Text in German. What is a biography? Do we humans have a biography by living, or is a biography something that we develop? Can the two aspects be separated at all? To what extent is our personal memory shaped by family history and socio-political factors? How can systemic biography work be designed? who needs them How does it help you cope with everyday life? And what connects them to aspects of the future? Herta Schindler pursues these and other questions in this fundamental work, which presents concepts, methods and practical fields of biographical work in a knowledgeable and historical manner. Creating a biography means giving meaning through storytelling. Biographies do not exist per se, they are constructed in a creative process. Personal memory becomes a shared experience, life lived thereby gains a place in social memory and gains in importance. The aim of the biography work is to give people and their language space, to enable self-expression and to promote self-reflection. This book conveys comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge for professional support in various psychosocial fields of work and opens up a creative space for search movements for all those involved.