Testimonials

"Paulo's approach delivers deep inquiry with a light and responsive touch. He weaves intelligence, empathy, and a sprinkle of magic into his work. His approach was spellbinding and compassionate, allowing me to create and share stories I'd never dared tell before.
If you want to dive into the art of crafting stories and growing your consciousness, you could not find a better curator or more supportive facilitator than Paulo de Tarso Fonesca Silva."

Storyteller, Author & Scottish Folklorist
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"Story Mediation has been one of the most positive experiences I had working with storytelling, writing and collaborating with others. Being exposed to story as a sensing vehicle, has been nothing short of mind-blowing. Having experienced how powerful it is, has really opened me up to a completely different realm of possibilities in my own work."

Life Coach
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"This is a company that will literally change how you view your positioning, your purpose and your professional (and personal) path. Metaphora delivered one of the most inspiring and eye-opening facilitation experiences my team has been a part of. Their team is amazing and you will enjoy every minute of working with them."

Associate Professor & Marketing Executive
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"At the heart of this experience was Paulo’s story mediation. With kindness, patience, and great sensitivity, he held the space in a way that made everything possible. His gentle presence invited us to slow down, to truly listen, to observe without judgment, and to cheer one another on."

Founder & Community Leader of Moonluza Conferences
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"For the first time, through this way of working led by Paulo, the structure of narrative and story as an organic development tool, opened up a new perspective for me on the possibilities of working with people and the community. Although it is not typical therapeutic work, the effect that he achieves with his approach in this program is to illuminate the factors of each narrative constructively, practically, but also multi-valued.
Brilliant and unobtrusive, an excellent support that the participant undoubtedly gains."

Art Therapist and Association Leader
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"Personally, it helped me weave biographical story line that felt urgent, healing and brought in so much new learning about parts of me that I had forgotten.
I think Paulo is a facilitator to whom the art of story weaving and story resonance comes to authentically. The depth and wisdom in his resonance and the ease with which the he holds the circle together is extremely graceful. There is a sense of spaciousness and feeling of not being rushed as we sit with stories. This is precious."

Post Doctoral Researcher
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"Metaphora International's Collaborative Story Craft and Mediation processes are profoundly transformative. Paulo and Tricia are deeply caring and insightful workshop facilitators. We highly recommend their services to any individual, community or organization looking to better understand and evolve with their story."

Documentary and Course
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"Paulo demonstrated through his facilitation of this process a new way of working collaboratively with stories. The process gave a method of viewing story and hearing the stories of others that has brought about creative transformation and new possibilities on a deep level."

Artist and Art Psychotherapist
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"Paulo is a master in holding inclusive spaces. With heartfelt engagement and clarity every member in the group is invited on common ground. His way of holding safe space for authenticity and integrity is a rare treasure.This feeds openness and depth in connection, communication and collaboration."

Physical movement at Neuro Rehab Hospital

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"Metaphora recognizes there are different modalities of listening so that we also develop awareness of our own tendencies. What do we notice? What do we hear? As we become better listeners we find that we are inspired and can inspire the others with our insights.We come to know ourselves deeply when another human being listens to our lived experiences. Every participant receives this listening and has the opportunity to hear what their life awakens in heart and mind of the fellow participants."

Educator, Author, Art Therapist
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"We were connecting digitally across the hemisphere but the space was shared and welcoming from the beginning to end. I had only experienced this process once before so it was very new. It helped me discipline my thinking and talking. It also made me think about the emotional and archetypal content of my own stories."

Seanchaid: traditional Gaelic storyteller and historian
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"Metaphora consists of a really professional team.
As I am a trainer myself I am very picky when it comes to how people facilitate groups, discussions and deliver reports, and I was really impressed by the process and the results. I would not hesitate to recommend Metaphora to teams that are starting up a longer process in order to get into the right track from the very start!"

Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Expert
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"Paulo is a deep listener, thoughtful, mindful, insightful, considerate and skilful. As a Story Mediator, he established a sense of commitment among participants: trust was established over time with a leisurely pace, although clearly each participant felt a deep sense of responsibility for each other to put in the effort necessary and do justice to each story."

Psychologist
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"I was able to participate in two Metaphora workshops (Nurturing Roots and Metaphorical Tourism) through a new project with new colleagues. The workshops allowed us to get to know each other, and to hone in on the objectives of our new project. I absolutely recommend both workshops to a variety of groups: I would attend the nurturing roots workshops with anyone from old friends, to family members to colleagues and teams. I would also recommend the metaphorical tourism workshop to anyone embarking on a new project, journey, or venture of any sort."

Equality Expert, Writer, Researcher
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"It really counts what kind of stories we tell about ourselves and our lives. I loved also the workshop theme which was well-being in different aspects of life. I highly recommend Metaphora International workshops for great insights and meaningful sharing."

Osteopath
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"I attended a fantastic webinar on the power of story in our professions. Using a very clear set of powerful tools to encourage reflection and deep dive discussion, the Metaphora team led us on a true journey of mutual discovery and support."

Docent / Adjunct Professor
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