which teachers and trainers can use to stimulate discussion about the ebb and flow of life on our planet. A useful warm-up or stand-alone exercise...

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Editor's Note from Norma-Jean Strickland: Parents sometimes become storytellers whether they want to or not. This YouTube video is from the Minnesota Public Radio station and is about a mother answering her young daughter’s relentless questions about sex. It made me laugh so hard, I nearly cried! I hope you enjoy it, too!

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by Norma-Jean Strickland, ATH Assistant Editor of Therapeutic Storytelling
Reviewed by Keith Varnum

I have just released my first book and it’s about prayer. This book was a complete surprise to me and came about in a most unexpected way. Just over a year ago, I awoke from a disembodied voice dream that said: “The words will come. Write them down.” They did and I did! On New Year’s Eve 2010, I started writing my book at 6:00 pm and the majority of it was finished in 72 hours, including the selection of most of the accompanying photographs (which I also took). I am not necessarily saying this book was channeled, but it did come “through” me...

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Editor's Note from Norma-Jean Strickland: Visual storytelling surpasses language barriers.  This video offers a brief conversation with BBC photographer Timothy Allen who participated in filming the BBC series called Human Planet. Although this BBC program aired in March of 2000, it is an extraordinary reminder of the beauty of our world, the diversity of our cultures and the ongoing need to increase awareness of our shared human condition. This is our story--of what it's like to be a human being living on planet earth.

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by Cheri Baker

Appreciative Inquiry is a consulting methodology or philosophy which states that powerful change can arise from a focus on what is already working well in organizations. Rather than the old problem solving approach of fixing what is broken, AI tells us to focus on what is strongest, and then translate those strengths into action...

Editor's Note: In this article, consultant Cheri Baker shares her experience of using Appreciative Inquiry and storytelling to transform and empower a business team.

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by Sydney Solis, RYT

Words have power. The power to create, connect, relate and excite. The whole universe is created by sound and words and many traditions speak of this...

Editor's Note from Michael Williams: In this article, yoga teacher and storyteller Sydney Solis awakens the storyteller with practical advice for using story and yoga with children. Tips and techniques are accompanied by a short story which readers can use to explore the power of words and movement.

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