Here at Live On, we’ve been honored to share life stories with a variety of individuals and couples. You would think the preponderance of people interested in recording their histories would be elders whose offspring want to preserve family stories; and for sure,...
Therapists and counselors are trained to collect clients’ life histories as a means of uncovering events that may contribute to negative symptoms like depression, anxiety, phobia, etc. This experience feels like detective work, seeing the client as victim…of...
Among our joys when capturing life stories from people across a wide age spectrum has been the opportunity to listen to elders in their 80’s and 90’s sharing the well-remembered trajectories of their lives. Sometimes people in later life remember more...
Why would anyone care about my life story? Our western culture, our educational system, our family systems, our working worlds — all conspire to make us critical thinkers. The best of those lessons provide discernment, good judgment, and choice. Conversely, it can...
Sam and Rose met at a high school field trip when they were 15, and their respective schools merged to visit a Holocaust museum. Fast-forward to Thanksgiving 2020, when they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Zoom with their four children. Unfortunately,...
If you have a camcorder or a phone that shoots video, maybe it’s finally time to do what you’ve been meaning to do for a long time: Sit down with a parent or other relative and record their priceless stories for your kids and their kids to have and...
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