Welcome to Wisdom Tales
Elisa Davy Pearmain is a professional storyteller with over 20 years of experience telling in schools, libraries, churches and festivals around New England. She is the author of two award-winning books, Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World, and Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying. Elisa is a teacher of storytelling, and a licensed therapist, helping adults to hear their own stories in new ways for personal growth and healing. This site is packed with information about Elisa’s programs and resources and contains articles and stories and information on character development, bullying prevention, spiritual growth through story and much more. Enjoy!
Just in!
Elisa's book Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying (2006) just won the Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards for 2009! See publications for more information.
Recent Events:
I recently led a workshop for high school students in the Citizen Schools Alumni program. These young people speak at many functions to raise money and awareness for the Citizen Schools programs that help so many elementary and middle school students around the country. The goal of the workshop was to help them to articulate their experiences more effectively. Here is what the Alumni coordinator said about my workshop:
The workshop that Elisa led was fantastic. After a long week at school our students entered a bit tired, but over the course of two hours, our students left energized by their ability to tell a compelling story about their own life. The structure of the workshop was well planned and executed and met the needs ofour students. I saw shy students tell powerful stories. All of my students enjoyed going through the storytelling process and learning how they could articulate events in their life they cared about. I highly recommend Elisa and her workshops. I look forward to the next one. Dan Rosen – Alumni Services Coordinator – Citizen Schools Boston www.citizenschools.org
Storytelling as Prayer – Stories and prayers both connect us to the divine wherever we may find it, in ourselves, in nature, in one another and in the universe. What a perfect union! I recently led a day long workshop at the Rolling ridge Conference Center in Andover, MA, (www.rollingridge.org) in which we explored the vast possibilities of storytelling as prayer. What a beautiful setting and what an inspiring topic. See my Wisdom Tales page for more information on this workshop.
Workshops & Classes
Sat. October 23, 2010 • 10-4 pm • Women's Well, Concord, MA
The Forgiveness Circle - Telling our Stories in New Ways (women only). See the program description here under workshops.
For complete information go to www.womenswell.org or contact elisa@wisdomtales.com
Sat. October 30, 2010 • 10-4pm • Wright Tavern, Concord, MA.
Forgiveness: Telling our Stories in New Ways. Please see the program description here under workshops
For complete information go to: www.wrighttavern.org or contact elisa@wisdomtales.com
Elisa's podcast
"Forgiveness: The Heart of Healing" This podcast is an interview with myself and the host Eric Wolf. You can listen to it (#88 in the archives) and many other great storytellers anytime by going to www.artofstorytellingshow.com
Elisa in the News
Elisa brings anti-bullying message to students at Somerville school.
You can reach Elisa by phone at: (781) 259-0492
You can write to her at: PO Box 634, Lincoln, MA 01773
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