How Stories Help - Heal and Grow ?
How Stories Help - Heal and Grow ? I didn’t always know this, but I do now— stories have been quietly holding me, long before I understood why. I have spent years around learning spaces. Classrooms. Training rooms. Conversations that look professional on the outside, but carry so much more underneath. What I have noticed—again and again—is this: people don’t open up to advice. They open up to stories. Including me. When something feels heavy, unclear, or unresolved, logic doesn’t always help. Explanations don’t land. Even reassurance feels noisy. But a story? A simple, honest story— it creates room. There have been moments in my life when I didn’t know what I was feeling, only that something inside me needed attention. On those days, stories became mirrors. Not stories that told me what to do— but stories that said, I see you. Through stories, I have learned that discomfort doesn’t always need fixing. Sometimes it needs witnessing. That growth isn’t a drama...
