There are so many reasons we want to become more conscious, empowered storytellers.
As Jonathan Gottschall tells us in his book The Storytelling Animal, "stories make us human."
When we dedicate ourselves to telling our stories, we dedicate ourselves to our shared humanity.
As I work with the healers and creative entrepreneurs in my Stand In Your Sovereign Story program, I see another reason emerge...
We want to become bolder, braver, more competent storytellers because we need to integrate our gifts, ideas, and experiences.
Transformation professionals are multi-talented and multi-passionate. ("I'm a healer and a coach and an artist and a dancer and a mom, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.") We need a strong story to help us convey the unique combination of what we have to offer.
This process of integration is important when it comes to formulating a marketing story like we are in the SIYSS program, but it’s even more important for us as creative people trying to figure out how to show up and stay connected in this new strange, splintered reality.
In my other online group, the ongoing community the Sovereign Writers Circle where we focus on in-depth personal writing, I offered up this writing prompt yesterday…
Integration and Weaving the Threads
We know how to tie two threads. We know how to braid three together. Beyond that, working with four, five or more threads? That kind of knot work is beyond the usual skill set.
And yet, you are made of many threads - many passions, abilities, identities, stories.
Spend some time looking at your threads, teasing out the strands and learning which knots seem impossible. Imagine what kind of pattern you could create out of these pieces of you. Imagine that you do have the power to do this kind of weaving because, of course, you do.
Does this inspire your creativity and your desire to weave together your threads of story?
We’re welcoming new members into the Sovereign Writers Circle through May 5.
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