About this item
A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella's pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting true stories illustrate Marinella's methods for understanding, telling, and editing personal stories in ways that foster resilience and renewal. She also shares her own experience of using journaling and expressive writing to navigate challenges including breast cancer and postpartum depression. Each of the techniques, prompts, and exercises she presents helps us "to unravel the knot inside and to make sense of loss."
About the Author
Sandra Marinella is an award-winning teacher and author from Chandler, Arizona. For thirty years she immersed herself in teaching writing to students and educators. When she faced and survived breast cancer, she turned to her personal writing as a way to heal and change. She began volunteering with veterans and cancer patients. As she watched storytelling and writing help them transform their lives, she wrote her new book, The Story You Need to Tell. Her pioneering work shows us the power of finding our stories, sharing them, and writing our way out of darkness toward resilience and renewal. Funds from the book support veterans assistance and cancer research.
