Stanford Health

Stories That Make You Smile

Hosted by Liz Morrison • Story Coach & Consultant

Get the worksheet

We will use this worksheet during the workshop, but you can also refer back to it when you are planning your next story.

Review the Slides

Here are all the slides that we used in our session. You can refer back to them as a reference as you continue to shape your stories of moments of wonder - from yourself and your customers

Liz’s Favorite Storytelling Books & Resources

BOOKS:

RESEARCH:

Reminiscing about positive memories buffers acute stress responses.
Speer, M. E., & Delgado, M. R. (2017). Nature human behaviour, 1(5), 0093. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0093

Variation in narrative identity is associated with trajectories of mental health over several years.
Adler, J. M., Turner, A. F., Brookshier, K. M., Monahan, C., Walder-Biesanz, I., Harmeling, L. H., Albaugh, M., McAdams, D. P., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2015). Journal of personality and social psychology, 108(3), 476–496.

Narrative Transportation: How Stories Shape How We See Ourselves and the World
by Melanie C. Green & Markus Appel

ARTICLES:

HBR: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
by Paul J. Zak

HBR: What Makes Storytelling So Effective For Learning?
by Vanessa Boris

Harvard Health: Stories Connect Us
By Annie Brewster MD

TED: The two kinds of stories we tell about ourselves
By Emily Esfahani Smith

TEDx: The magical science of storytelling
By David JP Phillips

PODCASTS:

Hidden Brain: Change Your Story, Change Your Life

  • Hidden Brain has some of the best personal storytelling mixed with sharing facts, it’s a great source of inspiration for how you can infuse stories when sharing numbers and fact-filled information

Storytelling School with Kymberlee Weil

  • This podcast shares very actionable storytelling tools weaved in with great stories from Kymberlee and her guests

Future of Storytelling: Your Brain is a Storytelling with Dr. Theodore Schwartz

  • The FoST Podcast offers great interviews with leaders across industries using storytelling to deepen their connection to their communities, companies, and beyond.