Mary J. Lockwood is a storyteller,​ researcher, and human being alive.

Podcasts

Listen With Mary podcast
"Hello. My name is Mary. I'm the Storyteller..."

1001 Stories
A storytelling podcast for grown ups.

Pain Club
A podcast that talks about Pain.

Research
Mary is doing a PhD in Nursing researching how storytelling impacts healthcare for children with chronic pain. Her research explores the use of stories for health, pain mangagement, health communication, and patient voices.
Mary regularly engages in public engagement activities and has multi-disciplinary research interests. See Mary's acadmic output here.

Public Speaking
Mary frequently speaks on topics such as:

• How storytelling can improve health and wellbeing.
• Storytelling - a new tool in the battle against chronic pain?
• Improving healthcare communication.
• How to navigate common prejudices found in women's healthcare. 
• Public Engagement in Arts and Science.
• Covid-19: Challenges faced in  Disaster Response and Public Health, and how to overcome them.

Poetry

Children's poems

Poems for adults

Digital poems

"You've got to be who you want to be. If you don't be who you want to be, that's when things get messed up."

- Grannie Millington