Tag: WhyStoryMatters
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How Storytelling Helps Me Find Comfort, Process Uncertainty, and Believe in What Comes Next
There are days when the world feels unrelenting. The headlines blur together—climate disasters, politics, violence, uncertainty stacked on uncertainty—and the sense of helplessness creeps in before we can stop it. Even on quiet days, it’s there, humming under the surface. That low-level heaviness. That ache of trying to keep up, stay informed, be “on” all…
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The Power of Narrative: Why We’re Wired for Story
There was a time in my life when I was surrounded by stories—shelving them, recommending them, researching them, watching them fly off the shelves. From 2001 to 2009, I worked in bookstores in various roles—researcher, children’s expert, section lead—and in that time, I was able to wander through thousands of narratives, exploring at my own…
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From Chaos to Magic: The Joy of Creative Collaboration
Some people thrive in order. I thrive in a little chaos—the creative kind. Not the panic kind, or the deadline-is-burning kind, but the kind of chaos that happens when brilliant, wildly different minds collide to make something bigger than any one of us could imagine alone. In creative teams, things rarely go according to plan—and…
Christy Heyob | Building Worlds, Stories & Creative Teams 