Surviving Trauma Through Story
with Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber

Wednesday,  May 16th
at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern

Stories of personal trauma exist throughout the centuries in many forms. No matter where you are in the world, abuse happens. In researching Tale Type 706 – Maiden Without Hands for Beyond the Sword Maiden – A Storyteller’s Introduction to the Heroine’s Journey, we found 60 variants from 14 countries around the world. These are old stories. Abuse was happening then. Abuse is happening now. At some point it has to stop. One way is by sharing stories of perseverance, survival and transformation. Our presentation will discuss the steps of the Heroine’s Journey to move from trauma to wholeness in your stories.

 

Dorothy Cleveland is known in Minneapolis storytelling as the Queen of Darkness. She has performed and produced events of folktales and personal stories about the shadow of life using humor and insight. www.beyondswordmaiden.com

 

Barbara Schutzgruber is an award-winning storyteller of folktales, ballads and personal stories of resilience for schools, prisons, state parks and festivals and has presented workshops and showcases nationally and internationally. www.weavestory.com

 

Together they are the authors of Beyond the Sword Maiden – A Storyteller’s Introduction to the Heroine’s Journey published by Parkhurst Brothers.