Your Turn: Ways to Celebrate Life Through Storytelling

by Tyra Manning

Creative expression through writing helps us uncover gems of hope and serenity, enabling us to navigate difficult times. Sharing stories with one another fills the space between us, inspires us, helps us forge stronger relationships, and teaches us that we’re more alike than different. In Your Turn, renowned educator Dr. Tyra Manning offers examples of stories from her own life, followed by an invitation for readers to delve onto their own emotional histories, with plenty of room to explore on the page with writing prompts and tools.

Genres: Nonfiction, Writing

168 pages, Paperback

Published July 30, 2019

About the author

Dr. Tyra Manning defies stereotypes associated with mental illness. Those who know her as a successful schoolteacher and administrator are surprised to learn of her long-time battle with addiction and clinical depression, which she faced both before and after her husband was killed in the Vietnam War. After retiring from a forty-year career in education, Dr. Manning devoted her energies to comfort those suffering in silence, reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, and open doors to support and treatment. Though she travels around the country delivering messages of courage and hope in her award winning book, Where the Water Meets the Sand, Manning is a born and bred Texan residing in Texas Hill Country.

Reviews

[Amanda (THE CAFFEINATED READER) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for writers or anyone who needs direction while journaling.

[Danielle Urban · Rating 4 out of 5]

Your Turn: Ways to Celebrate Life Through Storytelling by Dr. Tyra Manning was not exactly what I thought it would be. However, I did like the writing prompt questions. She had me think about something or someone in my life dealing with a particular subject or situation and then write about it. This book was mostly a memoir on her life rather than storytelling writing. I thought it would provide storytelling techniques etc. It didn't. This book did do its sole purpose, try to get the reader to write his or her life story.

I received this copy from the publisher. This is my voluntary review.

[Kathy Duffy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a storyteller who occasionally does workshops or small gatherings where you share a story and then try to get the other participants to share their personal story, I found this material very helpful. I especially like the section on gratitude and hope to use it going forward. Sharing personal stories can help someone through grief, with an addiction, ackowledge their fear and sometimes the conquering of that fear. Very useful