Tag: Storytelling

How She Did It

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 24, 2025

Before the crown, Queen Elizabeth II was a mechanic. Discover how her wartime grit—learning to fix trucks, drive, and serve—offers a powerful blueprint for quiet, creative capital today.

Tags ancestral wisdom, Community Care, cultural heritage, CWA Lens, cyclical living, Folklore, Great Teachers, life cycles, lived experience., oral traditions, purpose-led success., resilience, rituals, seasonal rituals, self‑understanding, Storytelling

Folklore & Wisdom The Almanac

Folklore & Wisdom

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 24, 2025

Explore how forgotten rituals, folktales, and ancestral care practices act as great teachers—grounding resilience, self‑understanding, and communal wisdom in a world obsessed with progress.

Tags ancestral wisdom, Community Care, cultural heritage, CWA Lens, cyclical living, Folklore, Great Teachers, life cycles, lived experience., oral traditions, resilience, rituals, seasonal rituals, self‑understanding, Storytelling, traditional knowledge, wisdom forward

In Real Life | IRL.

Only Human

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 24, 2025

In Real Life. Is A powerful feature celebrating unfiltered letters, confessions, interviews, and poetry. It reframes vulnerability as strength and storytelling as social infrastructure for creativity, connection, and collective empowerment.

Tags community trust, confessions, courage, creative bravery, creative resilience, CWA, emotional authenticity, identity, interviews, lived experience, lived stories, love loss longing, Only Human, poetry, radical care, Storytelling, vulnerability, women’s narratives

Creative Health & Wellbeing Field Notes, Observations & Case Studies

It’s Wisdom

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 6, 2025

Stop calling women’s insight “lived experience” like it’s a diagnosis. It’s wisdom — hard-earned, essential, and ready to rewrite the system.

Tags Creative Women’s Association, Feminist Policy, Gender Bias, Lived Authority, Lived Experience Stigma, Mental Health Labels, Storytelling, Systemic Change, Women's Wisdom, Women’s Voices

Field Notes, Observations & Case Studies

Field Notes from the Frontlines

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 6, 2025

Women’s stories are more than anecdotes—they’re the frontline data society needs. Discover why lived experience is essential to shaping policy that works.

Tags Creative Women’s Association, Feminist Policy, Lived Experience Research, Policy Reform, Qualitative Evidence, Social Change, Storytelling, Women’s Lived Experience, Women’s Voices