Stories Matter, especially when it comes to children’s mental health and wellbeing.
For our season finale, Gene and Khadijah are joined by two special guests from Barefoot Books – book editor Lisa Rosinsky and children’s author Joelle Retener.
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Films foster empathy and can even promote social action. Sharing stories of mental health through video allows viewers to deeply connect with storytellers.
Stories matter.
That’s not just an opinion. That’s not an axiom or a homily or a saying or even a pithy bumper sticker slogan.
That’s a genuine biological imperative.
New film series and video podcast promote conversations to shift the social landscape of mental health
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This is a good time to talk about charisma and its relationship to the power of stories.
It’s not that the idea of charisma is new. The word itself is an old one. It derives from the ancient Greek word “χάρισμα (khárisma)”, and it translates to something like “favor freely given” or “gift of grace.
When I was young, the neighborhood bookstore had a distinctive arrangement. It almost always looked something like this:
The front table? Spy novels and books about tennis.
The books at the counter? More spy novels and books about travel.
An entire section was devoted to Kurt Vonnegut.