Written & Narrated by Britta R. Kollberg – Germany Kokopelli carries his story like a flute ahead, making himself heard before you or anyone can see him. He showed up on a website when I started searching a way out of what I was doing into a new career or a new direction of thinking […]
Category: narrative medicine
The immune system in our body is responsible for any defensive reaction against foreign material. Language acts as an immune response, keeping the world in a shape we are familiar with, keeping new and potentially “unnecessary” experience out. The “unnecessary” experience guarded by language could include: Ideas that are incompatible with our beliefs and the […]
We start our lives watching and listening to sounds made by the world around us. As William James once wrote “The baby, assailed by eyes, ears, nose, skin, and entrails at once, feels it all as one great blooming, buzzing confusion”. At some stage, many of these sounds become words and acquire meaning and emotion. […]
The Exit Narrative The Exit Narrative is a particular kind of story that is seldom shared, but everyone has one or more of them. The Exit Narrative, when it pops up into your mind is evidence that change is being contemplated and things are about to transform. Change and uncertainty gives rise to angst and […]
Many years ago, I had a dream of walking in a forest of mushrooms. It was cool, still and dark and I looked up the slender white stems to the caps high above me. Touching the cool stems, I knew they were nothing like tree trunks. They were much less dense, much lighter, much more […]
Trauma is not defined by the event itself but by an individual’s unique response to it. Recognizing Trauma The workbook provides a Trauma Checklist, adapted from the PCL-5, to help individuals assess the severity of their trauma symptoms. This checklist covers common reactions, such as intrusive memories, avoidance behaviors, negative thoughts, emotional changes, and sleep […]
Tired of the ceaseless mental chatter, feeling bombarded by life’s relentless advertising for your attention? Discover the Meditation Workshop, your guide to mastering your inner world and reclaiming profound peace. The Workshop (you do it by yourself) will help you understand meditation, how to do it and it’s benefits. Download – it’s free! This comprehensive […]
Storytelling plays a profound and fundamental role in creating and shaping reality, both individually and collectively. Our experience of the world is not a direct apprehension of “what is,” but rather an internally generated “model” of what we think is going on. This model is built from filtered sensory information, and stories are central to […]
This narrative medicine workshop is specially designed for health practitioners such as medical doctors, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists and volunteers who are concerned with the care of the unwell. Narrative medicine concerns itself with how storytelling techniques are used to facilitate states of thresholds and changes of life. In the workshop we look at how narrative […]
The Truth and the Lie meet on the road one day. The Lie says to the Truth: “It’s a marvelous day today!” The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was truly beautiful. They walk together for a while, until they reach a beautiful well. The Lie tells the Truth: “The […]
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Refugee Workshop
The Refugee Workshop is designed to guide individuals who have experienced forced displacement through the multifaceted journey of healing, adaptation, and rebuilding their lives in a new country. It serves as a companion for refugees and their immense courage, strength, and resilience required to navigate a challenging transition. At its core, the Refugee Workshop operates […]
I’d just graduated and there I was in what was called “a mental hospital” starting my internship. My very first “patient” was Don. I was prepared for the encounter by reading his file. He’d suffered traumatic injuries from a motorbike accident some years earlier and while his body had healed, his mind was drastically changed. […]
Professions such as Social Work, Medicine and Psychology are becoming increasingly aware of the therapeutic properties of writing and storytelling and there are numerous examples of how people of all ages face and overcome life’s challenges through the art of telling their stories. Everyone understands the important role of stress in life experience. The relief […]
What is consciousness? How does it work? Can consciousness be expanded? This facilitated workshop allows you to experiment with mind tools that allow reflection on the most human and mysterious of experiences; the awareness of your awareness in what is called “the ever-present now”. The problem with consciousness is that it is used to reflect […]
A number of thinkers from widely differing fields have studied and commented on myths and legends. Here is a sampling of their observations: Views: 11