Is Your Story Making You Sick?
Is Your Story Making You Sick? shows how people can rewrite the stories they tell themselves.
The film reveals how individuals battling addiction, trauma, and depression can change their stories and transcend their pain.
“…a bright light bringing love, hope, and encouragement…”
– Corey Brown, Lenoir-Rhyne University
“This film shows the truth of how trauma stays with you in your mind and physical body.”
“This film highlights the reality of generational trauma and empowers you to play a role in the healing of child and adult survivors.”
"If you're suffering,
see this film!"
– Kevin McCauley, creator of the international best-selling film Pleasure Unwoven
HOW TO USE THE FILM
We’ve launched a national online screening campaign to bring our film to communities across the country—catalyzing important conversations about this innovative and effective approach to healing. From addiction treatment to trauma communities and beyond, many have found our film to be a powerful tool to share a message of recovery, healing, and hope.
Host an online screening or CEU “Lunch and Learn”
Use our film to facilitate important conversations about recovery and healing. Invite the filmmakers for a live Zoom Q&A or presentation.
Share a virtual event with your online network
We’ll create a custom web page for your community to stream the film online. Following the screening window, we can host an interactive live Zoom Q&A.
Purchase the Heal Your Story Toolkit
Our toolkit includes multiple lengths of the film, a comprehensive discussion guide and may qualify towards CE accreditation. Custom, branded toolkits are available.
THE FILM
Is Your Story Making You Sick?
is a breakthrough new documentary about an innovative approach to healing.
The film combines top experts in mental health, brave participants sharing their stories, and a revealing look at narrative therapy exercises and modalities.
Experts
Leading Experts in addiction treatment, trauma, and mindfulness
Learn from decades of experience as these luminaries give scientific, evidence-based explanations for the transformations we see on screen. Experts include Ellen Langer, Gabor Maté, Dan Siegel, and others.
Ellen Langer
“The Mother of Mindfulness”
Harvard University
“This film explores the deeper causes of sickness beyond what is traditionally recognized in western medicine.”
Ellen Langer
“The Mother of Mindfulness”
Harvard University
Gabor Maté
Addiction Expert
Best-selling author
“This film dramatically shows that illness is a product of our experience and how we interpret it.”
Dan Siegel
Brain Science Pioneer
UCLA
“People can change their lives by freeing themselves from narratives that are literally making them sick.”
Dan Siegel
Brain Science Pioneer
UCLA
Carl Hart
Drug Policy Advocate
Columbia University
“This film shows how the belief that drugs hijack one’s brain and creates an addiction ignores the real causes of their distress.”
Participants
Moving Character Stories
The eight participants in the film were tired of living the way they were living. They were tired of living their lives through the lens of their past story and suffering; and tired of feeling disempowered and trapped in a box. Watch them find a way out.
“Characters bravely share their most difficult moments—choosing to not be defeated by them.”
-Olivia Newton-John, singer, songwriter, actress, and activist
Exercises
Narrative Therapy Exercises and Modalities
Is Your Story Making You Sick? reveals interactive and cutting-edge practices that help individuals rewrite their story. The film provides a step-by-step depiction of how to conduct these healing exercises.
About The Storytellers
Photo by Christina Weiboldt
Director Frances Causey is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist with 15 years experience as a Senior Producer at CNN and previous work hailed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick.
“This is a film I had to make because I knew it could make a difference in people’s lives”
— Frances Causey
Producers Mark Pirtle and Lynda Skinner help patients and clients increase self-awareness and emotional competence. Mark teaches for the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and Lynda has been in private practice for over two decades.
“Too many people are hurting and more medicine is not the answer. We need to talk about the real causes and remedies of our collective pain.”
— Mark Pirtle and Lynda Skinner
Contact Producer Nick Kelso
To learn more about sharing Is Your Story Making You Sick? in your community!
nick@francescauseyfilms.com
