Share the Stories. Help the Helpers.

Stories are mirrors. It's really about us. Our stories matter. Tell your story. As much as you can. Meld the stories together. Share the tragedy. Share the silver linings. Honor the caregivers. Help the helpers. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem 00:53. 1 Introducing Susan Fantl Spivack 02:39. 1 Doing heart’s work. Dough to knead. Storytelling with children 07:15. 2 Oral histories – harm and peace 09:40. 3 Crafting stories 14:09. 4 Governor Cuomo, Storyteller 19:35. 4 The story arc – so what? 24:59. 5 Fairy tales 26:54. 6 Torah 29:35. 6 Staying calm for the kids 36:16. 7 PTSD, recovery. and storytelling 38:57. 8 Reflections 44:36  9 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger Sponsored by Abridge Thanks to these fine people who inspired me for this episode: Curtis Cates, Catherine Lynch, Amanda Blodgett, Dafna Gold Melchor, Geoff Racier, Fred Gutierrez, Ruth van Leeuwen, Leon van Leeuwen, the younger, Fatima Muhammed-Ighile, Mary Fam, and Catherine Munyua. Links Susan Fantl Spivack's poetry chapbook “The Power of Impossible Stories,” is available from sspivack@nycap.rr.com Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey Krist Tippett's On Being Podcast with Rebecca Solnit Akimbo's Story Skill Workshop HurricaneHousing.org Eve Perlman TED Talk Baba Black Sheep by Bansuri Badan Hickory Dickory Dock by My Lame animations Hockey Pokey by My Lame Animations Wash, Wash, Wash Your Hands by CoComelon Related podcasts and blogs https://health-hats.com/temporarily-able-bodied-people-were-in-this-together/ https://health-hats.com/the-chi-of-covid19-invincible/ https://health-hats.com/kind-re-equilibration-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/ About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to...