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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Tenet 2: Why a Birth Story Session Should Be Part of Every Postpartum Return Read More »
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 …
Philosophical Tenant 1: Stories are Living, evolving entities Read More »
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 …
Our deep aesthetic, “like our fingerprint, . . . leaves its unique mark on everything we touch.” —Susanna Ruebsaat, PhD I’ve been in a process of inquiry about: What informs my/our …
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