As a child, she once stood by while a friend taunted another friend,
and she felt diminished. Later, she bravely intervened in a similar
situation and found herself empowered. Today, Lincoln, Mass.,
storyteller and mental health counselor Elisa Pearmain shares her
stories and draws out the stories of others in her bullying prevention
workshops. Read her essay "Once upon a caring classroom: Bullying
prevention through story" in today's issue of The Storyteller and the
Listener Online.
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The Storyteller and the Listener Online, a noncommercial
blog-newsletter, publishes two guest essays each month on the role of
story and narrative in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and
reconciliation in local communities. Essays and readers come from all
over the English-speaking world. Essay proposals are welcome; contact
editor Holly Stevens at healing_stories@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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