Welcome to another captivating episode of the Speak in Flow Podcast! Today, we're delving into the fascinating world of kinesthetic storytelling—a powerful technique to immediately captivate your audience and leave a lasting impact. Join us as we explore how incorporating the sense of touch into your narratives can elevate your storytelling to new heights.
Harnessing the Sense of Touch in Narratives
In this segment, we unravel the secrets of incorporating the sense of touch into your narratives. From the rough texture of weathered stones to the silky smoothness of a gentle breeze, we explore how leveraging tactile sensations can transport your audience into the heart of your story. Learn how to paint vivid images with words, igniting the senses and forging an unbreakable bond with your listeners.
Immediate Engagement Through Kinesthetic Storytelling
Discover the transformative power of kinesthetic storytelling in this segment. By tapping into the sense of touch, you can instantly capture the attention of your audience and immerse them in your narrative world. Explore techniques to create palpable experiences, allowing your listeners to feel every twist, turn, and emotion of your story. From the warmth of a cozy embrace to the chilling sensation of a bone-chilling wind, learn how to craft narratives that resonate deeply with your audience.
Embracing Emotional Texture in Narratives
In this segment, we delve into the art of infusing your narratives with emotional texture. Explore the subtle nuances of emotion—whether it's the warmth of joy, the coolness of indifference, or the sharp edges of sorrow. Learn how to convey these emotions through tactile imagery, inviting your audience to not just hear your story, but to feel it in their very bones. Discover the power of vulnerability and authenticity as you share your own experiences, inviting listeners to connect with you on a profound level.
Practical Tips for Incorporating Kinesthetic Narratives
In our final segment, we offer practical tips for incorporating kinesthetic narratives into your storytelling arsenal. From using descriptive language to evoke sensory experiences to practicing active listening to understand your audience's needs and desires, we provide actionable insights to help you master the art of kinesthetic storytelling. Embrace experimentation, embrace vulnerability, and embrace the power of touch as you embark on your journey to becoming a master storyteller.
As we conclude this enlightening episode, remember that storytelling is not just about words—it's about creating experiences, forging connections, and leaving a lasting impression on your audience. By incorporating the sense of touch into your narratives, you have the power to transport your listeners to worlds they never imagined and to touch their hearts in ways they never thought possible.
Thank you for joining us on this journey into the world of kinesthetic storytelling. Embrace the power of touch, embrace the power of emotion, and above all, embrace the power of storytelling to change hearts and minds. Until next time, speak in flow, and may your stories touch the souls of all who hear them.
About Melinda:
Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.
She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.
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Welcome to a speak and flow podcast episode. Dear
Melinda Lee:listeners, I am thrilled that you're here, I have a story to
Melinda Lee:tell you what happened the other day, I was walking in my house
Melinda Lee:barefoot on my soft carpet. And then Ouch, I stepped on
Melinda Lee:something so sharp, and almost felt like a small piece of
Melinda Lee:glass. It was so sharp, it sent a signal a stinging feeling into
Melinda Lee:my feet and up my legs and I fell to the floor because
Melinda Lee:they're hurt so much. Have you ever felt that when you
Melinda Lee:accidentally stepped on something and it hurts so much
Melinda Lee:the stinging sensation that you fill to the floor?
Melinda Lee:I get to tell you this because I want to share my experience. And
Melinda Lee:I also want to highlight how we can use the sense of touch in
Melinda Lee:narratives. So that you can share your personal experiences,
Melinda Lee:share professional experiences, share experiences that will
Melinda Lee:resonate with your audience and also bring them in to your
Melinda Lee:speeches, your presentations and keep them engage. So the reason
Melinda Lee:why this sense of touch is so important in our narratives is
Melinda Lee:because it is powerful. And it's also underutilised. Not many
Melinda Lee:people will use this technique in their stories, but yet it is
Melinda Lee:so powerful. Think about it. Our skin is one of the biggest
Melinda Lee:organs, it is the biggest organ, it spans our entire body.
Melinda Lee:And we use it to get to know the world around us. We use it to
Melinda Lee:understand the world around us. My bearded dragon is actually my
Melinda Lee:daughter's bearded dragon. I love this. His name is mu Shu,
Melinda Lee:just like the beard or the red dragon and Mulan. So we named
Melinda Lee:him mu Shu, because he's also a red bearded dragon. He's so
Melinda Lee:cute. I never thought I love a reptile so much. But he's so
Melinda Lee:cute. And so he will go around and use his tongue sticks his
Melinda Lee:little tongue out to try to get a sense of the world around him.
Melinda Lee:If he doesn't know what it is, you're sticking the tongue out
Melinda Lee:to try to figure it out. Alright, so that's what we do,
Melinda Lee:as humans will touch something to try to figure something else
Melinda Lee:out to try to understand. And the three things that we want to
Melinda Lee:learn that we get to learn is, as soon as we touch something,
Melinda Lee:the nerve endings send a signal to the brain. And that starts to
Melinda Lee:question what is the shape? What is the texture? And what is the
Melinda Lee:temperature? So when you think about that way, you can always
Melinda Lee:ask yourself, when I'm in the story, what do I want to
Melinda Lee:describe, I just described the temperature, the temperature,
Melinda Lee:the texture, or the shape.
