Ep. 9: The Story of Becoming an Inclusive Storyteller (with Kristin Pedemonti)
On this week's episode, I interview Award-Winning Storyteller and fellow Narrative Practitioner Kristin Pedemonti, and how her willingness to say "yes" to life led her to working on 5 different continents. We discuss Kristin's passion for Narrative Practices and storytelling, what it was like auditioning for TED, her de-colonizing work in other countries, infiltrating the world bank, the Japanese art of Kintsugi, and how she broke up a fight on the New York subway.
Introduction (0:00)
Becoming a TED Speaker (6:23)
Developing a Passion for Stories Through Childhood Challenges (15:10)
De-Colonizing Literacy Initiatives & the World Bank (30:36)
Saying "Yes" to Life (54:41)
Narrative Practices & Kintsugi (1:05:17)
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Kristin’s Narrative journey is layered and includes decades of projects on 5 continents through Listening, Storytelling, Creative Writing, Interviewing locals about their own initiatives to address challenges in their communities and sharing those stories on various platforms. She’s been called: a ‘rebel with a cause.’ She recently completed a master’s degree in Narrative Therapy and Community work. As a Narrative Practitioner, Kristin especially enjoys piecing together preferred stories often through her innovation project melding the metaphors and physical practice of the Japanese art of Kintsugi with Narrative Practices to deconstruct ideas around forever broken or damaged beyond repair. For twenty years, Kristin has also been a Professional Storyteller and is a Recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s International StoryBridge Award for her work connecting across cultures. She has presented and performed on 5 continents in 20 countries, her favorite Iran. In 2015, after a 7 year intention, Kristin infiltrated the World Bank where she is a Storytelling Consultant. She assists staff to tell the human stories within their data and more deeply honor the people they serve. Kristin is also the published author of three books including A Bridge of Stories which chronicles her decolonizing volunteer literacy project in Belize. Kristin is hoping to embark on another cross country tour taking her Kintsugi Narrative program across the US And Canada: piecing together preferred stories.
You can learn more about her work at www.steeryourstory.com or www.KristinPedemonti.com She also admits, she really needs to update her sites and will finally do so later this month. She pre-emptively thanks you for your patience!
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