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Healing Articles
"Problems are not going to get solved until we sit down with somebody else and really listen to their stories, so we can get to understand each other rather than blowing each other up. The more we put labels on people, the more we’re destined not to know them. When you really know somebody else’s story, you can’t hate them anymore. It’s a wonderful tool for peace."
-- Storyteller
Nancy Duncan
Storytelling has been used around the world for centuries to heal people. The articles below describe various uses of storytelling and healing, including:
For more information about the uses of storytelling in healing, see:
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Telling Stories: Creating Community One Story at a Time
Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ),
March 2, 2010
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Enter the World of Storytelling
ExpressBuzz (Chenai, India),
February 10, 2010
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Learning to Listen
The New York Times (New York, NY),
December 29, 2009
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Story Time
The Wall Street Journal (New York, NY),
November 14, 2009
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Festival Connects Storytelling, Peace-building
Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Canada),
May 6, 2009
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Champaign-Urbana Group Revives Art of Storytelling
Daily Illini (University of Illinois, Champaign, IL),
April 7, 2009
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Life Stories: Children Find Meaning in Old Family Tales
Wall Street Journal (New York, NY),
March 11, 2009
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Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One
Newsweek (New York, NY),
February 16, 2009
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The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn
Scientific American Mind (New York, NY) ,
September, 2008
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Once Upon a Time There was a Sickness
ABC Online (Australia),
April 17, 2008
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Youngsters Enjoy a Special Story on World Storytelling Day
The Shields Gazette (South Shields, UK),
April 15, 2008
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Empathy Is What Makes Us Sane: Ira Glass at Lisner Auditorium
DCist.com (Washington, DC),
April 15, 2008
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The Stories We Tell that Could Build a City
(The Oregonian, Portland, OR),
April 6, 2008
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Health Department Hopes Personal Stories will Inspire Change
Daily Herald (Provo, UT),
March 26, 2008
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Storytelling Can Make a Difference in Conflict
The Times of India (New Delhi, India),
October 1, 2007
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Outside Voices: Siobhan Darrow On The Value Of Storytelling
CBS News (New York City, NY),
December 15, 2006
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We Can Heal the Wounds
The Fiji Times Online (Suva, Fiji),
December 3, 2006
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Storytelling is Great Tool in Tourism and Reconciliation
City Vision (Western Cape, South Africa),
November 9, 2006
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Cathartic Tales
Malaysia Star (Malaysia),
January 24, 2006
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Storytellers to Honor Dr. King January 15
Palisadian-Post (Pacific Palisades, CA),
January 13, 2005
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Storytelling Known for Healing Nature
Billings Gazette (Billings, MT),
December 8, 2004
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Storyteller Shows Health Officials a New Way to Communicate with Alaskans
Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage, Alaska),
December 7, 2004
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Storyteller Nurses 'Their Spirits'
Baton Rouge Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA),
November 7, 2004
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Clarinetist Mends Her Heart Through Performing
Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, FL),
October 20, 2004
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National Endowment For The Arts Grant Will Benefit Local Homeless Youth
Westchester.com (Westchester, NY),
October 20, 2004
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Telling the Holocaust Story
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel),
September 6, 2004
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He's Found Escape in Life and Onstage
The Boston Globe,
August 27, 2004
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Teaching Through Stories: Televised Play Brings Cancer Information to Native Alaskans
Capital City Weekly (Juneau, Alaska),
August 24, 2004
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The Moral Clout of Storytelling
The Seed,
July/August, 2004
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Storytelling Helps Victims of Trauma
Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL),
August 21, 2004
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Visual and Performing Arts Take on a Bigger Role in Patient Recovery
The Washington Post,
August 17, 2004
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Solace Found in the Telling of a Tragic Tale
Times Union (Albany, NY),
August 13, 2004
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Tall Tales Told at Civic Center
Arizona Sentinel,
August, 2004
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Across the Land, Plots are Thickening
LA Times,
July 29, 2004
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Her Final Story
The Reader (Omaha, Nebraska),
June 25, 2004
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Lives Retold
St. Petersburg Times,
June 14, 2004
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Victims To Voice Pain
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland),
May 27, 2004
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Narrative and Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine,
February 26, 2004
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Creative Expression Workshops for Immigrant and Refugee Children
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
February, 2004
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You Can Be a Great Storyteller
USA Weekend.com,
January 18, 2004
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Food for Thought
Atlanta Jewish Times,
December 29, 2003
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Diagnosis Goes Low Tech
The New York Times,
October 11, 2003
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Even in a High-Tech World, Storytellers Can Still Spin a Good Yarn
Chicago Tribune Online Edition,
July, 2003
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Narrative Voices And Repertoire at a Healing Crossroads in South India
Journal of American Folklore,
Summer, 2003
For more information about the uses of storytelling in healing, see
The Healing Story Alliance, a Special Interest Group of the
National Storytelling Network.
If you know of articles which should be included in this collection, please email them to kate@katedudding.com.
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