Thomas Budzynski: My Mentor, My Friend

This article is a personal story involving the life of Thomas Budzynski and his friendship with the author. The focus is on the organizing stories of Dr. Budzynski's life and his interactions with others, including patients. Most of all, the endeavor in this article is to demonstrate the power of Dr. Budzynki's belief that the story, when masterfully told, is an irresistible and soft method leading toward learning. Budzynski used storytelling in his personal and professional life for many purposes. This article focuses primarily on how some of Dr. Budzynki's stories affected the author and how certain organizing stories affected Dr. Budzynski throughout his own life.