<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Storyteller and the Listener Online</title><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/</link><description>Twice-monthly essays on the role of story and narrative in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and reconciliation. Noncommercial.</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com</copyright><generator>Holly Stevens</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:03:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>The Storyteller and the Listener Online</title><url>http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/whosewoodsrthese/storyteller-listener%20blog/SLOmasthead760pxwide.jpg</url><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Thanks for the stories</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens%5F4</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Holly Stevens announces her decision to stop publishing The Storyteller and the Listener Online so that she will have more time for pursuing some other interests.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens%5F4'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm'>A newsletter in transition: An editor's thoughts shared</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/glbt_qa.htm'>Q&A: Story, narrative, sexual orientation and gender identity</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens.htm'>Out with resolutions and in with themes: A personal story for the new year</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/we_speak.htm'>What story can do: Readers share their experiences</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joya_wesley.htm'>A Klansman tells his story: The role of personal narratives in a community reconciliation project</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/2005_essays.htm'>Archived essays from 2005</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/richard_oneill.htm'>A Romani Gypsy storyteller uses his gift with words to build bridges of understanding between cultures</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/noa_baum.htm'>Listening to the "other":  Reflections on storytelling and conflict</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/caren_neile.htm'>War and peace and story</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>holly stevens</category><category>storyteller</category><category>listener</category><category>publishing</category><category>lulu</category><category>essays</category></item><item><title>A newsletter in transition: An editor&apos;s thoughts shared</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens%5F3</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Corrected URL and summary: In transition, the editor of The Storyteller and the Listener Online seeks ways to continue the discussion of what story can do in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and reconciliation processes.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens%5F3'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm'>Thanks for the stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/ellinger_green.htm'>Playback Theatre: Improvisational theatre for social healing</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>holly stevens</category><category>transition</category><category>peacemaking</category><category>healing</category><category>bridge building</category><category>reconciliation</category><category>editor</category></item><item><title>Forum: Storytelling and community development</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=community%5Fdevelopment%5Fqa</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Six respected storytellers and cultural thought leaders consider the issues involved in using story as a resource for community development, in a collaborative experiment that yields new insights.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=community%5Fdevelopment%5Fqa'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm'>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>storytelling</category><category>thought leader</category><category>storytellers</category><category>community development</category><category>culture</category><category>arts</category><category>role of storytelling</category><category>paul conway</category><category>arlene goldbard</category><category>brian herod</category><category>andre heuer</category><category>katrice horsley</category><category>laura simms</category><category>forum</category></item><item><title>Playback Theatre: Improvisational theatre for social healing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/ellinger_green.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/ellinger_green.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ellinger%5Fgreen</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Christopher Ellinger and Chloe Green of the True Story Theater, a "Playback Theatre" troupe, relate how their form of improvisational theatre for social healing inspires dialogue and embraces community.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ellinger%5Fgreen'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm'>A newsletter in transition: An editor's thoughts shared</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/elisa_pearmain.htm'>Once upon a caring classroom: Bullying prevention through story</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/noa_baum.htm'>Listening to the "other":  Reflections on storytelling and conflict</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>true story theatre</category><category>playback theatre</category><category>christopher ellinger</category><category>chloe green</category><category>arlington</category><category>boston</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>dialogue</category><category>diversity</category><category>peacemaking</category></item><item><title>&quot;The Storyteller&quot; (A group poem)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=group%5Fpoem</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A group poem, composed by members of the Healing Story listserv, describes the formative storytellers in their lives.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=group%5Fpoem'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm'>Thanks for the stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>group poem</category><category>poetry stem</category><category>stem poem</category><category>formative people</category><category>formative storyteller</category><category>storyteller</category><category>healingstory listserv</category><category>healing story</category><category>healing</category><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>usa</category><category>canada</category></item><item><title>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children&apos;s mixed heritage</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maurice%5Fbroaddus</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maurice Broaddus, father of two biracial children, reflects on the stories that comprise his children's eclectic heritage and how such stories could lead toward reconciliation between the races.