by Mary Rives | Apr 2, 2018 | Storytelling
As a kid in the steamy summers of the deep South, the bug spray man would occasionally come around in his big army green truck spewing out poisons in wafts of thick cloud-like smoke. My brothers and I would yell, “Bug spray man!” and dash out to play in...
by Mary Rives | Dec 31, 2017 | Life Coach, Storytelling, Thriving, Writing
Seasons Greetings from Mary at Healing Stories! 2017 was such a tumultuous, dramatic, and challenging year, both politically and emotionally. If you’re like me and care about people and the planet, you’re most likely happy to join me in wishing a hearty...
by Mary Rives | Sep 3, 2016 | Inward Journeying, Storytelling
Stories: We all have them, and I venture to to say that we mostly love stories; others’ and our own. Sometimes, we fall prey to getting stuck in our old stories and the ways we’ve always told them. You know, the ones that actually keep us in a certain...