STORYWORK
STORYWORK
Storywork is a process of exploring your personal stories—especially those from your formative years—to uncover how they have shaped your identity, emotions, relationships, and view of God and yourself. It’s a form of healing and spiritual formation that involves remembering, naming, and engaging with your story in the presence of compassion, truth,
and the Holy Spirit.
At its core, storywork is:
1. Trauma-informed soul care — It recognizes that past wounds (especially from childhood) shape current emotional, relational, and spiritual patterns.
2. Narrative-based healing — It involves telling your story in safe, structured ways, often with a trained guide or therapist.
3. An invitation to transformation — Storywork doesn’t just revisit pain; it seeks to rewrite the narrative with love, grace, and truth.
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WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE
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What Does It Look Like in Practice?
1. Writing and revisiting key stories from your life—especially those involving harm, neglect, shame, or confusion.
2. Noticing core themes such as abandonment, contempt, control, or performance.
3. Engaging the younger parts of yourself with compassion rather than judgment.
4. Working with a guide (like a counselor, coach, or spiritual director trained in storywork) to help interpret and integrate your story.
5. Bringing Jesus into your stories through prayer, imaginative reflection, or Scripture (especially in Christian storywork).
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PURPOSE
Storywork Aims to Help You:
• Understand why you feel and react the way you do
• Name the false beliefs and coping strategies you learned to survive
• Reclaim the parts of you that were silenced, shamed, or hidden
• Experience healing, dignity, and freedom through the love of God and others
• Grow in self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and spiritual maturity