by Jaime Mathis | Jan 24, 2023 | Storytelling lessons
Ever wonder why cats get 9 chances when we get only one? When I was a kid, I watched my little sister carry our cousin’s cat to the top of a two story balcony and calmly toss it over the side. I remember wondering how she could do that to a sweet little cat while...
by Jaime Mathis | Jan 18, 2023 | Storytelling lessons
As my grandfather prepared to pass, the space between his breaths became longer and the breath itself more shallow. I was 26 at the time and remember the reed like quality of his exhales, how he almost sounded like the breeze moving through seaside grasses. All of his...
by Jaime Mathis | Jan 18, 2023 | Storytelling lessons
Sometimes I hear of tremendous things humans do that inspire me, but I know I’ll never do it-like dunking a basketball unassisted, or doing head spins in a break dancing battle. But sometimes, I hear of adventures that I KNOW I have to go on, regardless of how crazy...
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...
