Videos - South African Transactional Analysis Association

Rewriting the Cultural Parent by Samhita Arni

Rewriting the Cultural Parent: Liberating Identity Through Storytelling, Presented by Samhita Arni

How do the stories we tell and re-tell shape the way we see ourselves and the world?

This webinar explores ...how cultural myths, fairy tales, and folktales shape our personal and collective life scripts, influencing the way we navigate identity, power, and belonging.

Using storytelling and rescripting, participants will engage with different narrative strategies to challenge restrictive narratives and create new, more empowering stories.

About Samhita:
Samhita Arni has been passionate about retelling mythology in current cultural contexts ever since she was a child, and as an adult, has been engaged in exploring the critical ways in which women participate and are excluded from both mythological and historical narratives. She’s produced four books; starting at the age of 11, with The Mahabharata — A Child’s View, which has been published in over seven language editions and sold over 60,000 copies. Sita’s Ramayana, her second book, a collaboration with artist Moyna Chitrakar, was a New York Times Besteller that is it’s sixth reprinting. The Missing Queen was a spec-fit-mythological thriller based on the Ramayana, and her last book — The Prince — is a work of historical fiction set in the time of the Sangam era. The Prince won the 2020 Neev Book award.

Samhita works as a consultant and an educator. She has been training in Transactional Analysis for the last five and a half years — which adds greatly to her understanding of how the stories we tell and retell shape identities and cultural psyches over time.

Disclaimer:
The views and opinions expressed by the presenter in this video are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the South African Transactional Analysis Association. Content is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered official guidance.Show More