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Defining Stories
by Callan McDonnell
Using the principles and practices of narrative therapy, Callan McDonnell and Michelle Daley meet with ordinary people to hear their extraordinary stories and share how they have made sense of themselves and life. Learn how you can use narrative practice to transform the stories of your life.
Episodes
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Episode 14: Survival Stories with Kelly
Kelly has a mesmerising force with which she engages with the world and although her conversation with us might be called a story of survival, it more like a story about thriving, or continuing to thrive. When the upcoming horizon in your life story looks rose-coloured because you’ve made it...
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Episode 13: Migration Stories with Clare
Clare is looking back on a life-changing event from over 25years ago. Bravely, all those years ago she activated the plan to migrate to new country. Not to the other side of the world, just down towards the end of the continent of Africa. How hard could it be, right? Inspired to build a better…
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Episode 12: Coming of Age Stories
Adolescence can be brutal. Finding our path out of the hellscape of the teenage years is no easy feat. Adolescence is so difficult because it’s a time of such profound change without full control over what is happening inside of us and around us nor is there clarity about how this will all turn...
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Episode 11: Possibility Stories
Phoebe is a master in the art of possibility. What makes her so masterful is this beguiling ability to just get involved in things with no expectation of an outcome other than she will learn something and quench her curiosity. She somewhat bravely leaps into things knowing she has an artillery of...
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Episode 10: Reinvention Stories
Reinvention stories are a common theme in literature. Jane Eyre refuses to let her difficult past define her, ultimately creating a life of dignity and self-respect. In The Great Gatsby we witness Jay Gatsby’s transformation highlighting both the allure and illusion of self-reinvention…
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Episode 9: Adventure Stories
The call to adventure is the pivotal moment that propels us out of our ordinary world, forcing us to face challenges and grow. It’s a universal metaphor for the transformative journeys we all face in life. Do we have to be brave and strong to have an adventure? Do we have to be curious and...
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Episode 8: Transitioning Stories
Allison is one of those unique people who can talk about seriously difficult and heavy content and can hold it lightly, seeing the humour in its complexity and the beauty in its heartbreak. It’s a wonderful ability to hold opposing forces together at the same time. Just one of her many…
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Episode 7: Hopeful Stories - Bonus Debrief
In narrative practice, the stories people tell about their lives shape how they experience themselves and the world. Two prominent types of life narratives—contamination stories and redemption stories—play a crucial role in the meaning people ascribe to their experiences. From a narrative…
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Episode 6: Hopeful Stories
The humanitarian, Rosalynn Carter said with profound wisdom ‘there are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.' Our guest on this episode of Defining Stories has...
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Episode 5: Identity Stories
“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” [Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind]. In narrative practice, identity is seen as fluid and continually constructed through...
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Episode 4: Empowering Stories
Samantha is indeed a marvellous woman who has not only created an inspiring deck of cards called Marvellous Women, but has achieved significant transformations throughout her life story. Samantha shares her empowerment story in this episode of Defining Stories. You’ll hear about how she retired…
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Episode 3: Deconstructing Stories
Our episode this month is a fascinating conversation with Shona who also has a background in narrative practice. The theme explored in this conversation focuses on our ability to deconstruct our life stories so we can create new meaning. In narrative practice, deconstructing stories is a…
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Episode 2: Problem Stories
In this episode we meet Kerri who generously shares the story of a time in her life when a problem story became overwhelmingly significant. Problem stories are narratives that dominate our self-perception and worldview. They can cause us to focus predominantly on the issues, difficulties, and...
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Episode 1: What is Narrative Practice?
In this episode, Michelle and I chat about some of the principles that underpin narrative practice and why it can be useful to think of your life as a story. We explore the difference between a life history and a life story and how the meanings we attach to our memories can change our perception…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Using the principles and practices of narrative therapy, Callan McDonnell and Michelle Daley meet with ordinary people to hear their extraordinary stories and share how they have made sense of themselves and life. Learn how you can use narrative practice to transform the stories of your life.
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Callan McDonnell
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Using the principles and practices of narrative therapy, Callan McDonnell and Michelle Daley meet with ordinary people to hear their extraordinary stories and share how they have made sense of themselves and life. Learn how you can use narrative practice to transform the stories of your life.
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Defining Stories is created and hosted by Callan McDonnell.
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