by Jaime Mathis | Dec 8, 2022 | Storytelling lessons
Stories abound on how to succeed at Life but rarely does one cover the full recipe of how to be self-fulfilled. I’ve woven together some of the brightest threads in the quilt that have helped me a great deal at impasses and crossroads in Life. Take what you like,...
by Jaime Mathis | Dec 8, 2022 | Storytelling lessons
If you’re a human living in the 21st century, chances are, you’ve felt the cold hand of fear and the paralyzing quality of anxiety grip you once or twice. Many of us live in a chronic state of low or high level fear and anxiety-it’s an epidemic that I refer to as a...
by Jaime Mathis | Dec 8, 2022 | Storytelling lessons
No one wants to experience the profound emotional upheaval that comes with loss. Martin Prechtel, indigenous author and storyteller, speaks of grief as the experience of having loved and lost someone, someplace, or something. In a culture that doesn’t allow grief to...
by Jaime Mathis | Dec 7, 2022 | Storytelling lessons
People start telling stories as soon as they can make sounds. Trying to understand the “whys” and “how comes” of the mysteries of Life seems to be as inherent to the human condition as breathing and gathering. Over the last 43 years, I’ve...