For Our Psychological Health
From Stories We Hold, We Shape Ourselves
With Stories We Share, We Shape Each Other
- Self-expression enhances psychological well-being
- Dialogue increases caring, relatedness and understanding
- Striving to understand, we also seek to be understood
- Appreciating what works, we hope to be appreciated for our work
- Identification of needs confirms person-hood
- Assertion of shared needs builds solidarity
- Social action builds efficacy and diminishes isolation, helplessness, and hopelessness
- Conflict, if needed, can be conducted collaboratively, bringing hope and change
- Given the chance, people will express and organize themselves