YOUR LIFE IS YOUR STORY
Find it. Write it. Live it.
WORKSHOPS & Events
Change your story and you can change your life. Our brains think in story. Our lives hang on our stories. In the midst of an illness, a trauma, or a loss, our stories can help sustain and heal us. Our workshops explore the power of our stories.
UPCOMING EVENTS
“The Power of Our Stories” Book Talk at Bookworks Bookstore in Albuquerque
Story You Need to TellNational Association for Poetry Therapy
The Story You Need to Tell Writing Workshop – Writing to Transform Your Story
Story You Need to TellStory You Need to Tell Workshop—Tools for Telling Our Stories and Changing Our Lives
JOURNAL PROMPTS
An Empty Page
An empty page can be intimidating. Lets find our words, by creating a short list of personal images or metaphors. What are you like? Are you a tiger lily in bloom? An early morning sunrise? A salsa dancer? A bird in flight? A wise yogi? A tree? A road racer? A rainbow? A hot fudge sundae? A dragonfly? Etc. Open yourself up. Forget grammar and mechanics. Just work to explore whatever comparisons come into your head.
After you have a list of five to ten metaphors, freewrite for ten minutes or more:
- Begin by choosing one metaphor you feel a strong connection to.
- A positive metaphor works best.
- In the given time, write your story for us. How do you know your life connects to this metaphor? Show us.
- Try to construct a brief but complete story.
- Later, come back to this work. Read it. Reflect on it. Rewrite it if you are inspired to do so.
MONTHLY PROMPTS
HEALING INSPIRATION
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INSPIRATION
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