Tenet 6: Who is telling the story?
by Pam England 6. There is not just one storyteller within each of us. Depending on what’s motivating the storytelling, and who the story-listener is, one of several parts of ourselves …
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Tenet 5: Myth is Medicine, the Storyteller is the Courier
A week after the storytelling, a father phoned me with a mythic birth announcement! It was the first time I’d ever heard birth story in mythic terms instead of medical jargon.
Tenet 4: Why We Search for Meaning
by Pam England 4. Life events and outcomes have no inherent meaning. Instead, how we define an experience determines its meaning, thus meaning can be changed as the storyteller and story evolve. …
Tenet 3: On Creating a Temenos
by Pam England 3. The aesthetic of a dedicated space for birth story listening creates the temenos (a sacred enclosure) for inner work by turning the attention of storytellers and …
Tenet 2: Why a Birth Story Session Should Be Part of Every Postpartum Return
2. Our journey through birth is not complete until we complete our Return, which means completing our story, and this is not easy to do on one’s own. Therefore, a personal …
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Philosophical Tenant 1: Stories are Living, evolving entities
by Pam England A long time ago, I discovered a forgotten box of journals and books. Out of curiosity, I randomly opened a tattered spiral journal to see what it contained. Reading the …
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On Feeling Abandoned in Childbirth
by Pam England Abandonment is frequently described in birth story sessions. When examining its causes and consequences, we discover an intricate web of influences and meanings. Whether it is an …
Percival, The Creator
by Nicole Green, Birth Story Listener During The Birth Story School’s Summer Semester, “The Language of Healing: Symbols, Images, Myths, and Metaphors,” I had the privilege of taking a deeper …
HOW MY BIRTH TRAUMA HEALED ME
Like greased lightning, two early posttraumatic insights came into me on the operating table that would sow the seeds for posttraumatic growth. Nearing the end of a long-drawn-out ordeal in …
The Soul Work Of Sorting A Birth Story
by Pam England One of the most beloved myths in Greek antiquity is the story of Psyche and Eros; it is a love story and a woman’s heroic-initiatory journey during …
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