In our final installment of Narrative 101, Derrick discusses the trendy topic of deconstruction. Is it just post-modern nonsense? Or is it a helpful way of evaluating how narratives are shaping us and why we truly believe what we believe? Derrick shares his story of deconstructing his faith, and ultimately how to pair deconstruction with reconstruction.

In this Narrative 101, we explore the many creative ways you can tell your life story through documents such as letters, journals, scrapbooks, videos, and more. Along the way, Derrick shares how documenting our story can help us better remember it, and why ‘The Color Purple’ is a form of therapy.

What does it mean to be the protagonist of your own life? What does addiction recovery and The Wizard of Oz have to do with re-authoring your life? In this edition of Narrative 101, we discuss how a focus on unique outcomes, the absent but implicit, and intentional states can help us live our preferred story.

It's tempting to make it all about us! But how do we use our influence to lift others up and empower them? In this Narrative 101, we explore the Narrative Principle of being 'de-centered, yet influential' as a pathway towards being a helpful guide in someone's life.

In this month's Narrative 101, we share how the tools of Witnessing (also called Outsider Witnessing) in Narrative Practices can make you a better listener with your clients, students, and loved ones. Derrick also shares his personal journey towards becoming a better listener. Plus, we feature a cameo from Narrative Therapist and previous podcast guest Jill Freedman!

What story does your life tell? In our fifth Narrative 101, we begin tying everything together as we discuss how to tell our stories in ways that make us stronger through definitional ceremonies, resulting in more personal agency in our lives.

Narrative Practices is all about helping people live their preferred stories more intentionally. So like a writer telling their story, how can we use the elements of story (plot, character, setting, theme) to live more intentionally the kinds of lives that are meaningful to us? We explore all this and more on this month's edition of Narrative 101.

For this Narrative 101, we begin exploring the vast topic that is personal identity. We discuss the differences between group and individual identity, nature vs. nurture, the Narrative Practices approach to identity, and how the ideas, relationships, and stories that surround us influence who we become.

For this Narrative 101, we discuss externalizing problems, how problems are rooted in contexts, what it means to take responsibility for the problems we face, internal vs. intentional states, and the dangers of identifying someone by a single story.

Welcome to Narrative 101, where we discuss the relationships between the stories we love and the stories we live. We begin with the foundation, the Narrative Metaphor itself, which suggests that we tell stories to make sense of life.