Story Paths

Book one-on-one story sessions hereRead this as an article, and share your thoughts hereLet’s open with a poem.Belonging.She gives you all you need. Friendship. Safety. Meaning. Being rid of that pesky loneliness.With her you overlap others. Share deep parts of yourself. Yet if you want this always, you must compromise. Give up the parts of you that rub them the wrong way. Sacrif

Book one-on-one story sessions hereRead this as an article, and share your thoughts hereLet’s open with a poem.Now is the TimeNow is the time to rememberthat our green globe is the best-dressed in the balllit through with organic filamentsbombastic living miracles. Now is the time to turn off the engine and set down exhaustion into lakes that remain and bask foraninfiniteinstant.

Book one-on-one story sessions hereRead this as an article, and share your thoughts hereLet’s open with a parable.A king, powerful and wise, goes into his city, moves among his people, dressed as a commoner. He wishes to see how they regard him, truly, when they do not know who walks amongst them.As for me, I mingle with such kings and queens each day, and I am one of them. We re

Book one-on-one story sessions hereRead this as an article, and share your thoughts hereHow do characters illuminate their world?We experience stories through the eyes of their people. What they seek in their world, we seek. What they find, we find. As such, to choose a character is to choose the manner of entering the story world.Truth-SeekersI recently watched the Studio Ghibli f

Well met, fellow wanderer,I welcome your company, here at this riverside resting spot, with willows budding, moisture and pollen swirling in the air, and the sun arcing overhead. I must say, those are some fine tools you’re carrying in your pack. I’m curious how you learned to use them, and to hear of work that you’ve done. I’d like to know which paths brought you here, so

Watch this episodeDougie’s Pacific Northwest Coast TourDougie’s website: https://storyconnection.orgMyth as Medicine course.Dougie’s podcastInstagramComment on this episodeYou’re in for a treat. Today I get into all the good things with traditional Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay. He’s a skilled storyteller deeply rooted in the rich heritage of Scottish folklore, who w

Book one-on-one story sessions hereRead this as an article, and share your thoughts hereHere’s a greate way to conceive stages of creative work. I learned this from a friend who used them in the hospitality industry, but they’re applicable in any project.Consider three layers:1) Big picture thinking.2) Big muscle moving.3) Detailing.Let’s Say You’re Opening a RestaurantThe

Links:Laura Burns' family constellation course.Isaac Fosl-Van Wyke's music.Welcome to Story Paths.Why stories? Because they help us imagine together, for one reason. They help us see possible pasts, possible futures.Welcome welcome, welcome.Today is a special issue. The audio version has music, so do have a listen. I’ll also share an amazing course that a friend and mentor of min

Read this as an article, and share your thoughts hereBook one-on-one story sessions hereLet’s open with a poemA power outage,is not an aberration.It is the old normal worldpoking throughinto the aberrationof tech depending on tech depending on tech depending onthe world.Wind, water, weather, creature.This wild wild world.What is it to be cut off from ancestral stories?When gaps t

Read this as an article and reply hereBook one-on-one story sessions hereBringing Distant Ones CloseA Spiritual ApproachHow might I connect with the water in Nigeria, Alberta, Costa Rica, Australia? How can I come to understand that this water may well come into my own body?We learn from many spiritual teachings that all beings are in interrelation with each other. We are, as Marti