Everything Is a Story: Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives
Oct 2025 · Baker Books
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Stories are alive--and they shape our personal and collective identities, for better and worse
Discover how the stories we tell--and the ones we inherit--hold extraordinary power to heal, harm, and reshape our reality.
In Everything Is a Story, award-winning Indigenous author Kaitlin B. Curtice reveals how narratives function like living seeds, taking root in our consciousness and growing from acorns into mature oak trees that define who we are. This book will help you
● learn to identify toxic narratives that perpetuate division and replace them with stories of compassion and wholeness;
● discover how Indigenous storytelling wisdom can transform modern approaches to healing and community building;
● develop skills for examining family stories, religious beliefs, and cultural myths with discernment; and
● explore how to pass meaningful stories to future generations.
Through this compelling journey, Curtice examines how stories shape our personal identity, family dynamics, spiritual beliefs, and cultural understanding. She guides us through the crucial process of discerning which inherited narratives serve our growth and which ones limit our potential for healing and connection.
This isn't just another book about storytelling--it's a framework for reclaiming agency over the stories that control your life. Whether you're struggling with family trauma, seeking spiritual growth, or working to build bridges across cultural divides, Curtice offers gentle wisdom that transcends religious and cultural boundaries.
Featuring a foreword by Simran Jeet Singh and woven with contemplative poetry, Everything Is a Story offers hope-filled guidance for anyone ready to rewrite their narrative and embrace stories that foster genuine healing, connection, and transformation.
Discover how the stories we tell--and the ones we inherit--hold extraordinary power to heal, harm, and reshape our reality.
In Everything Is a Story, award-winning Indigenous author Kaitlin B. Curtice reveals how narratives function like living seeds, taking root in our consciousness and growing from acorns into mature oak trees that define who we are. This book will help you
● learn to identify toxic narratives that perpetuate division and replace them with stories of compassion and wholeness;
● discover how Indigenous storytelling wisdom can transform modern approaches to healing and community building;
● develop skills for examining family stories, religious beliefs, and cultural myths with discernment; and
● explore how to pass meaningful stories to future generations.
Through this compelling journey, Curtice examines how stories shape our personal identity, family dynamics, spiritual beliefs, and cultural understanding. She guides us through the crucial process of discerning which inherited narratives serve our growth and which ones limit our potential for healing and connection.
This isn't just another book about storytelling--it's a framework for reclaiming agency over the stories that control your life. Whether you're struggling with family trauma, seeking spiritual growth, or working to build bridges across cultural divides, Curtice offers gentle wisdom that transcends religious and cultural boundaries.
Featuring a foreword by Simran Jeet Singh and woven with contemplative poetry, Everything Is a Story offers hope-filled guidance for anyone ready to rewrite their narrative and embrace stories that foster genuine healing, connection, and transformation.
Stories are alive--and they shape our personal and collective identities, for better and worse
Discover how the stories we tell--and the ones we inherit--hold extraordinary power to heal, harm, and reshape our reality.
In Everything Is a Story, award-winning Indigenous author Kaitlin B. Curtice...
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About the author
Kaitlin B. Curtice is an Indigenous poet-storyteller, a public speaker, and the award-winning author of Native and Living Resistance. She has written for Sojourners, Religion News Service, On Being, Oprah Daily, and The Liminality Journal, and her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. A citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin speaks on topics such as colonialism in faith communities, interfaith relationships, and the intersection of spirituality and identity, and she has collaborated with The Aspen Institute and Chautauqua Institution. She lives near Philadelphia with her family.
Kaitlin B. Curtice is an Indigenous poet-storyteller, a public speaker, and the award-winning author of Native and Living Resistance. She has written for Sojourners, Religion News Service, On Being, Oprah Daily, and The Liminality Journal, and her work has been featured on CBS and in USA Today. A...
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