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Category Archives: Narrative Mapping,
Three Things I know about Stories Plus One
Three things I know about Stories. 1.Stories matter! They create power, incite insurrections, cause trauma, offer healing, feed despair, nourish hope. I am a warrior in the war of stories, mapping their lethal power so as to disarm and expose … Continue reading
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O what a show.
Welcome to the 118th Congress. What a show! And what amazing timing. Two years to the night, the members meet to empanel a new Congress as their way of remembering the January 6th, 2021 attempt to disrupt the orderly transfer … Continue reading
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So this is Christmas
“So this is Christmas”.….sings John Lennon, in the anthem of our season. So what? Many might say. But it might be worth trying to recapture the event before it became a song or a carol. O Little Town of Bethlehem… … Continue reading
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Don’t mention the pandemic!
One of the nation’s largest therapy conferences happens annually in Washington DC. This year, the first in person for two years, the theme was “Meeting the Moment.” At first sight, I thought, “Yes” that is a great theme. How are we meeting … Continue reading
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Moving Beyond Story
I wrote to say I would gladly offer an introductory session on Narrative Design, and draw from my recent book on how dealing with the pandemic and its aftermath is a perfect case study for applying some of these practices. … Continue reading
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PRINCIPLES OF NARRATIVE DESIGN- A NEW BOOK
The principles of narrative design (POND) that are outlined in our new storywise book https://ourstoriesriseup.com/ describe the mutually re-enforcing cycle of- 1.experience to 2.story and 2. story to 3. memory. We have an impactful experience- Our first child speaks for … Continue reading
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The Narrative Method 2022
The world of work is made of boards and bricks, but The world of meaning is built of stories, a billion miles thick. The first relies on strong material means. The second relies only on meaning and on memes. Why … Continue reading
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Welcome Burlington VT ASC Conference 2022 “Our Stories Rise Up”
For 25 years we has been teaching people to do three things 1- Recognize that Stories have power 2- Understand their real affects in shaping our identity, destiny and community 3- Knowing 1. and 2, to Act more effectively dealing … Continue reading
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Invited into Struggle Town
The coach was well experienced and ready to lead the group. Let us first thank Mother Earth for birthing us, and let us thank Mother Heaven for earthing us. Let us acknowledge the four winds and the 4 ancestors and … Continue reading
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Appeasement is a story that needs to die
The lessons of history are that people do not learn the lessons of history. And even if these same lessons quoted, by chapter and verse, are proved over time to be totally wrong, and that the history we cite to … Continue reading
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