Linking Lives through Preferred Narratives

Solidarity – A response to traumatic events    Turn off the TV, the media and attention to the trauma. If you must watch events, limit it to certain parts of the day. The aim is to return settled to a place of peace as quickly as possible – a cuppa tea, a potter...

Capturing the essence

“…and moving to the space beyond”. When someone says to me “I need to move on” or “I want to move on” – I wonder, “Move on from what?” “What does move look like?”  “How will you know when you’ve moved?”  (What might you notice when...

It’s like placing a stick in the sand

“..and saying this is where I stand, and then what?” This comment was how one man summed up his work with me as a way of describing how easy it is to forget your position on things when you get caught up in other people’s concerns and agendas OR...

Where Pigs Fly

When I was growing up I used to hear others speak about various projects and proposals in ways that evoked images of “flying pigs”. I took this to mean that the project or proposal was so unlikely to succeed that a pig flying was just as likely. I continued with this...

The Gaze

“The gaze” and its influence on Narrative practice There exists a significant body of literature which refers to a set of social constructs known as “the Gaze”. (Try Google-ing this!) One form of “the Gaze” which has been of particular interest for many who work from...