
#008 Dr Simon Martin, The Amazing Bodger in StoryBodger telling tall tales, tarradiddles and stories that make you think
April 22, 201836m 11s
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Show Notes
Dr Simon Martin, a former NHS general practitioner and currently, a freelance storyteller based in Shropshire elucidating on the power of stories in teaching from and about creativity and what teachers/tutors can do to enhance that to other people. He shares the neuroscience behind why storytelling is the most effective communication medium in getting information across to people; and emphasises the therapeutic use of language, guided imagery and how the words we use have the power to harm as well as to heal.