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Copperfield's Books - Petaluma
140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma
Monday evenings, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Workshops are cancelled until we are no longer sheltering in place.
Tuesday mornings, 10:00 am to 11:45 am
Workshops are cancelled until we are no longer sheltering in place.
Copperfield's Books - San Rafael
Wednesday afternoons, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Workshops are cancelled until we are no longer sheltering in place.
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Today’s Guest Blogger, Kate Farrell, author of Story Power, with her unique experience as a storyteller, shares methods to unlock family secrets, There’s nothing louder than a family secret—it pesters and pokes until someone speaks up. Secrets have a way of hiding in plain sight. There are always the whispered rumors, missing pieces of a puzzle, stories that keep changing. But just as shared family folklore can develop strength and identity, keeping family secrets can destroy trust. Secrets that persist, unspoken and misunderstood, can erode the very foundation of a family. Family members who are perceptive, who sense hidden truths, may become fearful or internalize guilt and shame. At the very least, family secrets isolate—family members from one another and the entire family from their community. Some family secrets are more harmful to keep than others. Those that were traumatic, that violated some taboo, or were life-changing are vital to…
