Shift Your Story
Change your lens. Rewrite your response
Shift Your Story blends creative writing, roleplay, and perspective-shifting tools to help students resolve emotional tension and conflict-on paper and in real life. Ideal for cohorts needing stronger communication, empathy, and self-regulation skills.
Key Benefits
• Transform conflict triggers into story prompts for insight and growth.
• Practise perspective swapping to understand peers, tutors, and future colleagues.
• Learn a simple 'Pause-Frame-Rewrite' technique to respond (not react) in tense moments.
• Craft a personal resilience mantra derived from their own narrative.
Agenda (2-hour format)
12. → Ice-breaker story sprint
13. → Conflict carousel: roleplay & debrief
14. → Pause-Frame-Rewrite tool demo
15. → Guided creative writing reflection
16. → Group showcase & supportive feedback
17. → Action plan: applying story skills to everyday challenges
Outcomes
• Greater emotional literacy and reduced classroom conflict.
• Stronger peer empathy and collaborative problem-solving.
• A personal 'story toolkit' students can revisit whenever stress spikes.