by Shannon Turner | Jun 19, 2019 | authenticity, Blog, change, happy stories, transformative storytelling, vulnerability, walks with grief
Around this time two years ago, I set off to tell some happy stories. I had just gone through a cycle of work involving grief, helping people tell some of their hardest stories, including the Virginia Tech residency and Trigger Warning. Coming out of that cycle, I was...
by Shannon Turner | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
I love this scene at the end of When Harry Met Sally. Harry wonders who the acquaintances are we should remember when we sing Auld Lang Syne. Sally replies that perhaps we should just remember that we forgot them. Ever since I started my story coaching practice,...
by Shannon Turner | May 20, 2019 | Blog
Picture it. A Wednesday evening, a Saturday morning. A community pool at the local YMCA. The women gather, picking out their foam water-resistance weights, placing them on the side of the pool, and then gingerly entering into the water with squeals and groans. The...
by Shannon Turner | May 14, 2019 | Blog, empathy, life maps, vulnerability, workshops
Young African Leaders Initiative – Georgia State University – July 2018 ...
by Shannon Turner | May 12, 2019 | Blog, vulnerability, walks with grief
Dear Kids, I was 14. Bored in biology class, I started making lists of the names of my children. Just like the book I’d been reading, Flowers in the Attic, I would have a girl, and then a boy, and then a set of fraternal twins. Their names would be Catherine,...
