The Power of Story-Telling

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This paper is based on "Menya: An End of Life Story". The paper discusses the need to listen to another person's story, in order to understand the other person's experiences. The paper focuses on the need to listen to the stories of those who are ill in order to find the patterns in illness to use the power within and move on towards higher consciousness.

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Analysis of Storytelling: Lived Experience of a Woman with Breast Cancer Introduction In order to understand another person's experience, it is necessary to listen to their story. "In listening to another person's story, we connect with their view of the world - their reality" (Kelly, 1995, p. 6). Based on Margaret Newman's theory of expanded consciousness, what is needed by the patient and family members is to find the patterns in illness to use the power within (Yamashita, 1999, p. 73). Then the person can move on towards higher consciousness. The story on which this paper is based is Menya: An End of Life Story.

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