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maurice%5Fbroaddus'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm'>A newsletter in transition: An editor's thoughts shared</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm'>Forum: Storytelling and community development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm'>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>indianapolis</category><category>indiana</category><category>maurice broaddus</category><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>memory</category><category>reconciliation</category><category>race relations</category><category>biracial</category><category>heritage</category></item><item><title>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dvora%5Fshurman</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israeli storyteller Dvora Shurman writes about the role her personal stories played in her healing from painful childhood experiences as the daughter of a deaf mother in an era when deafness was less understood and more stigmatized.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dvora%5Fshurman'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm'>A newsletter in transition: An editor's thoughts shared</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm'>Forum: Storytelling and community development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm'>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>dvora shurman</category><category>tel aviv</category><category>israel</category><category>healing</category><category>narrative</category><category>story</category><category>deaf</category><category>shame</category><category>mimesis</category><category>writing</category><category>remembering</category><category>understanding</category><category>between two worlds</category></item><item><title>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bettina%5Fnissen</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Australian storyteller Bettina Nissen describes the "Let's Read" project that promotes literacy through the recording of oral stories of aboriginal peoples.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bettina%5Fnissen'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_3.htm'>A newsletter in transition: An editor's thoughts shared</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm'>Forum: Storytelling and community development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm'>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>deception bay</category><category>queensland</category><category>australia</category><category>bettina nissen</category><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>indigenous</category><category>aboriginal</category><category>lets read</category><category>smith family</category><category>bridge building</category><category>reconciliation</category></item><item><title>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gregory%5Fwoods%5F2</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We need stories to provide a vision of who we are in the larger story of creation. But to learn our stories, sacred space must be provided for the telling. Wisdom teacher Gregory Woods shares his ideas about storytelling in child development.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gregory%5Fwoods%5F2'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm'>Forum: Storytelling and community development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>gregory woods</category><category>sacred space</category><category>safe passage</category><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>rite of passage</category><category>circle</category><category>ceremony</category><category>peaceprince georges county</category><category>maryland</category><category>usa</category></item><item><title>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=joan%5Fstockbridge</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Myths help us see that the dark passages in our own lives are part of the collective human experience. In today's issue of The Storyteller and the Listener Online, Joan Stockbridge describes her work with myth as a therapeutic storyteller.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=joan%5Fstockbridge'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/stacy_willhoit.htm'>Listening for the story of the hero's journey: A celebrant's role</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>joan stockbridge</category><category>auburn</category><category>california</category><category>usa</category><category>narrative therapy</category><category>therapeutic storytelling</category><category>healing</category><category>domestic violence</category><category>substance abuse</category><category>amaterasu</category><category>bluebeard</category><category>demeter</category><category>corm mother</category><category>skeleton mother</category><category>the stolen child</category><category>resilience</category><category>group work</category></item><item><title>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=carla%5Fvogel</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carla Vogel, a professional storyteller, educator and community artist from Minnesota, describes how telling our life stories through ethical wills yields a greater understanding of one's legacy.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=carla%5Fvogel'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>minneapolis</category><category>minnesota</category><category>usa</category><category>carla_vogel</category><category>creative process</category><category>education</category><category>essay</category><category>expressive writing</category><category>healing</category><category>narrative</category><category>story</category><category>reflections</category><category>ethical wills</category><category>womens lives</category><category>rachael freed</category><category>legacy</category></item><item><title>The untold story: A mother&apos;s path toward letting go</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=royda%5Fcrose</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[She had an original love story ready to go for her daughter's wedding. But when circumstances prevented the telling, disappointment eventually led to a love story of another kind.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=royda%5Fcrose'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>columbia</category><category>missouri</category><category>usa</category><category>royda crose</category><category>mothers day</category><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>healing</category><category>reflections</category></item><item><title>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=arianna%5Fross</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arianna Ross sees her storytelling as a tapestry created from the threads of her international experience as an ethnographer, writer, teaching artist, dancer, musician and photographer. Through her art, she creates bridges between cultures.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=arianna%5Fross'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>arianna ross</category><category>germantown</category><category>maryland</category><category>usa</category><category>bridge building</category><category>story tapestries</category><category>india</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>bansi kaul</category><category>rang vidushak</category><category>laughter</category><category>collective celebration</category><category>dance</category><category>music</category><category>vidushak</category><category>multicultural</category><category>community</category></item><item><title>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist&apos;s storytelling experiment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marina%5Fcantacuzino</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Journalist Marina Cantacuzino set out with a photographer friend in 2003 to record the stories of people who have found their way to forgiveness in the wake of atrocity, discovering the healing essence of storytelling.