Legacy After Dark with April M. Woodard from April M. Woodard. We will be chatting about storytelling, autism, writing, cliff-hangers, and who knows what else 🥰 Come listen in!

April M Woodard is an advocate for the autism community, sharing how she works with her own autistic traits to use writing as a therapeutic outlet. Crowned cliff-hanger queen, April is known for leaving her readers on the edge with her best-selling Sci-Fi Fantasy Series The Aeon Chronicles. You can find her blogging about her favorite reads on Instagram @author_april_m_woodard   She is also a marketing consultant to authors, helping them focus on how they can connect with their ideal audience on social media.

Do you know that you can bring storytelling into every aspect of your life? Debra Weller Storyteller has been working with people for decades to do just that. I had the opportunity to interview her recently on Legacy After Dark! We had an epic conversation about preserving family stories and why it’s so important to tell stories. Listen in to the episode and check out the text breakdown here - https://www.thelegacyrecorder.com/legacy-after-dark/preserving-family-stories-debra-weller

What happens when the world goes topsy turvy and you have another podcast you are working on plus all the things? You don't record anything for this podcast. That's what happens... plus a bunch of other stuff that won't all fit in this description area.

Links mentioned

Book - books2read.com/u/mZjL6y

Legacy Website - https://www.thelegacyrecorder.com/

If you haven't heard yet, there is a new podcast in town. I'm dropping ridiculously short episodes everyday over here.

This is my post Thanksgiving reflection :P Take a listen to hear about what I'm missing, thinking about, and how we can connect with the people care for and support. If you haven't heard yet, there is a new podcast in town. I'm dropping ridiculously short episodes everyday over here.

Ok. Trigger warning time.

In this episode, we will be having a conversation about how we dispose of our loved ones remains and how we handle what we do with their last requests.

This can be dealing with the entire scope of grief, from animals to humans.

So, onto the deep stuff, check out the episode.

It isn't always easy to ask for help, but it is so important to get input from the people you are serving and working with to ensure your creation is beneficial and worth creating.

Link to a quick survey asking about how you are using Legacy.

This is probably a touchy subject for a lot of people. No one wants to acknowledge that it isn’t always “fun” volunteering or being in a situation where you don’t feel like you can extricate yourself politely. Even when you really do need to get out of there. I totally get it. It’s hard to tell someone you need space or a moment to reset or to end the conversation altogether. So What’s to be done then? How can we keep our boundaries while still being generous? I’m so glad you asked!

That is exactly what this episode is all about. There are some vague and roundabout threads in the episode but bear with me, I promise it’ll be helpful.

-Gael

Join Laura Roselle, Family Narrative Project, and Gael Gilliland, The Legacy Recorder, as they chat about Family History and Storytelling.

By the end of this episode you will know why we are so passionate about talking to other people, getting their stories and encouraging families and individuals to not only talk about their feelings, or stories but also to listen or write them down for other people to consume.

Enjoy!

The full article on this episode is located here

You can find Laura on…

Email [email protected]

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FamilyNarrativeProject/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/familynarrative/

Website https://familynarrativeproject.com

Happy Writing!

Gael, the Legacy Lady

How to use writing prompts & story prompts with your storytellers

Link to 5 Minute Storytelling

A little about the inspiration for the episode...

Everywhere you look you are probably going to find ways to tell your own story. For a really long time that is how you could work with the Legacy Recorder. What you will see around the internet are writing prompts, story ideas, and detailed instructions on how to tell your own story. You'll also find beautiful journals, well-executed programs and beautifully designed systems to do this for yourself.

Somewhere along the way, I realized that there were already people and companies doing an incredible job of supporting families and individuals with their storytelling adventures. About that time I started thinking about and deciding exactly what I loved about the work I did.  What I found was that I really enjoyed helping people learn how to do something new or how to do a “thing” better. That “thing” was storytelling, having conversations and facilitating incredible experiences that impacted many.

You may not know this, but while I was talking about how to talk to your mom or grandmother, I was also teaching, training and supporting volunteers, staff, and residents in their storytelling adventures.

Through that experience, I discovered a lot of things. One thing I discovered was how to utilize the prompts I created and apply them in a storyteller/facilitator situation. What I want you to know is that any resource, tool, or platform that is out there for individuals and families can be adapted to be used in a facility, care situation, or other instance where there is a patient/staff relationship.

This is one of the core components of Legacy and the process I walk staff, volunteers, educators, and facilities through.