I have long been interested in how just allowing a patient to tell her/his story can in itself be a source of healing. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen in her best-selling book, Kitchen Table Wisdom, says it best.
“Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much any more. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering. Despite the awesome powers of technology many of us still do not live very well. We may need to listen to each other’s stories again.”
Let this be the year you tell your story. Not sure where to start? There are some great resources available. Here is one suggestion.
Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Way-Healing-Telling-Transforms/dp/0807072435
