Over the last few years I’ve worked with various government departments and independent service providers here in the ACT as they navigate their way towards the NDIS system – by facilitating digital storytelling workshops seeking stories around questions including “What makes a better life for you?” and “What does ‘home’ mean to you?”. Each organising…
I have worked with a lot of beautiful, caring people who have found the benefits of reflecting on their own self-identity stories to be LIFE CHANGING. By stories I don’t mean we are going to make online videos or snappy youtube clips – this is about the internal narrative we tell ourselves in our heads…
Jennifer Thompson, Head Story Seeker & Founder of Engaging Solutions, who supports people to find their voice and be heard, speaks with THE Rural Woman Co-Founder Rebel Black. Jennifer and Rebel dive into the topic of truth, using story telling as a guide. Jennifer combines Strengths Based Community Development with Narrative Therapy and Digital Story telling…
Events are happening around us all the time – even when nothing is happening, ‘nothing’ is happening. From the minuscule, everyday event to the epic it’s all happening around us and has been doing so since we were born. But it’s not the events that make up our life stories – it’s the meaning we…
” Beware of the “safe” questions!” I’d like to share with you a story that relates to being very careful around the idea of having safe questions, and not being prepared for strong emotional responses at all times. I remember an actor being asked once, a very seemingly safe question about his career. He was…
Okay, I confess: I am a bit in love with the narrative therapy approach to engaging with people and their communities. “Narrative therapy seeks to be a respectful, non-blaming approach to counselling and community work, which centres people as the experts in their own lives. It views problems as separate from people and assumes people…
Graham Hambleton, Director of Disability ACT recently told me a story of a friend who asked him “So, what does an “inclusive” community look like?” to which Graham gave the wonderful reply “Walk out your front door and look down your street. That’s what an inclusive community looks like”. Community Connections have launched a program…
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