We stood facing the stone carvings on the façade of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. “Look at those strawberry leaves,” Francesca said.
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The energy healer’s hands paused on my abdomen. She furrowed her brow. “Oh. I feel a lot of emotion right here,” she said. I was lying on her table. “Hmm,” I said, noncommittally.
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I recently spoke at the Superhuman Summit. My talk touched on how story is a guiding force in our lives, and how it is through narrative that we make meaning and try to understand the world.
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A few nights ago, I had a dream. I was in a house that felt like mine, moving through it in the wee hours of the morning. All was dark except for a dim glow in the corridor. I passed several closed doors before stopping at the one to the bedroom.
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I had the pleasure of being invited to do an Instagram Live with Andrew Shaffer. MCC. We share insights from the article we co-wrote, and we give tips on how coaches can use storytelling to help clients access their inner wisdom.
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I am an adjunct professor at the Paris College of Art. I teach graduate Fashion Film and Photography students to take charge of their professional stories as they dip their toes in the fashion world, where strong opinions reign supreme.
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When working to unite people, one of the most important stories we can evoke is called “Who are we?” An effective who-are-we story is grounded in commonly held values, inspiring a group of people to take action toward a shared goal.
I grew up in a living, breathing storyworld. From my family’s Athens apartment, I could step out onto the balcony and see the Parthenon, the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.
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There’s a walking meditation in which you look at everything as if you don’t know what it is. You let your eyes settle on something, and you give it a generic name without embellishment: Flower. Wall. Man.
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"It started pouring, absolutely apocalyptic. We couldn't see the road. The bus driver gripped the wheel with one hand and, with the other, he cleared a small circle on the pane…”
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COVID-19 shook my world like it was an Etch-A-Sketch. It brutally erased the plot I thought I was living. Plans and work and finances evaporated. Anxiety mounted. In the space of a few days, I was living in a different genre.
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In honor of International Women’s Day 2020, I wanted to write an article about women leaders and how they can use story to meet key challenges. I googled “leadership challenges faced by women.” It was a mistake.
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