The Things We Hold On To
In this picture is my Maya, one of three and by far the favourite. She is a nervous cat with a dainty personality and physically the smallest of the three, but also the one with the most delicate heart. She is a master at losing her collar and bell, and when she does, she moves around without a sound. My cats are all in the habit of sleeping at home, so when it becomes dark, expect them to come inside and take their preferred places for the night. Sunday night, she wasn’t home at her usual time.…
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One Story, a Thousand Meanings
No two people ever read the same story. The words may be identical, the chapters may unfold in exactly the same order, and the ending never changes. Yet every reader walks away carrying something entirely different. Why? Because we never read a story with our eyes alone—we read it with our lives. Stories enter our lives through the filters of what is important to us in this very moment. A widow may find comfort in a chapter that another reader barely notices. Someone struggling with forgiveness may underline a single sentence that becomes a turning point, while…
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The Timeless Journey of the Storyteller
The remarkable truth is that science has finally begun to affirm what ancient first storytellers seemed to know instinctively: Stories do more than entertain. They help us survive. When we tell the story of our lives, we are doing far more than recalling memories. We are searching for meaning, gathering scattered moments—joy and sorrow, triumph and failure—and weaving them into something that resembles understanding. Without a story, experiences remain isolated fragments. Perhaps that is why every civilisation has treasured its storytellers. They were not merely keepers of history but healers of identity. They reminded people where they…
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The Power of Putting Pen to Paper
For centuries, people have instinctively turned to writing during times of joy, grief, confusion, and change. Long before psychology became a formal science, journals, letters, and personal reflections served as companions through life’s greatest challenges. Today, research confirms what many have experienced firsthand: writing can be profoundly therapeutic. Writing therapy, often referred to as expressive writing, is the intentional practice of putting thoughts and emotions into words. Rather than focusing on grammar or storytelling, the emphasis is on honest expression. This simple act engages multiple regions of the brain, helping us process experiences instead of merely reliving…
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The First Storytellers
The first storytellers did not stand behind podiums or sit behind laptops sipping cappuccinos specially prepared by the barista who knows them by name (ha-ha, that is not what a writer’s reality looks like, but we can dream). They didn’t care about their social media following or book signings, whether they should go the traditional publishing route or opt for self-publishing. No, they sat beneath open skies, around fires that cracked and sighed into the night. Their audience was small—children with wide eyes, weary hunters, mothers cradling sleeping infants, elders whose wrinkles held stories of their own.…
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