Integrate Storytelling into Your Life & Work This site is intended to be a searchable database of resources created and curated by Gael Gilliland to support you in your storytelling adventures. This page will provide some context and give you launch points to help you find what you need. Click the button below and schedule a workshopping session. These sessions …
Why Hospice Care Matters Now More Than Ever
Hospice and hospice care are almost never on the top of anyone’s mind. By the time you need to think about it, life is already falling apart and things are emotional. Hospice care doesn’t mean someone is definitely going to die. But it usually means things are a little crazy in that person’s life and for their family. November is …
5 Ways to Use Photos to Remember Someone Who Died
Our need to document our human experience goes back to the beginning of time. We’ve been creating pictures to share our stories far longer than we have been sharing our stories with words. This drive to document and leave a legacy means that we have centuries of history to discover and explore. We no longer need to paint on stone …
5 Ways to Write About, Remember & Honor Hard Memories
Life wouldn’t be life without a few hard memories to shake you up. How we choose to remember those moments makes up the rest of our lives. I’ve been choosing to share stories, write, and explore the emotions I feel around certain experiences. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that each new milestone brings a different perspective on past experiences. …
Resources, Restoring Human Dignity, & Lawnmowers
This week’s blog has been really hard to write. I’m just going to start there. I’ve started writing it at least 8 times and then furiously smashed the delete button back to a blank page. What I want to do this week is to share my network that I’ve curated and documented over the last five years. That’s how long …
