Credit: Getty Images Narrative medicine seeks to apply the humanities — literature, art, storytelling — to clinical encounters as a means to provide more holistic care. Health care requires humanity.

Most people know George Lucas as the writer-director of the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as a producer of many films and series that make up the franchise’s extended universe. In recent years, ...

Narrative psychotherapy aims to help people understand mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders, in the context of the person’s life story. This form of mental ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vibhas Ratanjee studies leadership and culture at Gallup On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most ...

We tend to talk about therapy in a very general sense — "I'm in therapy, I'm starting therapy" — so you might not realize how many different types there actually are. Are you doing cognitive ...

In December 2014, a group of health activists from around the world staged a mock carnival outside a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, to protest the inflated price of Sovaldi, a then-new drug for ...

I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost, 1874-1963, “The Road Not Taken” When individual teachers or entire schools are faced with the desire/need to ...

What Is a Scientific Narrative? The main ingredient to an engaging story is the narrative—the descriptive account of connected events that the author uses to convey their intended message to the ...

The world doesn’t need another brand with something to sell. It needs a leader with something to say. Connect to your ...

Many organizations working toward social change understand the power of stories to transform how people think about and act on issues. It follows that a common question among movement leaders, ...