One tool of living the present moment, living a conscious life, is authenticity — being who you are. Without alignment of our inner and outer selves, we cannot find happiness and fulfillment. However, it can also take courage to accept others as they are. When the rest of society tells you to shun your family, …Read More
Category: Storytelling
Story: Legacy of Love
Today’s story is called, “Legacy of Love.” It is the final story in a set of stories, and it gives the whole set its title. When I was gathering stories into a theme, I realized that all my stories were in some way about love, the many forms of love, and perhaps all stories at …Read More
Biology of Story – Interactive Documentary
Biology of Story is “an interactive documentary about how we work with story and how story works with us.” The creator, Amnon Buchbinder, has created a website to navigate his short videos about storytelling at biologyofstory.com. With a background in screenwriting, he expands this project to include the many different mediums through which story …Read More
Inoculative Expressions – watch my interview
Larnell Cross interviews slices of life in the art world outside the mainstream in his home town of Miami, Florida. His online talk show highlights diverse music, poetry, storytelling, dance and art. I met him in South Miami when I was performing my 90-minute storytelling show, “Legacy of Love,” at Tea & Poets. We sat …Read More
Episode 9: Bridging Differences Through Storytelling (Noa Baum)
Interview Series by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow Noa Baum is a speaker, storyteller, and author. I first met Noa Baum at the Stone Soup Storytelling Festival in South Carolina where she was a Featured Teller, and then recently hosted her in Naples, Florida, for …Read More
Story: Louise Bennett, National Treasure of Jamaica
“The children need to know their stories!” Louise Bennett, also known as “Miss Lou,” is a National Treasure of Jamaica. Listen to the podcast audio and read more about “Miss Lou” on my prior blog post. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow
Episode 7: The Storytelling Coach (Jennifer Samuel-Chance)
Interview Series by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow Jennifer Samuel-Chance is a storytelling coach. As a storyteller and speaker herself, she coaches others to find their storytelling voice and harness its power in the speeches, presentations, and workshops. She shares her own story of …Read More
Listening to the Words with David Hauenstein
David Hauenstein uses his skill of reading “out loud” to produce dynamic and captivating radio-type programs. Reading the text of someone else has the potential to be very boring, but not when read by David. “Radio can be one of the best modern examples of one on one communication. I hear myself talking not to …Read More
Story: The Power of Kumbaya
In the 1960’s, a group of college students prepared for the Civil Rights campaign. There had already been violence against them. They knew that some of them might not return. They had called their families. This group had decided to stay. In their darkest hour, they united by singing an invocation, a Spiritual from the …Read More
Episode 3: Connecting Hearts with Storytelling (Geraldine Buckley)
Interview Series by Dr. Joel Ying. “People of passion and purpose, doing interesting things, living their present moment.” LivingthePresentMoment.com/podcastshow “The shortest distance between two hearts is a story.” ~ Geraldine Buckley Dr. Joel Ying interviews Geraldine Buckley on her personal journey into the world of storytelling, from England to America, through prison (as a chaplain), …Read More