Storycatcher: The Power of Story to Change Our Lives

By Christina Baldwin

Book Overview

Storycatcher reveals the powerful role stories play in life, and empowers readers to examine their own to bring greater awareness and positive change. Personal-writing pioneer Christina Baldwin first draws on examples from history and mythology to show how stories do indeed change events. She then shows readers how to apply this idea to their own narratives, acknowledging and reclaiming them -- both the positive and the negative aspects -- to realize a better future within their families, workplaces, faith traditions, and even nations. Each chapter features suggestions, examples, and anecdotes to get people thinking and writing about their own lives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577314913
• ISBN13: 9781577314912
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: New World Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Great Surprise!

I reluctantly read this book based on the recommendation of a friend. I was not a storyteller nor particularly interested in story, so I really wasn't expecting much from the book. Boy, was I wrong! This book helped me realize how central story is to my life, to my work, and to the way that I think about and interact with the world. The author really opened my eyes to the power of story. I've started keeping a journal. I've started having more interesting conversations with co-workers and others. Perhaps I'll start writing more interesting reviews too!

Hooray for Story!

This wonderful book explores the many uses of story telling not just for the listeners but for the tellers as well. Whether or not you ever publish your own stories, Storycatcher will convince you of the value of telling them. Christina Baldwin is at her best. Through her own stories and those of others, she shows how our stories can open the path to understanding each other and ourselves. Storycatcher will inspire and help you to catch as many as you can.

Magnificent! A real gem of a book...

Christina Baldwin's work on Story...the art, the practice, the importance of telling and re-telling stories in our lives is a stunning masterpiece. Woven beautifully with fragments and selections of her own stories, Baldwin once again instructs, enchants and inspires the reader about the critical nature and importance of the individual stories of all of us. Whether it's to build community, heal generational wounds, create stronger organizations, leave a legacy, or simply to pass on information, Baldwin's narrative builds a compelling case for the power of "storycatching." A magnificent read...and a wonderful gift to give. What will be the questions you carry to ask of yourself and others? A must-have!!

Storycatcher Spreads Hope

Christina Baldwin's Storycatcher tells stories of hope. She articulates beautifully the power and necessity of sharing story with those around us to build webs of connection, to build community, to provide a bridge to understanding. We all have a story. Baldwin's genius shines through showing us how to bring story into the center of our lives through telling her own story. This book is a work of love and brilliance that brings light into the world.

An Important Book for Troubled Times

In Storycatcher Christina Baldwin has, with grace and wisdom, reminded us of the importance of story in our lives. She deftly weaves the personal - stories from her own family lineage and interviews with a diverse group of men and women living their own unique history - to illustrate how our stories ground us and nudge us into paths that can make a difference for future generations. Each chapter ends with ideas about how to"practice" the art of story catching as a way of enriching and illuminating our lives. A Baldwin classic.