Everything Is a Story
Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives
About
Stories are alive--and they shape our personal and collective identities, for better and worse
Discover how the stories we tell--and the ones we inherit--hold extraordinary power to heal, harm, and reshape our reality.
In Everything Is a Story, award-winning Indigenous author Kaitlin B. Curtice reveals how narratives function like living seeds, taking root in our consciousness and growing from acorns into mature oak trees that define who we are. This book will help you:
· learn to identify toxic narratives that perpetuate division and replace them with stories of compassion and wholeness
· discover how Indigenous storytelling wisdom can transform modern approaches to healing and community building
· develop skills for examining family stories, religious beliefs, and cultural myths with discernment
· explore how to pass meaningful stories to future generations
Through this compelling journey, Curtice examines how stories shape our personal identity, family dynamics, spiritual beliefs, and cultural understanding. She guides us through the crucial process of discerning which inherited narratives serve our growth and which ones limit our potential for healing and connection.
This isn't just another book about storytelling--it's a framework for reclaiming agency over the stories that control your life. Whether you're struggling with family trauma, seeking spiritual growth, or working to build bridges across cultural divides, Curtice offers gentle wisdom that transcends religious and cultural boundaries.
Featuring a foreword by Simran Jeet Singh and woven with contemplative poetry, Everything Is a Story offers hope-filled guidance for anyone ready to rewrite their narrative and embrace stories that foster genuine healing, connection, and transformation.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Simran Jeet Singh
As We Begin
Part 1: Seed
1. The Origins of Stories
2. Oak Stories
3. Stories Are Mirrors
4. The Shape of Stories
Part 2: Sprout
5. Gathering Stories
6. Stories of Faith and Religion
7. Returning to Our Body's Stories
8. A Maze of Stories
Part 3: Sapling
9. Stories of Aging and Happiness
10. Stories We Tell About One Another
11. Stories of Myth and Othering
12. Stories of Sports and Exploration
Part 4: Mature Tree
13. Stories Are Labels
14. Stories of Land and Food
15. Stories Told in Public
16. Stories of Belief and Letting Go
Part 5: Dropping Seeds
17. Interfaith, Expansive, Futuristic Stories
18. Merging Stories
19. Stories for Healing
20. The Future of Storytelling
Endorsements
"A beautiful book about the stories that make us who we are and connect us to the earth, the cosmos, and one another."
Eboo Patel, founder and president, Interfaith America; author of We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy
"As astute communicators know, we best understand our world not through data or evidence or reason but mostly through stories. That's why this is such a potentially powerful book for those who read it!"
Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
"A guide for learning how to engage a story, with purpose and urgency and care. And like any skilled teacher, this book models for us precisely what it describes. It's a story about a story, infused with Kaitlin's wisdom and generosity."
Simran Jeet Singh (from the foreword)
The Author
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© Amy Paulson Photography www.amy-paulson.com Kaitlin B. Curtice
Kaitlin B. Curtice is an award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, she writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on...
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