Story Medicine: symbolic remedy for every soul-sickness

by Sez Kristiansen

From the author of the #1 bestseller and award-winning poetry book, Healing HER, comes the eagerly anticipated second book in the Soul-Skin Series."Story Medicine by Sez Kristiansen is a deliciously healing piece of work that will make you want to run wild into nature's arms. Look out Mary Oliver, you have a new prodigy!" The Danish Literary Magazine, 2021 This book is dedicated to those who seek a remedy of which this world cannot heal alone.Story Medicine offers a remedial well of story, prose and poetry that aids every soul-sickness.Ancient traditions have known the combined power of emotion, nature and story for centuries. They harnessed it through song, myth, fairytale, folklore, archetype and poetry; administering a specific story to a patient whose imbalances could not be understood by the mind alone. Something much more potent was needed for the one who suffered from deep beneath the human bone.These days, we live in a type of soul-famine from the story medicine that used to nourish and connect us to the greater order of the cosmos - to our place in the natural world and our purpose in the community. But we still have the ability to self-medicate, and it is equally potent.These stories have been wildcrafted from the the one within and without - the one above and below - the one we live in now and the one our ancestors call us back to through the eaves. They seam the two worlds together to make medicine for deep and restorative healing. It is said that there is a story remedy for every soul-sickness you experience in your life. All you have to do is find it... This book will offer you the remedial seeds of symbolic, metaphoric and emotive language, so that you may begin to plant your own medicinal garden within yourself.

Genres: Poetry

110 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 8, 2021

About the author

These books have been created for sensitive souls who want to heal and empower themselves through the profound power of story medicine.


Through the spoken word, journaling, meditation, poetry & mindful listening, you will be guided back to the essence of yourself - the whole, validated, worthy, confident & self-guided reality of who you already are.

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The mission of Sez' work is to provide you with a mirror of the voice you already have in your own head. The words used in all of these meditations, storytellings and poetry come from living in the wilderness and being closer to that unconditional Heart that speaks of kindness, healing & presence.



This is the place where words are planted as seeds into the very heart of your being - and where you will be able to rewrite your emotional health story; blossoming from truth.

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first encountered Sez on the Insight Timer meditation app. I then explored her website and subscribed to her podcast. This is her first book that I have read and it didn't disappoint. Sez has a lovely, magical voice and writing style. which works uniquely well with this small book of poetic passages.

Her writings encourage us to explore our deeper lives, where we come from, our wholeness, and how to stay grounded in an often demanding and chaotic world. She encourages us to look beyond our surface experience, emotions and expectations, and to delve deeper into our heart for guidance.

I see so many people on social media who are in real pain and could use some quiet time with this book. Some may laugh and see it as "woo-woo", but for those seeking some validation and acceptance, I would highly recommend the read. I'll be rereading for sure.

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book sooo much! I want to read more of Sez’s poems! They were very healing and powerful for the soul.

[T · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a lovely book. Definitely one I’ll be returning to whenever I’m feeling a case of soul sickness.