Why Stories Are Just So Good For Us
Dr. Kat Kiefer-Newman |
TEDxMSJC
• October 2021
This is a brief talk on some of the science and social reactions that storytelling can offer to help people become more resilient. Jeremy Adam Smith is the main source referenced for the science. A personal story from Katherine Kiefer-Newman's childhood about the goddess, Pele, helping a farm couple on the island of Oahu is shared within that childhood story. This story is intended to illustrate how a story can help a person dealing with loneliness and feeling like an outsider, as well as provide a connection with the audience to enable them to mine their own childhood memories for similar kinds of healing stories. The main point of this talk is that stories can be told and shared to help with empathy, healing, and resilience.