Storytelling is intrinsic to the practice of Palliative Care.  Every time we see a patient or meet a family we invite their story into our lives. Every time we describe a patient to our colleagues we become their storytellers. As a discipline we know these stories are far deeper and richer than the recitation of facts or the accuracy of approaching death and a diminishing life. Those stories become our stories and help to shape who we are, they are powerful and strengthen our lives.

This workshop explores the nature of storytelling within Palliative Care. How does it relate to our practice and our understanding of the very  nature of work we share? What does it teach us about  self? To what extent is storytelling an engine to our own reflection and responsiveness to self care?

At the very essence of storytelling is the gift of deep listening and of solidarity within the voice. It is

This workshop promises to engage you with storytelling and explore the healing nature of the narrative as formalized by the annual competition, The Alberto Albani Healing Narrative Awards. This award is sponsored by the Kogarah Lion's Club and invites NSW health professionals to submit narratives drawn from their work and encounters with our patients and any one else in our daily work.

In the Year of the Voice we will invite you to "deeply listen" to three award winning narratives drawn from the many and often brave stories from the competition. Each narrative will be read by the author so their voice will tell their own story and  


At the completion of this very interactive workshop we hope you will 

Appreciate the power of listening and the power of our own voice in the telling

To be encouraged to partake in creative writing as a way to care and kindness for ourselves

Hopefully be open to share your stories with the Narrative and healing Competition in the years to come 

You will be inspired.