Episodes

  • Transcendent Creativity with Joel McKerrow

    Transcendent Creativity with Joel McKerrow
    Mar 26 2024
    When his worldview full of absolutes shattered, Joel reached for his pen and journal and began the journey of re-storying his life with Creativity, and was eventually compelled to stages and pages where he transforms lives with his transcendent words. Tune in to listen to this award-winning writer, keynote speaker, creativity specialist, educator, artist, and Australia’s most successful internationally touring performance poets share:
    • how Creativity transformed from a natural propensity to a new pathway to transcendent connection and purpose
    • the narratives he sees stopping others from unleashing their creativity and how to rewrite them
    • his best tips for packaging, marketing, and getting his art into the world
    Get ready to sip on the power of Transcendent Creativity and maybe begin to re-story your life this next Tuesday!
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • The Task of Freedom with Assaf Raz

    The Task of Freedom with Assaf Raz
    Nov 30 2023
    In the dark night of May 31, 2020, in Venice Beach, CA, Israeli immigrant Assaf Raz realized two things: 1) He was the only one who would protect his family if the rioters breached his threshold, AND 2) the country he had long studied, revered, and loved had lost its way. In that moment, a mission and a saga were born. Tune in to hear Assaf share:
    • why he has chosen to deliver his mission through story
    • an unusual definition of sacrifice required to achieve it (that made us all squirm)
    • how writing Tanner's journey helped him organize his mind and ready himself for what he's facing now as a man living with his family in Israel in November 2023
    If you are committed to the task of freedom, and want to explore a new pathway forward, you don't want to miss this. Get ready to sip on some delicious storytelling with one of our own!
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • A Tale for the Hungry Heart with Theddee Rheyshelle

    A Tale for the Hungry Heart with Theddee Rheyshelle
    Oct 24 2023
    After figuring out the secret to the big Vending Machine in the Sky, Theddee Rheyshelle set out on a mission to help other Hungry Hearts learn how to stop their unnecessary suffering. Tune in to hear Theddee share how she:
    • discovered the secret to ending unnecessary suffering
    • catalyzed more healing through the process of sharing and writing her story in community
    • healed another childhood wound through the writing and singing of her newest book, "The Caterpillar with the Butterfly-shaped Heart"
    • is getting ready to provide some soul-healing nourishment with her all-you-can-eat story buffet and piano bar
    Get ready to sip on some delicious storytelling with one of our own!
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Success is Just the Beginning with Stephanie P. Kemp

    Success is Just the Beginning with Stephanie P. Kemp
    Jun 20 2023
    She opened her first business and married her high school sweetheart right out of college and became a millionaire before she was thirty, but what's uniquely impressive is the fact that she has sustained whole-life success for three decades. Tune in to hear Stephanie P. Kemp share how she:
    • set her business and her children up for radical success with the concept of THE EARN
    • rewrote her family narrative about Work and Wealth
    • created a healthy, empowering culture for her business
    • discovered a better option than "work-life balance"
    • wrote a manuscript in two months while running four businesses
    Get ready to sip on some timeless lessons that will help you achieve AND sustain success.
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • The Education Imperative with Charles E. Wright, Jr.

    The Education Imperative with Charles E. Wright, Jr.
    May 23 2023
    How does a young boy who spent nearly one-third of a school year in the principal's office become an Ivy League gradate, a lawyer, a respected leader, a devoted husband and father, and a visionary leader in Education? Tune in to hear Charles E. Wright, Jr. share:
    • what made him successful in spite of the challenges that landed him in the principal's office
    • why he chose narrative to communicate his vision for transforming school districts into ecosystems where students and adults thrive
    • how he plans to help leaders fulfill the sacred contract of education
    Get ready to sip on the thrilling possibilities for Education!

    Visit Charles' website at https://EdImperative.org and our website at https://SavedByStory.house
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Feathers from the Fire with Karlyn Pleasants

    Feathers from the Fire with Karlyn Pleasants
    Mar 14 2023
    "You're not done yet." After twenty-five years of devotion to a therapeutic community she'd eventually owned and operated, it was time for Dr. Karlyn Pleasants to close that chapter of her story. But what could top a quarter century of witnessing the power of a treatment center founded on the Lakota principles of kinship, shared responsibility, and giving back? When the inspiration for "Feathers from the Fire" struck, Dr. Karlyn Pleasants was swept up and away by the synchronicities that began to unfold through her writing and research, opening up a new path for her to shift paradigms and rewrite cultural narratives about mental health, healing, and the infinite possibilities available when we believe there is always more to the story. Get ready to discover the NECESSITY OF CURIOSITY in the world of Mental Health! Visit Karlyn's website at www.KarlynPleasants.com and visit our website at www.SavedByStory.house
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss and Being a Companion to The Survivors with Michelle Ann Collins

    Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss and Being a Companion to The Survivors with Michelle Ann Collins
    Jan 10 2023
    When her life shifted from fairytale to nightmare due to her husband’s death by suicide, Michelle Ann Collins found herself in the darkest place imaginable, reaching for answers to questions like: How am I going to eat, sleep, get out of bed, and do all the things? As a yoga therapist and wellness coach, she had more tools than many suicide loss survivors do, and yet escaping the dark grief cave required the most excruciating work of her life. Tune in to hear Michelle share:
    • what compelled her to write two books about such a horrible tragedy
    • several of the practices that helped her escape the Grief Cave
    • do's and don'ts for the companions of suicide loss survivors
    Get ready to be inspired by this incredible human this next Tuesday!
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • What Happened to My Friendships? with Dawn Bennett

    What Happened to My Friendships? with Dawn Bennett
    Oct 3 2022
    When the pandemic swept the globe, Americans appeared to drop the polarizing divisions that had driven us apart and rally together to face a challenge our generation had never seen. We could feel, more than ever, just how precious life is and how much we need each other. But then something happened… The polarization that characterized our culture returned, as we witnessed racial violence and questionable leadership, while navigating conversations and mandates around masks and vaccinations. Yet this time around, we were facing off with friends and loved ones, not having yet recovered from the collective trauma we had all experienced. And this broke the heart of Relationship Coach Dawn Bennett, who decided to do something about it. Tune in to hear Dawn share the:
    • subtle ways language has impacted our sense of safety
    • biological reasons we are struggling in our friendships
    • ways in which we can begin to stop the polarization and increase the connection
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    1 hr and 8 mins