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The Stories We Carry: Memoir, Mental Health, and the Power of Connection

WhenSat, Oct 24, 3:30 PMStarts in 8 hours📅 Add to calendarWhereShoreline🗺 Apple Maps🗺 Google Maps🚕 UberHostKing County Library SystemCostFreeCapacityOpen — no spot limit

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Adults (Ages 24 to 49), New Adults (Ages 19 to 23), Older Adults (Ages 50+). Four memoirists share personal stories of mental health, trauma, caregiving, loss, and resilience. Through literature and lived experience, the panel explores how storytelling can reduce isolation, foster understanding, challenge stigma, and create meaningful connections within our communities. Sophia's Return: Uncovering My Mother's Past by Sophia Kouidou-Giles Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country by Linda Lockwood The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood by Shigeko Ito Girl, Groomed: A Therapist's Memoir of Trauma by Carol Odell

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