by Nancy Mellon, September 21, 2001. Soon after the recent events in New York City, I received from a mother the following story. The previous morning her six-year old child had told her a dream: “I was on a ship and it crashed. There were a lot of skeletons around and then some people came […]
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CBS News April 23, 2018 By JEREMY BRADLEY Slow down. Talk. Listen. In a world of partisan politics and viral videos these concepts can feel like relics of a bygone era. But something’s happening in Vermont. In the hip art houses of Burlington, at serene coffee shops outside Montpelier and in cozy wooden theaters of rural
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Adapted by Joan Stockbridge. The Magic Ball is adapted from a story from the Chubut Province in southern Argentina. This version is meant to focus on the addiction and recovery themes useful in recovery settings. Once there was a dreadful witch who lived on a mountaintop where the winds howled and the snow blew. She
A German folktale adapted by Allison Cox. I have told this story to women’s substance abuse recovery groups, parenting support classes, caregivers retreats, and for various women’s issues. There once was a woman who had so many problems, so many worries, so many troubles… that at times she felt she had more troubles than
Adapted by Rafe Martin, Essay by Cristy West. Brave Little Parrot is from an ancient Jataka tale from India. When a forest fire breaks out and threaten forest animals, a little parrot tries to put it out alone by carrying drops of water on its back from the lake. Once a little parrot lived
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by Mary K. Clark. In Counterclockwise ~ Mindful Health and The Power of Possibility, Ellen J. Langer explores aging and mindfulness. The book is a fascinating read on the topic of mindfulness, however, she also explores the effect of placebos and language. The most dramatic example of language acting as placebo can be found in the
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DIVING IN THE MOON: HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING Listening To the Fool: Breakthroughs In Understanding © Andrei Armeanu, 2013 In my early twenties, I went through a very polarized time in my life when I was experiencing a “double immersion”. On one hand I was very involved with an old and somewhat obscure spiritual tradition
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DIVING IN THE MOON: HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING Answering the Call to Adventure: A Hero’s Journey Group for People Facing Life-Changing Illness and Disability © Jennifer Lunden LCSW, LADC, CCS The artist is meant to put the objects of this world together in such a way that through them you will experience that light, that
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Lebanese Storytellers In Their Own Words Where do you find some of the richest, most powerful stories in the world? Somewhere ancient, where the drama of human life has played itself out in a 40-year civil war, corrupt leaders laying waste to an economy, and a devastating explosion that destroyed over 300,000 homes amid a
As we sit locked in our homes because of the invisible invasion known as a virus, I value the time to be reflective, to steal away from a tv series, but what I really appreciate are the stories from the storytellers. Although I am sometimes fearful of “the new normal,” I know in every scenario
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