Insights – Snapshot Stories

Meet members making a global impact through narrative healing and support initiatives.

Leslie Burns Mindworks in Conversation

Mindworks in Conversation with Leslie Savoy Burrs - Composer, Flutist, Educator

🎵 Leslie Savoy Burrs - award-winning composer, flutist, and educator - joins Narrative Mindworks for a powerful conversation on the role of music in storytelling, healing, and cultural legacy.

When I Chop Onions, I Think of My Female Ancestors

At 30, Mindworks member Salvena Nissan began learning to cook and discovered a powerful connection to her Mountain Jewish heritage and the women in her family who came before her.

Writing Bad in Dublin

Writing Bad In Dublin

Editor-in-Chief Mary Beth Sammons reflects on her recent trip to Ireland for the Dublin Writer’s Workshop - and how embracing imperfection shaped a deeply personal writing journey.

Mindworks in Conversation featuring Dr. Andre Lijoi | Integrating Faith and Narrative in Modern Medical Practice

 How can narrative practices and spiritual presence reshape modern medicine? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Andre Lijoi reflects on the intersection of faith, deep listening, and compassionate care- offering a vision of healing that goes far beyond clinical skill.

Remembering Mama: How I Learned to Listen

My mother Frances had a life shaped by sorrow. Her mother died when she was just eight, a loss too large for such a small girl. On her sixteenth birthday, she learned that the man she called father was not her biological one. That revelation split her world in two.

A New Kind of Narrative: How One Seasoned Storyteller is Igniting Social Change

Meet Dr. Valerie L. Williams-Sanchez, A Visionary Storyteller Rewriting What Representation Looks Like

Once upon a time in her Grandma Evie’s tiny kitchen in Southern California, a curious and bright-eyed girl named Valerie and her grandmother played Scrabble, discussed “big” ideas, and embarked on myriad adventures in their imaginations to museums, galleries and gardens. It was in the heart of this special and magical bond that a young Valerie developed a love of stories.

How Writing Heals Trauma – A Conversation with Lenny Grant, PhD

Mindworks In Conversation Featuring Lenny Grant | The Power of Expressive Writing in Healing Trauma

In this conversation, Lenny Grant, PhD, explores how expressive narrative writing can help individuals process and heal from trauma. Drawing from clinical experience and research, he shares how crafting personal narratives fosters reflection, meaning-making, and emotional recovery.

Whether in clinical settings, classrooms, or personal practice, Lenny highlights how writing can be a powerful tool for resilience and growth.

Storytelling as an Antidote for Loss: How Advocate Health’s Narrative Medicine Team Supported a Colleague in Grief

When Tracie LaNier, a social worker in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Advocate Health, lost her brother, Clayton Henderson, 64, in an unexpected death earlier this year, support came from a source she hadn’t anticipated: the members of the hospital system’s Narrative Medicine program team.

Championing Medical Humanities for Health Equity

Amanda Mordavsky Caleb: Championing Medical Humanities & Narrative Medicine for Health Equity

Amanda Mordavsky Caleb: Championing Medical Humanities for Health Equity

“The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.” – Terry Eagleton

 Jerome Deroy

Mindworks in Conversation featuring Jerome Deroy | How Storytelling Transforms Leadership & Team Engagement

In this Mindworks in Conversation, Jerome Deroy, CEO of Narrativ, shares how storytelling helps organizations connect mission to action, strengthen teams, and enhance professional communication.

Have a question? Need some help? Email us at info@narrativemindworks.org
NARRATIVE MINDWORKS | 1216 Broadway 2nd fl. New York NY 10001
© 2025 Narrative Mindworks. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use  |   Privacy Policy   |  Copyright Policy   |   Accessibility Statement