{"id":8158,"date":"2019-04-19T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=8158"},"modified":"2019-04-19T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T03:07:06","slug":"guest-blogger-frances-lefkowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/guest-blogger-frances-lefkowitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger Frances Lefkowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s guest blogger, Frances Lefkowitz, writes about the importance of family stories and keeping memories alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telling stories \u2018round the table, can increase well-being,\nreduce anxiety and depression, reinforce feelings of closeness among family\nmembers, and build resilience for navigating life\u2019s normal ups and downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stories about something good coming from something bad are\nparticularly therapeutic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When something bad happens, but you find a way to use it to\nyour advantage, you redeem (and transform) the negative experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tales need to be structured, with a beginning, a middle,\nand \u2014 most crucial \u2014 an end, a conclusion that makes sense of the situation and\ngives it meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips for getting the storytelling started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Share photos: Albums, yearbooks, holiday photos, loose\nphotos in shoeboxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Start and continue traditions. Rituals contribute to\nstories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Share stories during mealtimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances Lefkowitz<\/a> has spent over twenty years writing and publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author of two biographies and a memoir, To Have Not<\/em>, about growing up poor in\n1970s San Francisco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frances leads popular writing workshops, and has developed a\nself-editing technique that she teaches to writers so they can revise and edit\ntheir own work. As founder and director of the grant-funded Community Memoir\nProject, she brings free memoir-writing workshops to public libraries and\ncommunity centers, and publishes anthologies of these under-represented voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frances finally making it down the face of an 8-footer in Costa Rica, after getting dumped over the falls approximately 50 times. Practice makes perfect, in surfing and in writing. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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