Melinda Lee:And you want to describe Well, first you want to understand
Melinda Lee:what the purpose of your story and what the story is trying to
Melinda Lee:do, what is what is the reason for the story so that you can
Melinda Lee:therefore understand what details to include. And then
Melinda Lee:from there is the details of matter are important, then you
Melinda Lee:include the sense of touch. And, and you include you can include
Melinda Lee:really quickly in a easy simple way, texture, temperature, or
Melinda Lee:shape, and include the ones that people are familiar with. For
Melinda Lee:example, I grabbed the sponge. So what texture is a sponge? If
Melinda Lee:you think about it, ask yourself what is that texture? It's a
Melinda Lee:little it's rough, it's not. So you could describe when I grab
Melinda Lee:the rough sponge or a cotton ball, what is the texture of a
Melinda Lee:cotton ball soft I grabbed the soft sponge or the soft cotton
Melinda Lee:ball. So, resume are thicker, about different examples of
Melinda Lee:common feelings, common senses of touch, that people can
Melinda Lee:immediately get the sense of, they immediately understand when
Melinda Lee:I stepped on the greedy sand that people immediately can get
Melinda Lee:that. So describing textures, the hot plate can immediately
Melinda Lee:get the temperature of that. Or the we talked about texture, we
Melinda Lee:talked about temperature. And now we talk we can talk about
Melinda Lee:the shape, right the shape of the hot plate, the round plate.
Melinda Lee:So those are the three things that our brain wants to
Melinda Lee:understand. And it's an opportunity for you to describe
Melinda Lee:using the sense of touch, texture, shape, and also
Melinda Lee:temperature and then expanding that even more. Think about if
Melinda Lee:you want to highlight a character or the environment or
Melinda Lee:an emotion even the sense of touch can elicit even more
Melinda Lee:Mission. Let's go with character first. I'm thinking about a
Melinda Lee:beach, a surfer? How can we use a sense of touch to describe a
Melinda Lee:surfer? As he was walking along the gritty beach, the sand on
Melinda Lee:the gritty Beach, he used his hand to comb through his long
Melinda Lee:silky hair. So you can start to see the character and he took
Melinda Lee:his surfboard and went out to the waves. So you can start to
Melinda Lee:see the character, we're developing the character using
Melinda Lee:this sense of touch. What about the sense of touch with emotion?
Melinda Lee:How can we use the sense of touch to describe emotion? Let's
Melinda Lee:say I want to describe a warm feeling a warm, loving feeling.
Melinda Lee:I think about hands I think about when people are holding
Melinda Lee:hands, the warmth of her hands. When he grabbed her hand, he
Melinda Lee:felt a sense of warmth and immediately calmed his anxiety
Melinda Lee:or nerves for the day. Her hand was like a lifeline, the warmth
Melinda Lee:of her hand.
Melinda Lee:The sense of touch with connection and emotion. And then
Melinda Lee:finally, using the sense of touch to describe an
Melinda Lee:environment. I did that briefly with the with the beach, the
Melinda Lee:gritty sand the surfer, what about the when you're in a
Melinda Lee:forest, and you want to describe walking along the soil or the
Melinda Lee:ground? What does it feel like to walk on soil? Moshe, as I
Melinda Lee:walked on the mushy soil, if you're running out of ideas on
Melinda Lee:how to describe what that sense of touch what you're feeling, go
Melinda Lee:ahead and type it out into Google, Google Chat. UBT will
Melinda Lee:have lots of ways to describe what you're feeling, the sense
Melinda Lee:of touch. And then you'll spark ideas, to be able to create a
Melinda Lee:narrative describe exactly how you're feeling what you're felt,
Melinda Lee:so that it also elicits the emotion, the visceral feeling
Melinda Lee:within others. Right, describe it versus saying it. This
Melinda Lee:describe what you felt using details using visceral words,
Melinda Lee:kinesthetic words. Mushy CTA, numbing, cold, hot, so we're
Melinda Lee:going into temperature warm. And if you need some help, I've got
Melinda Lee:a speaking sprint bootcamp where you can practice how to use
Melinda Lee:descriptive storytelling, and flushing out ideas, flushing out
Melinda Lee:ways to to talk about what you're feeling, what you're
Melinda Lee:smelling, what you're touching, and what you're seeing in the
Melinda Lee:speaking sprint. So I invite you to join us, but continue to
Melinda Lee:speak continue to describe your experiences and the details of
Melinda Lee:it using descriptive storytelling. And that will
Melinda Lee:bring in a multi sensory effect within people because they will
Melinda Lee:conjure up different feelings, different visceral sensations,
Melinda Lee:and keep them engaged. So that therefore it helps solidify your
Melinda Lee:message. It also brings it back home, they cannot wait and they
Melinda Lee:cannot stop listening. They cannot help but see things and
Melinda Lee:hear things and feel things. And so that's super fun. It's so
Melinda Lee:powerful. And so I encourage you to continue practice. Join me in
Melinda Lee:the speaking sprints. And until next time, I'll see you on the
Melinda Lee:other side. I'm your sister in flow. Take care