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Storytelling & Moral Injury

Storytelling that emphasizes conflict through narratives of good versus evil, winners and losers, is dangerous. There is an alternative.

5 min readDec 13, 2021

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Raising a Beautiful Mind

Stories, Stereotypes & Brain Scans: The Better Story of the Science of Story

Isn’t this brain scan impressive? It’s the scan of a person listening to a story! You can see how their brain lights up!

7 min readAug 9, 2023

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Every Perspective has a Story: Listen for It

If everything around us seems new and different, let’s make the ways in which we listen new and different, too. Unprecedented times demand…

5 min readDec 2, 2020

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The Urgency of Listening to Now

Only by listening will you discover all that is being disrupted, strengthened and created.

4 min readJul 1, 2020

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Inviting Vulnerability

Immediately upon gathering of a group of twelve strangers in an emptied hotel room, our facilitator urged us to “be vulnerable.” She…

4 min readFeb 20, 2020

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Listening to Whispers

Sometimes we choose to whisper. Sometimes we decide to shout. In either case, we are communicating in the hopes that we are heard and…

3 min readAug 8, 2019

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Listening to Whispers

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I am Not a Storyteller

Unless I am babysitting for my adorable nieces, I recoil when asked for a story. I am not a storyteller. But, like you, I have many…

3 min readApr 2, 2019

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I am Not a Storyteller

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Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence

Over the course of a week, how many minutes of high-quality listening do you receive?

3 min readJan 9, 2019

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Beyond Understanding: Listening for Emergence

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Thirteen Years of Exploring, Creating, & Communicating

I like shiny things. And most things are shiny and worthy of attention. Rarely do I meet anyone without an interesting story to share and…

3 min readMay 30, 2018

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Thirteen Years of Exploring, Creating, & Communicating

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Heroes, Collectives, and ‘The Black Panther’

In the classic monomyth, or hero’s journey, an individual goes on an adventure, faces and overcomes a challenge, and, as a result of that…

6 min readMay 24, 2018

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Heroes, Collectives, and ‘The Black Panther’

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Thaler Pekar

Thaler Pekar

Pioneer in narrative & communication. Keynoted on 4 continents. Award-winning video producer. Public & oral historian. Renown for finding stories.

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