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Oct 26

Posted by Brother Wolf in Brother Wolf | 3 Comments

HI All

As you can see my podcast has currently pod-faded. 🙁
I intended to start it up again any day now and yet that day does not come. If you are interested in my current work I recommend that you follow my page on face book – https://www.facebook.com/brotherwolfstoryteller
or the shows page on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/TheArtofStorytelling

The best place to start in enjoying this site might be the archive shows link.
http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/past-guests/

Thanks for enjoying my work!

Eric Wolf

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Mar 8

Posted by Brother Wolf in African American, Artistic Marketing, Beginning Storytelling Tips, Brother Wolf, Childrens Story, Coaching Storytelling, Creating Success, Environmental Storytelling, Episode List, Extra Articles, Festival Storytelling, Griot, Healing Storytelling, International Storytelling, Literacy, Local Events, Storytelling Digital | Comments off

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Forget Your Resolutions; Track Your Future – Narrative Therapy Style.

Jan 3

Posted by Brother Wolf in Applied Storytelling, Healing Storytelling, Narrative Therapy, Personal Oral Narrative | No Comments

New Years Eve Party after effects.I have watched the ceremony of the resolutions come and go through the years. I have done it – made a list of resolutions that I can stick to! Rarely has any of those resolutions lasted more than a month. In my opinion this ceremony serves two purposes – 1) It causes us to lose sight of our past successes and 2) It brings to the forefront the isolation we feel in our failure to keep our written goals. In short this ceremony appears to leave us powerless in the face of the many hidden traditions and cultural assumptions of western culture. Narrative therapy suggests otherwise.

What traditions and cultural assumptions of western culture do I speak of? Why the most insidious and sneaky ones of course – that of guilt, shame, fear, blame, anger, individualism, silence and many more… Each of these problems has a long history with the Ceremony of the Resolutions and each knows just what to do to derail any serious attempt to shake up their rule of our lives, our families’ lives and our cultural narratives.

As a narrative therapist I see it all the time. People love the idea – the resolution they reach for and they fail. Without the foundation they tumble and fall back into the sticky, sneaky ways of the problems. How do you find a new direction without setting yourself up for failure? Well it’s really simple – just notice that your already doing it.

Your future has already arrived in the present moment. Instead of creating a list of things you want to accomplish in the future, create a list of ways you are already accomplishing and some of things you want to do in the future. Say what? I mean it – sit down and try it right now.

Here are the rules – Read the rest of this entry »

You thought the Money was Tight in Schools Before…

Jun 14

Posted by Brother Wolf in Brother Wolf, Storytelling in Schools | No Comments

schools

A recent article on 538.com on the amount of money available to public schools and the effect of the rescission suggests that public schools all around the country will be facing another round of budget cuts. If you are a professional storyteller who does a fair amount of work in schools – and there are a few of you left out there after the recession of 2007 – I thought you might appreciate this heads up. Read the rest of this entry »

Comment Commentary – on iTunes.

Feb 18

Posted by Brother Wolf in Extra Articles | No Comments

storycast144 The Last 25 Reviews – after your done reading them feel free to write your own by clicking the iTunes link on the right hand side of every page on this website…
and a thank-you to all those kind people who took the time to write me a nice review on the iTunes site!

Brother Wolf

12 December, 2013
JackHamuman (Australia)
Wonderful resource and sense of community
Rating: 5 Stars

Thank you, Eric Wolf, for the opportunity to eavesdrop on your conversations with such remarkable people. It feels like being part of a conversation between master craftspeople, at the peak of their skill and talent. Spending some time in their company can only help to turn every listener into a better storyteller.

29 July, 2013
usdesi (United States of America)
I’m not even a storyteller
Rating: 5 Stars

But I love this podcast. I started listening for the stories, but stayed for the amazing insights that have enriched my life in all sorts of ways. So much practical information for people who want to start storytelling, too! Definitely try it out. Hope he comes back, in the meantime, I’m re-listening to back episodes.

15 July, 2011
GranolaGirl88 (United States of America)
Tim Tingle!
Rating: 4 Stars

Awesome! An interview with Tim Tingle!? He taught my Storytelling class for the University of Oklahoma’s travel study program in Santa Fe. I loved every minute of this trip with him as our captain. I am so looking forward to listening to this.

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Bill Lepp is at it again… Storyteller meet Reality – Reality meet Storyteller.

Feb 4

Posted by Brother Wolf in Environmental Storytelling, Extra Articles, Storytelling in Community | No Comments

Photo Credit ABC NEWS
Photo Credit ABC NEWS		 (————-)
One of these two things is not like the other.		 Photo Credit the Daily Mirror
Photo Credit The Daily Mirror

Dear National News Media,

I know that Justin Bieber is in danger of being deported and that that is critical, vital news, because he is a poor little rich kid who derives his power and status from your constant coverage of him and because all cable news shows seem to aspire to the journalistic greatness of People and US. I understand you guys need each other to thrive… but should that story become tiresome please remember that there are 300000 people in West Virginia who are still dealing with a water crisis. Read more…

Lyn Ford – Affrilachian Tales

Nov 18

Posted by Brother Wolf in African American, Brother Wolf, Extra Articles, Storytelling Resources | 1 Comment

AffrilachianTales What is your relationship to stories? I grew up in a home filled with other peoples stories. Yes my parents told me stories of their ill spent youth, but my family was poor in personal mythology or fables handed down from previous generations. Yes – I had Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs. I had piles of children books that my parents read to me, but my parents were poor in stories that they could pass on to me from my ancestors.

If I was poor then Lyn Ford was rich beyond description. In her book Affrilachian Tales she has chosen to share this wealth with the world. I can count the number of storytellers on one hand who tell stories on a daily basis that come from with in their family linage.

I am proud to count Lyn Ford among that select group of American storytellers who are telling stories on stage in front of audiences that they learned at a relatives knee at the age of six or seven.

Affrilachian Tales is a warm collection of Read the rest of this entry »

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