RESTORATIVE STORYTELLING PRACTICE CIRCLE + LIBRARY
MOVE FROM SEPARATION TO CONNECTION TOGETHER.
Join a practice circle of storytellers learning how to use stories to create stronger relationships, deeper trust, and more meaningful connection.
Get a personalized path through 40+ courses and resources, weekly live practice, mini-books, video lessons, and a community of people learning alongside you.
Try it for a month. Meet the community, explore the library, and discover the storytelling path that fits you.
THE PROBLEM
More Content
Is Not the Answer.
How to Story has grown into a deep library of courses, mini-books, videos, exercises, and teaching resources.
The challenge is not finding more to learn.
The challenge is knowing:
What should I learn next?
The Practice Circle turns that library into a guided experience.
Instead of entering a room full of courses and trying to build your own curriculum, you are helped toward the material that fits what you need now.
SEPARATE TO CONNECTED
STORYTELLING CAN CHANGE ANY MOMENT
In a world filled with loneliness, anxiety, overwhelm, and polarization, Restorative Storytelling gives us a way to slow down and reconnect.
Children and adults alike move through environments demanding narrow attention to too many things.
YOUR LIBRARY. WITHOUT THE OVERWHELM.
40+ COURSES
THAT FEEL LIKE POSSIBILITY
The library contains courses for adults, teens, and children, along with mini-books, video lessons, exercises, articles, and supporting resources. But you are not expected to work through everything.
Your membership includes a customized path through the library based on your age, interests, and the storytelling skills you want to strengthen.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
EVERYTHING INSIDE THE PRACTICE CIRCLE
40+ STORYTELLING COURSES
Explore courses for adults, teens, and children.
PERSONALIZED LEARNING PATH
Receive guidance toward courses and resources relevant to your goals.
WEEKLY LIVE PRACTICE WITH DAVID
Weekly Practice Restorative Storytelling with David Sewell McCann each week.
WEEKLY FACULTY PRACTICE & TUTORIALS
Learn from people trained in Restorative Storytelling.
PRACTICE CIRCLE COMMUNITY
Share stories, ask questions, discuss what you are learning, and practice with others.
GROWING MINI-BOOK LIBRARY
Use focused guides containing exercises, anecdotes, examples, and storytelling tools.
VIDEO LESSONS & RESOURCES
Explore additional lessons organized around your interests and learning needs.
RESOURCES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Find material created for adults, teens, and children.
THE PRACTICE CIRCLE
BECAUSE STORYTELLING HAPPENS BETWEEN PEOPLE.
You can learn an idea from a video.
You can discover a tool inside a course.
But storytelling becomes real when another person is listening.
That is why community is not an extra feature of this membership.
It is part of the practice.
Inside the Practice Circle, you can:
The goal is not simply to consume more content.
The goal is to become a more connected storyteller.
The community was explicitly added as a core deliverable, including peer-learning spaces, course-to-community pathways, recurring engagement, and automated touchpoints.
RESTORATIVE STORYTELLING METHOD
THE FOUR DIRECTIONS WORK UNDERNEATH YOUR LEARNING.
You do not need to understand an entire framework before beginning.
Your journey starts more simply:
Where are you now?
and
Down — Restorative
Presence and embodied connection.
Up — Intuitive
Meaning, imagery, insight, and story content.
Forward — Collaborative
Working with others to use story for change.
Back — Dimensional
Understanding the deeper narrative shaping what is happening.
ABOUT DAVID
PRACTICE WITH DR. DAVID SEWELL MCCANN.
Dr. David Sewell McCann, EdD has written and recorded more than 1,600 original stories and spent decades teaching children, adults, educators, parents, and leaders.
He developed Restorative Storytelling to help people use storytelling as a practical tool for connection, communication, teaching, creativity, and community.
Inside the Practice Circle, David continues to meet with members through weekly live practice.
FACULTY / PRACTICE LEADERS
LEARN FROM A GROWING CIRCLE OF RESTORATIVE STORYTELLERS
The Practice Circle also includes learning opportunities with people trained in Restorative Storytelling.
Together, the faculty bring different experience and perspectives while sharing the same intention:
Helping people use story to create connection.
NOT ANOTHER COURSE
BECOMING A BETTER STORYTELLER HAPPENS WITH COMMUNITY PRACTICE
The problem is rarely access to information.
The problem is turning information into practice.
Inside the Practice Circle:
You have the library when you need knowledge.
You have the pathway when you need direction.
You have live practice when you need experience.
And you have the community when you need another human being on the other side of the story.
This is not about finishing 40 courses.
It is about becoming a better storyteller one practice, one conversation, and one connection at a time.
HOW IT WORKS
START SIMPLE.
Join the Practice Circle
Get access to the membership, library, and community.
Start Here
Tell us what you want storytelling to help you develop.
Follow Your Path
Begin with the courses and resources most relevant to you.
Practice With People
Join community discussions and live sessions.
Keep Growing
Explore new courses, tools, teachers, and directions as your practice develops.
NOT ANOTHER COURSE
BECOMING A BETTER STORYTELLER HAPPENS WITH COMMUNITY PRACTICE
- All 40+ structured courses
- Weekly live practice with David McCann
- Personalized recommended learning path
- Access to Circle community groups
- Growing PDF mini-book archive
Start with one month and experience the library, practice, and community for yourself.
Join the Practice Circle — $45/moFAQs
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Do I need to take the Foundation Course first?
Do I need to complete all 40+ courses?
Is community included?
Are weekly sessions included?
Are there resources for children and teens?
How much is membership?
FROM SEPARATE TO CONNECTED<
THE WORLD DOES NOT NEED MORE CONTENT.
IT NEEDS MORE CONNECTION.
Bring your stories. Bring your questions. Bring where you are now. We will practice from there.
CHOOSE ANOTHER PATH
Learn the method. Practice the tools. Discover what
changes when storytelling creates connection.
