Love After Love ~ by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was yourself. Give wine. Give bread. Give back …Read More
Author: Dr. Joel Ying, MD
Physician-Educator-Storyteller. Integrating the power of story into medicine, healing sessions, workshops, speaking and performance.
ManKind Project – Redefining Modern Masculinity
“We believe that emotionally mature, powerful, compassionate, and purpose-driven men will help heal some of our society’s deepest wounds. We support the powerful brilliance of men and we are willing to look at, and take full responsibility for, the pain we are also capable of creating – and suffering. We care deeply about men, our …Read More
Kurt Vonnegut: The Next Million-Dollar Story
Do you want to write the next million-dollar story? Listen to Kurt Vonnegut. All you need to do is follow one of the classic “Shapes of Stories.” To all my fellow storytellers, aspiring novelists, and budding screenwriters, you don’t have the recreate the perfect plot, start with one of these, then add a little creativity …Read More
Geraldine Buckley, storytelling in its modern form
“The shortest distance between two hearts is a story.” ~ Geraldine Buckley Red hair, British accent, Geraldine Buckley stands out! And so do her stories. Among them, she tells original personal stories with a contrasting British propriety. Many are from her unique life experiences, which include “time” as chaplain at the largest men’s prison in …Read More
The Elephant II – HUGE success in Ft Myers, FL
“The Elephant” appeared again in Ft. Myers, FL, to a sold out crowd! (135 seats!) Tonight (January 31, 2018), the second annual event at Alliance for the Arts opened to our storytelling fans with a showcase performance of ten amazing tellers with a range of stories from personal to folk tales that captivated, titillated, and …Read More
David Steindl-Rast: Anatomy of Gratitude
“Gratitude … secures the kind of joy that us human beings look for. I always say joy is the happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens. And, usually, we have the idea, well, when something nice happens, then I’m happy, and when something bad happens, of course I’m unhappy. Well, you can be unhappy, and …Read More
Speaking in Praise – the Song of a Friend
“A friend is someone who knows your song, and sings it back to you when you forget.” ~ adapted from an anonymous quote My friend, R. Sunde, is an inspiring role model that I met at Toastmasters, the organization I joined nearly a decade ago to improve my public speaking skills. Sunde is full of …Read More
“I get plenty of exercise at work.”
As the New Year resolve begins to wane, I’m reminded of the many times I have heard the statement: “I get plenty of exercise at work.” Many people who say this have stressful jobs, and they just can’t imagine fitting another thing into their life. Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: An …Read More
Fooling With Words – Golden Retrievals
“One of poetry’s greatest powers is its preservative ability to take a moment in time and make an attempt to hold onto it.” ~ Mark Doty Poetry is one of my great loves for how it often captures what is beyond words, and in that great paradox, captures it with words. Poetry connects us through …Read More
Stanley Kunitz – inspiring poetry
In his nineties, a slight old man walks up to the stage at the Dodge Poetry Festival to a huge applause. The poet, Stanley Kunitz, became poet laureate at the age of 95 and wrote poetry up until he was 100 years old. If that alone does not inspire you, listen to his poetry. Watch …Read More