What's your story?

Hannah and Jordan drop knowledge

We were really honored to host guest speakers from the international organization Kids for Peace http://www.k4p.org/.  Our shared goal of building leadership skills for youth made it a great partnership! This weekend's session focused on a key leadership skill of communication.  Most of us have issues that we are passionate about and that we desire to take action on.  This passion usually starts from somewhere in our personal story, or events in our past that shaped our values and beliefs.  We reflected on what some of these issues are - the Healers came up with a really important and diverse list of issues from the need for community inclusiveness to the refugee crisis.   Then we thought about why we as individuals care about these issues.  Our ability to understand our personal story and share it with others is a critical tool in building relationships, motivating ourselves and others, and generating more discussion and stories.  It was great to have the time and guidance to practice this skill, and thank you again to Jordan and Hannah for your time and teamwork!

For more on stories:
http://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

We will keep sharing our story here...

In Peace and Health,
​Dr. Malik