Think back to your childhood school days of show and tell—what are you holding? What is it story? Standing in front of your class with a favorite toy, seashell, or souvenir and sharing the story behind it revealed a piece of yourself and connected you with your classmates.
🎵 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.
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.
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.
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.
Perpetually late to the game, I was watching The Crown on my laptop Friday night, the wonderful episode set in the summer of 1969, when astronauts landed on the moon. While the world gazed into the heavens, series creator Peter Morgan looked around here on Earth and asked, What does it all mean?
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- Mindworks In Conversation Featuring Lenny Grant | The Power of Expressive Writing in Healing Trauma
- Storytelling as an Antidote for Loss: How Advocate Health’s Narrative Medicine Team Supported a Colleague in Grief