Storycatcher

By Christina Baldwin,

Book cover of Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story

Book description

Story is the heart of language. Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives. Story can lift us beyond our individual borders to imagine the realities of other people, times, and places. Storytelling — both oral tradition and written…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Storycatcher as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I feel deeply connected to this book because it helped me navigate the break-up of my marriage.

It puts into beautifully poetic words what I was feeling on an intuitive level about the transformative power of telling our own stories and the importance of ‘storying out’ unarticulated experiences.

Becoming a "storycatcher" and taking ownership of my story pulled me through a dark time and set me on the path toward a more empowering narrative. 

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