GIVE THE GIFT OF STORY
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Sandra Marinella’s The Story You Need to Tell is a collection of illuminating stories that show us the power of writing to transform our lives.
Sandra Marinella has written a wonderful guide for all those struggling to make sense of the story of their lives! It can serve as the perfect prescription for real healing.
The Story You Need to Tell is a beautifully written book with stories that inspire the readers to make their way through trauma, illness, loss, and hardship.
Sandra Marinella brings keen research skills, a brilliant storytelling voice and a distinguished teaching career to this cohesive guide for writing the unspeakable.
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.
Interviews, presentations and workshops for the following organizations:
JOURNAL PROMPTS
I Am Becoming
Read a snippet from Jane Relaford Brown’s poem, “Finding Her Here.” Place your pen on paper and write freely. Begin with the starter phrase, “I am becoming . . . .” Write until this writing or story feels complete.
Give it time and review it later. What have you learned?
From “Finding Her Here”
I am becoming the woman I’ve wanted,
[Who] knows she’s a survivor—
that whatever comes,
she can outlast it.
I am becoming a deep
weathered basket.
I am becoming the woman I’ve longed for.
The poem is by ©Jane Relaford Brown. Educational use. It comes from her book My First Real Tree(Foothills.)
MONTHLY PROMPTS
HEALING INSPIRATION
Read. Write. Join. Share. Enjoy
INSPIRATION
