DIY – I Am
Understand your identity and how it was formed The idea for this activity comes from a study where people were asked to list “I am…” statements and the memories that support them. The story of the...
View ArticleDIY – Family Holiday Recipes
Use Your Sense of Smell to Find Your Story This December, smell your way to your stories. Smell is the key to our forgotten memories, so when a scent brings in a flood of feelings, stop and notice...
View ArticleSmell Your Way Back to Age Five
Want to get in a time machine and visit your earliest days of childhood? Catch a whiff of tar, chlorine or that perfume your mother used to wear and you may just find yourself there. Researchers have...
View ArticleDIY-Love: More Storykeeping Ideas
3 Very Different Ways to Capture Your Story About Love I have 3 different ways, for 3 different kinds of people. No matter who you are, you can capture your story. CLICK HERE to get my free monthly...
View ArticleGoing Through “Stuff” With Your Parents
I discovered this beautiful video from the New York Times entitled “Love and Stuff.” Created by Judith Helfand, it chronicles her experience of packing up “generations of stuff” belonging to the mother...
View ArticleScience Says You *Can* Keep Defining Yourself
We are our stories. The brain uses memories of our experiences to literally form who we are, usually in our early 20s. However, a study of the brain showed that we are not stuck with our early 20s...
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