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Constance “Ahuva Batya” Scharff, PhD is an internationally recognized speaker and author on the topics of addiction and trauma recovery, the psychological impacts of climate change, and women’s mental health. She is the founder of and principal investigator for the Institute for Complementary and Indigenous Mental Health Research. Dr. Scharff is a passionate advocate for decolonizing mental healthcare and incorporating indigenous practices and ontologies into healthcare services, as well as radical social transformation to lessen the impacts of climate change. Dr. Scharff is a recent recipient of St. Lawrence University’s Sol Feinstone Humanitarian Award, honoring her service to and advocacy for those suffering from mental illness, trauma, and addiction. She’s also a member of The Explorers Club, an homage to her efforts to improve mental health and wellbeing in communities worldwide. Her most recent research project, a year-long, seven nation exploration of “everyday bravery” is titled, “A Year of Living Bravely,” and will be available as a book in 2026.

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Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation, Dr. Constance Scharff

The Path to God’s Promise, Ahuva Batya Scharff

Ending Addiction for Good, Dr. Constance Scharff

Somatic Therapy

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard (Translator)

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri, Gustave Doré (Illustrator), Henry Francis Cary (Translator)

Medea, Euripides, Rex Warner (Translator)

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Luke Skywalker, Star Wars

Now, Voyager, (1942) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper

Meeting God at Midnight, Ahuva Batya Scharff

The Red Tent, TV Mini-series (2014)

The Matrix, (1999), Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Margaret Atwood, Author, Maddaddam Trilogy

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Maté, MD

Story-Power guest, Dave Dahl Ep. 1, (7/22/2020 Ep. 27 (7/21/2021)

Heath Ledger, Actor

Story-Power on Patreon
I’m so passionate about stories that I created the Story-Power Patreon Community so I’d have an excuse to talk story with other story lovers. Patreon is $5 a month for content not found on the Story-Power podcast, or on my Sage Woman Blog. They have recently instituted a free tier so you can try it out before you buy. If you’re passionate about stories, and want to talk about what you’ve learned from your favorites, come join me at patreon.com/StoryPower. Let’s share what we’ve learned from the stories we love.

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Classic Cinema with the Sage Sisters

Stories are a huge part of the way humans communicate with each other. I think all stories are allegories where we can learn all kinds of important things, not the least of which is how to understand ourselves and others better. The best stories can be told over and over from one generation to the next and still teach great lessons. Emotional Intelligence and critical thinking are two of those lessons. Celeste and I think there are many classic movies that show us the progression of where humanity is today and we want to share them with you.

Shakespeare was right, “All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players.” The stories we tell and consume are us trying to figure out who we are, why we’re here, who we want to be, and the kind of world we want to live in.

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