Navigating the Difficult Journey

Honoring Story, Facilitating Healing

Contents

Personalizing Myth,
by Suzanne Montz Adams

Stories for the Journey,
by Nancy Mellon

Peace in the Family: Stories and Skills to Build Healthy Families,
by Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A.

Healing Storytelling: An Old Technique that Reaches the Young,
by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota

The Public Voice Project: Creating a Storytelling Program with the Formerly Incarcerated,
by Lani Peterson

Playback Theatre: Putting Story on Stage as an Opportunity for Healing,
by Barbara Esrig

Stories Embrace: Readers' Theatre for Cancer Education in Alaska,
by Melany Cueva, R.N., Ed.D

The Three Little Sheep: A Healing Story Redux,
by Sheila Wee

From "Once Upon a Time" to "Now I Know": Healing Story at the Adirondack Arts and Healing Retreat,
by Fran Yardley

Stories of Spiritual Transformations
by Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD

A Traveler's Tale
by Shawn Small

Strong Medicine
by Laura Simms

Seeds, Mirrors, Hands and Keys: Stories to Support Mourning
by Gail Rosen

Creating Community Through Storytelling
by Christopher Maier, M.A.

Co-Creating the World Through Story
by Allison Cox

Editor
Peggy Helmick-Richardson
Assisted by Deena Weinstein

Graphic Design and Layout
Mark Bassett
Allison Cox

Dear Reader,
Welcome to the 2008 edition of Diving in the Moon, the journal of the Healing Story Alliance (HSA), a special interest group of the National Storytelling Network, the national organization for storytellers (www.storynet.org). Our purpose is to explore and promote the use of storytelling in healing. Telling and evoking of stories can facilitate the efforts of people and communities seeking physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and wholeness.

Our goal is to share our experience and our skills, to increase our knowledge of stories and our understanding of the best ways to use stories to inform, inspire, nurture and heal. We also wish to reach beyond our storytelling community to share with those in other service professions: therapists, clergy, health care practitioners of all kinds, anyone who wishes to explore the benefits of story as a tool for healing. This journal you now hold in your hands is one of the many ways HSA brings ideas, experiences and new techniques of healing story to the forefront.

If you are already a member of HSA, we hope that you have also been benefiting from our active list serve, the monthly teleconferences from experts in the field, and the wealth of resources on our website, www.healingstory.org.

If you are not yet a member of the Healing Story Alliance, please explore our website and consider joining us as we continue to support and learn from each other. Our mission is broad. We flourish and benefit many through the participation of members holding differing viewpoints, styles, perspectives and opinions about storytelling.

Again, we welcome you into this latest edition of Diving in the Moon, and hope that it inspires you to delve deeper into the vast world of healing story. Come join us on the journey.

Sincerely,

The Executive Committee of the Healing Story Alliance:
Lani Peterson
Lorna Czarnota
Deena Weinstein
Jeri Baldwin

HSA Advisory Council
Diane Rooks
Laura Simms
Allison Cox
Meg Gilman

Return to Journals	Diving in the Moon Issue 5 Summer 2008 Honoring Story, Facilitating Healing Contents Personalizing Myth, by Suzanne Montz Adams Stories for the Journey, by Nancy Mellon Peace in the Family: Stories and Skills to Build Healthy Families, by Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A. Healing Storytelling: An Old Technique that Reaches the Young, by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota The Public Voice Project: Creating a Storytelling Program with the Formerly Incarcerated, by Lani Peterson Playback Theatre: Putting Story on Stage as an Opportunity for Healing, by Barbara Esrig Stories Embrace: Readers' Theatre for Cancer Education in Alaska, by Melany Cueva, R.N., Ed.D The Three Little Sheep: A Healing Story Redux, by Sheila Wee From "Once Upon a Time" to "Now I Know": Healing Story at the Adirondack Arts and Healing Retreat, by Fran Yardley Stories of Spiritual Transformations by Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD A Traveler's Tale by Shawn Small Strong Medicine by Laura Simms Seeds, Mirrors, Hands and Keys: Stories to Support Mourning by Gail Rosen Creating Community Through Storytelling by Christopher Maier, M.A. Co-Creating the World Through Story by Allison Cox Editor Peggy Helmick-Richardson Assisted by Deena Weinstein Graphic Design and Layout Mark Bassett Allison Cox Dear Reader, Welcome to the 2008 edition of Diving in the Moon, the journal of the Healing Story Alliance (HSA), a special interest group of the National Storytelling Network, the national organization for storytellers (www.storynet.org). Our purpose is to explore and promote the use of storytelling in healing. Telling and evoking of stories can facilitate the efforts of people and communities seeking physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and wholeness. Our goal is to share our experience and our skills, to increase our knowledge of stories and our understanding of the best ways to use stories to inform, inspire, nurture and heal. We also wish to reach beyond our storytelling community to share with those in other service professions: therapists, clergy, health care practitioners of all kinds, anyone who wishes to explore the benefits of story as a tool for healing. This journal you now hold in your hands is one of the many ways HSA brings ideas, experiences and new techniques of healing story to the forefront. If you are already a member of HSA, we hope that you have also been benefiting from our active list serve, the monthly teleconferences from experts in the field, and the wealth of resources on our website, www.healingstory.org. If you are not yet a member of the Healing Story Alliance, please explore our website and consider joining us as we continue to support and learn from each other. Our mission is broad. We flourish and benefit many through the participation of members holding differing viewpoints, styles, perspectives and opinions about storytelling. Again, we welcome you into this latest edition of Diving in the Moon, and hope that it inspires you to delve deeper into the vast world of healing story. Come join us on the journey. Sincerely, The Executive Committee of the Healing Story Alliance: Lani Peterson Lorna Czarnota Deena Weinstein Jeri Baldwin HSA Advisory Council Diane Rooks Laura Simms Allison Cox Meg Gilman
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