I am a maggid – a transformational storyteller, teacher, and mentor with a very diverse background: I have advanced degrees in clinical psychology and artificial intelligence. My online school – Transformational Storytelling – trains spiritual storytellers from multiple traditions to tell stories that inspire healing and spiritual growth. It has been operating for seven years and is accredited by the National Storytelling Network. My “Stories for Healing” series saw over 75 stories told by over 50 storytellers worldwide, which were viewed by thousands daily.
As a spiritual storyteller, my interests in grief, healing, and shadow work have grown into a weekly substack called “Healing Monsters;” I encourage you to visit it and see my work as it continues to blossom.
I am a regular visitor to Morocco. I am an invited storyteller to the biennial International Storytelling Festival in Marrakesh, I am working with Irish and Moroccan storytellers to foster a storytelling connection between our countries, and I am particularly drawn to Amazigh (indigenous) stories of the peoples of the High Atlas Mountains, whom I will be visiting in April, 2026.
In 2020 I launched a multicultural series called “Diving Deeply into Stories,” which each month brought stories from different cultures and traditions to an online audience. Typically, each month involved collaboration with storytellers from those traditions, including individuals from Yoruba, Hungary, indigenous North American, Mexico, England, France, Spain, and Great Britain.
In 2022 I launched another storytelling series with a Buddhist storyteller residing in Spain called “Dancing with Dying and Living,” which examines four central topics revolving around end-of-life issues over a 24-week program. This program accompanied storytellers, caregivers, hospice workers, and others through this journey with stories, songs, music, dialogue, and other creative activities. Since then, it has resulted in our book, “Stories of the Heart,” which curates 18 folktales from around the world on the topics of Dying and Living.
I also developed a program “Welcoming the Other,” which uses storytelling to help create a visceral experience of what it is like to be the “other,” and what those of us in more privileged communities can do to be more truly – and practically – welcoming. Similarly, I led a storytelling and study group for over a year to encounter the riches in the close-in comparison of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian scriptures and stories.
My faculty and partners in these endeavors come from Ireland, Morocco, Hungary, Mexico, the Narragansett people, Spain, and Britain, as well as many other places around the world.
As a death doula, I work with families, individuals, and caregivers. I am a member of NEDA – the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance – where I have achieved the EOL Doula Proficiency badge, and have a subsequent certification as a death doula from The Dying Year.
Finally, I am also an interfaith chaplain in hospital, prison, and jail settings, and a storytelling healer at an “Omega Home” – a last home for the dying. I also work with organizations and communities to promote dialogue across learned boundaries of faith, ethnicity, privilege, and class using stories.
I have served on the boards of Northeast Storytelling (as President), Artists Standing Strong Together, and (currently) the Healing Story Alliance. I am a member of several storytelling organizations, and have told in person to audiences in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Raleigh, and throughout New York State. I have been an invited workshop leader and storyteller at the International Storytelling Festival in Marrakech, Morocco (2023 and 2025), National Storytelling Network’s annual conference, Northeast Storytelling’s Sharing the Fire, Shir Chadash, and the Kallah Biennial.
You can view my storytelling and commercial CV’s here.