My Beautiful Stories

This is the first of two parts. A bonus including stories posted on #mybeautifulstories, on @instagram, by our listeners. 

This took longer to narrate, so it is now divided into two parts. 
The first part, in a rather serendipitous manner, featured Nature in various ways. So this became the theme to meditate on this week, on instagram. 

The second part is coming to you next week.

Thank you to @nanhes.jungle, @tammymarshmallow, @amy_minichello_ and @portwayportraits for this week's stories. 

You can find the recipe Amy talks about linked on my website.
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This bonus episode features answers to your questions, about us.

We did not manage to answer them all, so might need to do another round in Season 2. 

All the podcasting related questions, soon, in a separate episode.

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What makes a good story? 

In this last episode of the first series of the podcast, we discuss what makes a good story, from the perspective of the writing style.

We started this discussion upon stumbling upon a book which neither of us could read.

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This is the last episode of the series, and we will celebrate by featuring your best stories. Write a STORY OF A DAY, tag it under #mybeautifulstories, on instagram and we will chose our top favourites to share with our listeners next week.

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This is the last episode of the series. If you have liked this series, please help us make a second season possible. Please RATE, REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE. This helps share the show with more people.


Thank you for staying on this journey with us!

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STORY: Tommy was his real name. This is the first time Pawel hears this story. The reason is that it took me a long time to process.

DISCUSSION: SOCIAL INTERACTION

In this episode, we discuss SOCIAL INTERACTION. In a world where it would be easy to let social media and technology control our lives, where does usual day-to-day social interaction sit? Is there still meaning in chats around the coffee table, meals shared, playground natter? Listen to this episode to find out and help me continue the conversation on my instagram account.

INSPIRATION:

This episode’s recommendation is Kitchen Stories. This is such a good film, funny, yet meaningful. It asks important questions and, last but not least, it kept me entertained but also self-critical during my PhD research. No, I was never THAT type of social researcher... far from it.

HERE IS SOME FURTHER INSPIRATION:

I might have already mentioned this, but I love this podcast so much. Their interplay, their conversation style, really, this podcast is simply worth listening to.

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I always leave a box in my Stories on Instagram, if you want to continue the conversation on the weekly theme. 

You can also leave me comments on here storisse.com

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I asked a  couple of questions on Instagram and these are the answers you have given me.

I hope you enjoy revisiting and listening to these unique moments in our lives.

This bonus covers more than one episode. You will hear stories related to The HAPPY TIMES WE LIVE IN, GRATITUDE and RESOLUTION. 

THANKS TO…

@becsr3, @tammymarshmallow, @annld60, @nanhes.jungle, @bugateodora, @coffeepaperyarn, @abohemian, @wheelacw32 from instagram

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A simple calculation led to a sudden realisation. Yet, should that number dictate how I feel about my acts?

DISCUSSION: 

In this episode, we discuss RESOLUTIONS. Should we set them, is their completion an indicator of any sort? How relevant are they? Is there a gentler way of setting a New Year Resolution? An intention only, perhaps. A word. And thinking backwards, what would be the words of the year for the past years of my life?

Head over to storisse.com for the show notes and to @instagram/storisse for more conversation.

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The more I listened to Liam tell his story, the more grateful I became about our daily shared cup of tea. 

Too milky for my taste, it was my prop, something to hold on to when the telling became too hard to listen to. 

Today's story is one with twists. It could have had a tragic ending, but it does not. The end is uplifting. 

This is why we have decided to discuss GRATITUDE this week.

Should we practice it daily? To whom should we express gratitude?

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I have lived through history and today I have decided to tell you about it.
Today we discuss the world we live in. Is peace indeed as fragile as it once seemed? 

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I asked you what the first thing you owned was and what memories you attached to it. These are your stories.

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Here you find out more about my Grandma. There are many blog posts on Storisse that are connected to grandma, who was a major influence to me, growing up. 

Today, about the time when she told us about her refridgerator.

DISCUSSION

We ask ourselves why a grandmother talking about ownership of things triggers different responses to when other people approach the subject.

 INSPIRATION

This episode’s recommendation is Kieslowski’s Tenth Decalog and an incredible charity dealing with water poverty. More about that in the show notes on the website.

CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

I always leave a box in my Stories on Instagram, if you want to continue the conversation on the weekly theme. I aim to revisit this theme based on your comments at another date.

You can also leave me comments on here storisse.com

IF YOU LOVED THE PODCAST, please review and subscribe, it helps more people hear about it. 

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