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marina%5Fcantacuzino'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/community_development_qa.htm'>Forum: Storytelling and community development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/group_poem.htm'>"The Storyteller" (A group poem)</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/gregory_woods_2.htm'>Of sacred space and safe passage: Storytelling in child development</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/arianna_ross.htm'>Story tapestries that weave cultural connections</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>london</category><category>uk</category><category>marina cantacuzino</category><category>heal</category><category>change</category><category>photography</category><category>brian moody</category><category>iraq</category><category>victim</category><category>violence</category><category>forgiveness</category><category>the f word</category><category>the forgiveness project</category><category>restorative justice</category></item><item><title>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vera%5Foye%5Fyaa%5Fanna</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C., performing artist Vera Oye Yaa-Anna tells the story of her stroke, transforming her work as a storyteller into a focus on narrative as a healing process.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vera%5Foye%5Fyaa%5Fanna'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>vera oye yaa anna</category><category>washington dc</category><category>usa</category><category>liberia</category><category>healing</category><category>stroke</category><category>palaver hut</category><category>patients</category><category>under the table</category><category>laughter</category><category>creative process</category><category>auntie oye</category></item><item><title>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lani%5Fpeterson</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Boston psychologist Lani Peterson describes her work helping ex-offenders advocate both for themselves and for penal reform through the power of storytelling.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lani%5Fpeterson'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/ellinger_green.htm'>Playback Theatre: Improvisational theatre for social healing</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>lani peterson</category><category>boston</category><category>massachusetts</category><category>usa</category><category>carla kimball</category><category>public voice project</category><category>incarceration</category><category>rehabilitation</category><category>reentry</category><category>prison reform</category><category>healing</category><category>ex offender</category><category>community</category><category>criminal justice</category></item><item><title>Q&amp;A: Story, narrative, sexual orientation and gender identity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/glbt_qa.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/glbt_qa.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=glbt%5Fqa</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A panel of six with varying backgrounds and perspectives considers the role story and narrative play in shaping attitudes towards gay and lesbian issues and concerns.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=glbt%5Fqa'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm'>Thanks for the stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>oak ridge</category><category>north carolina</category><category>usa</category><category>patti digh</category><category>holly stevens</category><category>judith dancy</category><category>jackie davis</category><category>judy hoff</category><category>rob mccabe</category><category>glbt</category><category>gay</category><category>lesbian</category><category>bridge building</category><category>forum</category><category>community</category><category>bisexual</category><category>transgender</category></item><item><title>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maureen%5Fdaly</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Soldier's Heart staff member Maureen Daly tells how the sharing of stories within the supportive confines of a weekend long experiential retreat helped move a group of veterans of six wars along toward emotional and spiritual healing.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maureen%5Fdaly'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/stacy_willhoit.htm'>Listening for the story of the hero's journey: A celebrant's role</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/andre_heuer.htm'>Storytelling and youth: An emerging force for social change</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>maureen daly</category><category>soldiers heart</category><category>albany</category><category>new york</category><category>usa</category><category>post traumatic stress disorder</category><category>ptsd</category><category>ed tick</category><category>ww2</category><category>vietnam</category><category>iraq</category><category>somalia</category><category>war</category><category>community</category><category>music</category><category>healing</category><category>reconciliation</category><category>coming home</category><category>international humanities center</category></item><item><title>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zarna%5Fjoshi</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. A. Joshi, a young storyteller of Indian origin, shares how the stories of her motherland have helped her straddle two cultures as she grew up in the West.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zarna%5Fjoshi'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>j a joshi</category><category>lewisville</category><category>texas</category><category>usa</category><category>uk</category><category>ethics</category><category>bridge building</category><category>india</category><category>the ramayan</category><category>dashrath</category><category>rama</category><category>bharat</category><category>kaikaiya</category><category>dilemmas</category><category>culture</category><category>england</category><category>follow the cowherd boy</category></item><item><title>Out with resolutions and in with themes: A personal story for the new year</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Holly Stevens, editor and publisher of The Storyteller and the Listener Online, shares the story of her choice to embrace new year's themes instead of resolutions and how this has made all the difference.