The fact that sharing our stories of emerging through adversity transformed is a powerful aid in the integration process won’t come as a surprise to the Emerging Proud community. However, sometimes these embodied knowings need to be grounded in academic research in order to be acknowledged within our current scientific paradigm.

As you know, some of the Emerging Proud stories were part of the 5 year research conducted by the Research into Recovery Team at Nottingham University in partnership with the Institute of Mental Health.

The NEON study – Narrative Experiences Online Intervention – gathered more than 600 stories from all over the world, drawing on existing, published work and digital repositories. The team collected 50 more of their own along the way, including several from people who had heard about the study and wanted to lend their voices.

The dedication of the team to this longitudinal study has paid off – the results prove that:

“If people have hope, they can try new things to find better routes to a brighter future.” Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, lead Researcher on the NEON study.

This study is promoting a broader shift towards harnessing the power of story, of shared experience, in health care. That means less invasive treatments and more human connection – Power to the Peer!

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