One of my occasional forays into my own story… I am extremely uncomfortable — nay, phobic — when it comes to talking on the phone. I dread making phone calls and very rarely answer the phone. Many people find my problem very weird. Some even disdain me. I don’t think … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Constructing Identity
Those Unattached to Their Interior Story Get Addicted to Feedback
One of the recent podcast interviews in Michael Margolis’s The New Storytellers series featured the wonderful Christina Baldwin, author of one of the seminal books in the current storytelling movement, Storycatcher. I was particularly fascinated by the part of the conversation about introverted vs. extroverted storytelling. Storytelling on social-media venues … Continue reading
Get Ready for Next Weekend’s International Day for Sharing Life Stories
The third annual International Day for Sharing Life Stories is a week from Sunday — on May 16. The day’s Web site notes that last year more than 200 organizations in 20 countries around the world held activities to celebrate the day, and to call attention to countless life story … Continue reading
Two Very Different Approaches to Personal Stories
What kind of story could you tell about yourself based on the contents of your pocket, backpack, handbag, or wallet? That’s the question that the Pocketology Field Research Unit explores on Stories You Haven’t Heard. (Carol McLeod made me aware of pocketology). Here’s how the site describes pocketology: Pocketology, the … Continue reading
Consider Telling Stories with Collage
Kathryn Antyr, a.k.a. “Collage Diva” is into telling stories with collage. “[I]t was during my first year of blogging when I found my voice and discovered that I’m the hero of my own story and creative journey,” she writes. Antyr offers a workshop on storytelling with collage. She also shows … Continue reading
Story of the End of an Era
One of my occasional forays into my own story. It hit me yesterday that I have less than three weeks before I move from the only house we’ve ever owned and the only timezone in which I’ve ever lived. Our Florida-born and based daughter is here saying her goodbyes before … Continue reading
Using Assessments to Enhance Life-Story Writing
Came across an interesting juxtaposition of two interests of mine. In an article title How to Write One’s Life Story in which author Christina Hamlett writes: Fill out self-assessment quizzes and introspective writing exercises. In addition to personality tests you can find in consumer magazines and on the Internet, books … Continue reading
Listen to and Preserve a Loved One’s Story Today, The National Day of Listening
The day after Thanksgiving is the day that StoryCorps has set aside to ask folks to spend one hour recording a conversation with someone important to them. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood, StoryCorps suggests. For this National … Continue reading
Our Stories Are Among the Few Things We Can Control
Recently saw an interesting premise on the blog (called Naming and Treating) of K and J Investigations and Case Management. In a post titled Diagnostic Voices of Community: “control over our stories”, the blogger(s) — Kathy and/or Jeff Gaddess — start by citing the words of New York Times columnist … Continue reading
Tell Your Story in Profiles and “About Us” Pages
I wrote recently about integrating story into LinkedIn and similar profiles, and the same notion applies to the About Us page for your business (or About Me if you’re a solopreneur). Barbra Sundquist lists four questions that the About Us/Me story should answer for readers/prospective customers: Who are you? What … Continue reading