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=holly%5Fstevens'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/holly_stevens_4.htm'>Thanks for the stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>holly stevens</category><category>oak ridge</category><category>north carolina</category><category>usa</category><category>cancer</category><category>breast cancer</category><category>new years</category><category>resolution</category><category>theme</category><category>gratitude</category><category>transition</category><category>storytelling</category><category>listening</category><category>stillness</category><category>benediction</category><category>pam mcgrath</category><category>gregory woods</category><category>healing</category></item><item><title>Archived essays from 2006</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/2006_essays.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/2006_essays.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006%5Fessays</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A portal to essays published during 2006 in The Storyteller and the Listener Online.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006%5Fessays'>Leave Comment</a></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sydney%5Fsolis</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yoga teacher and storyteller Sydney Solis writes about her early childhood exposure to the stories of many religions and how this immersion into religious ideas and expressions led her to organize the World Peace Interfaith Storytelling Gatherings of<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sydney%5Fsolis'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/zarna_joshi.htm'>Storytelling dilemmas: Straddling the Indian-Western divide</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>sydney solis</category><category>boulder</category><category>colorado</category><category>usa</category><category>faith</category><category>religion</category><category>interfaith</category><category>bridge building</category><category>japanese</category><category>concentration camp</category><category>java</category><category>iraq</category><category>joseph campbell</category><category>heros journey</category></item><item><title>Coming to know the sacred: Storytelling, youth and authentic theology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/frank_rogers.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/frank_rogers.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frank%5Frogers</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Claremont School of Theology associate professor Frank Rogers reflects on the potential role of storytelling in the emerging theology of young people and invites communities of faith to incorporate more authentic storytelling into congregational life<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=frank%5Frogers'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related 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Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/stacy_willhoit.htm'>Listening for the story of the hero's journey: A celebrant's role</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>healing</category><category>narrative arts</category><category>religion</category><category>story</category><category>bridge building</category><category>usa</category><category>hope</category><category>drama</category><category>faith</category><category>youth</category><category>frank rogers</category><category>night that god got nailed</category><category>ministry</category><category>sacred</category><category>abuse</category><category>claremont</category><category>elie wiesel</category><category>community</category><category>narrative</category><category>trial of god</category><category>california</category><category>theology</category></item><item><title>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=francesca%5Fpolletta</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sociologist Francesca Polletta examines the role of storytelling in an online discussion on the design of the new World Trade Center and discovers its advantages in democratic processes of deliberation.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=francesca%5Fpolletta'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/dvora_shurman.htm'>Shame and guilt healed through story: A personal testimony</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/carla_vogel.htm'>The healing, transformative nature of storytelling in developing ethical wills</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/marina_cantacuzino.htm'>The Forgiveness Project: A journalist's storytelling experiment</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>francesca polletta</category><category>new york</category><category>usa</category><category>911</category><category>world trade center</category><category>public deliberation</category><category>john lee</category><category>online forum</category><category>collaboration</category><category>opinion formation</category><category>victim</category><category>bridge building</category></item><item><title>Listening for the story of the hero&apos;s journey: A celebrant&apos;s role</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/stacy_willhoit.htm</guid><link>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/stacy_willhoit.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stacy%5Fwillhoit</comments><dc:creator>Holly Stevens</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As an officiate at weddings, funerals and other ceremonies, celebrant Stacy Willhoit listens for the heroic journey in the stories her clients tell.<p><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stacy%5Fwillhoit'>Leave Comment</a></p><p>Related Entries:</p><ul><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maurice_broaddus.htm'>Story, memory and reconciliation: A father considers his children's mixed heritage</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/bettina_nissen.htm'>Project promotes cultural bridges through the recording of Aboriginal stories</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/joan_stockbridge.htm'>From myth to meaning: Using stories in group work</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/royda_crose.htm'>The untold story: A mother's path toward letting go</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/vera_oye_yaa_anna.htm'>Lessons from a stroke: Storytelling as healing process</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/lani_peterson.htm'>Storytelling with the formerly incarcerated</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/maureen_daly.htm'>Soldier?s Heart: Retreat for veterans uses storytelling and other experiential therapies to heal lingering traumas</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/sydney_solis.htm'>Interfaith storytelling: Creating heaven on earth</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/francesca_polletta.htm'>Designing the new World Trade Center: Personal storytelling in public deliberation</a></li><li><a href='http://storyteller-and-listener.blog-city.com/andre_heuer.htm'>Storytelling and youth: An emerging force for social change</a></li></ul>]]></description><category>story</category><category>narrative</category><category>stacy willhoit</category><category>springfield</category><category>missouri</category><category>usa</category><category>celebrant</category><category>officiate</category><category>ceremony</category><category>religion</category><category>art</category><category>music</category><category>ritual</category><category>the heros journey</category><category>wedding</category><category>funeral</category><category>girl who was too shy</category><category>active listening</category><category>healing</category></item></channel></rss>