The Magic of Metaphor: 77 Stories for Teachers, Trainers and Therapists

by Nick Owen

The Magic of Metaphor presents a collection of stories designed to engage, inspire and transform the listener and the reader. Some of the stories motivate, some are spiritual, and some provide strategies for excellence. All promote positive feelings, encouraging confidence, direction and vision. The stories contained in The Magic of Metaphor focus on values, responsibility, and leadership in all its forms. Specially selected to promote change in people's ideas, attitudes, beliefs, visions and behaviours they act as reframes, challenging and disturbing our existing frames of reference, recharting our accustomed maps of the world, and shifting us away from our limited thinking towards new learning and discovery through the use of effective metaphor. Containing sixteen suggestions (or tips) for effective story telling, advice on organisation, style and story telling skills, and a selection of stories that can be adapted and developed, The Magic of Metaphor is an inspirational sourcebook for counsellors, health workers, psychologists, professional speakers, managers, leaders and NLP practitioners, as well as for teachers, trainers, therapists. Providing tools that assist people in making beneficial changes in their lives, the stories contained in this book will bring pleasure and power to all those that listen to or read them.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 8, 2001

Reviews

[Lee Avery · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read just for the stories

This is one of those books that is immensely useful to therapist and layman alike.

Simple reading each of the metaphors without considering their application is an education in itself and the way the book has been put together within its own metaphor makes this an easy read.

If you're a parent and want something to read your (older) children, these stories are great and can be fascinating starters for conversations.

[Sarah Lameche · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was not as good as I was expecting. From the reviews on Amazon I thought it was going to be great or even amazing! sadly it was just O.K. There was literally just one story that I really liked and turned the corner for future reference. Handy I suppose if you have a good memory (I don't) and want to pass the tales on to others. I also found the 'magician' part rather irritating. Alright to take on a bus ride.

[Greg Giersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great stories from different eras cultures. Nice connection to leadership.