Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will
It's not the things that happen in your life that define you, that create your identity. It's how you talk about those things.
That’s the theme behind this podcast. Research shows that the stories you tell have a major influence in how you see yourself and in how others perceive you, so it’s important to be intentional about which stories you share and how you share them.
Guests on the podcast share the pivotal moments in their lives and careers, offering keen insights and “ah ha” moments to listeners, while triggering related memories of listeners, opening up opportunities to uncover their own patterns and discover better ways to share their stories.
During this podcast, I’m asking you to listen to consider your related stories, and to listen to consider which stories in your life might have impacted you in a similar way.
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Sarah works with executives who know that story sharing makes them more compelling as speakers and leaders, and who want to improve how they connect with audiences, by uncovering the right stories and learning how to share them effectively so they can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 110
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
317 How Our Stories Frame Us
317 How Our Stories Frame Us
Taking the time to reflect on our stories and consider how they frame us and others is a uniquely powerful tool for storytellers. When we take a step back to look at ho…
316 Community In The Age of Social Media
316 Community In The Age of Social Media
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Throughout our careers we will all need to make decisions to benefit ourselves and others by bein…
315 The Risks Of Following Your Passion
315 The Risks Of Following Your Passion
In life we are bound to do any number of things on our path to a successful career, adding to our portfolio of stories and skills in our pursuit of happiness…
314 What Builds Community (Like Chickens)
314 What Builds Community (Like Chickens)
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Community is the life blood of our growth and success as human beings, even in the very beginni…
313 Rediscovering Yourself
313 Rediscovering Yourself
Change is a fundamental law of nature, nothing stays the same forever. This is especially true when it comes to people, we are never the same even from moment to moment, …
312 Approaching Differences With Curiosity
312 Approaching Differences With Curiosity
Differences between people are as certain as night and day, however it is entirely up to us to determine if we will embrace these differences and learn mo…
311 Admiration And Action
311 Admiration And Action
Inspiration is a necessity for growth and success, whether inspiration be drawn from daily life or from attending a keynote doesn’t change the importance, all that matters…
310 Painting A Picture Of Yourself You Can Be Proud Of
310 Painting A Picture Of Yourself You Can Be Proud Of
Stories. We all have them and we all share them at some point or another, those stories may make your listener laugh or they may make them cry…
309 Building Stories To Last
309 Building Stories To Last
Dedicating your time to something that fulfills you is a vital part of the human experience, an example from today’s episode being home improvement projects on a prope…
308 Change For The Better
308 Change For The Better
Change is inevitable. It’s a fundamental rule of the universe that everything must change, however it is entirely up to you for the perception of that change to either be …
307 An Analogy For Happiness
307 An Analogy For Happiness
In today’s environment that is so rife with the use of social media it can be both bewildering and disconcerting to not know what is or isn’t manufactured for content, …
306 The Escape of A Good Book
306 The Escape of A Good Book
Following the theme of art and how it inspires us, this week is writing. We have all picked up a book that shaped us in one way or another, and maybe we’re still looki…
305 The Anthem of Poetry
305 The Anthem of Poetry
The arts have always been impactful and meaningful to humanity, however one stands above all the rest in this episode and that is poetry. Poetry conveys emotions and though…
304 Women's Relationships
304 Women’s Relationships
Whether it be in the workplace, in daily life, or anywhere we go in the world, we meet exceptional individuals that make life both enjoyable and enlightening. It is vital …
303 Hang On Little Tomato
303 Hang On Little Tomato
To achieve personal success in life is a feat worthy of celebration, only at the end of a long road can we triumphantly declare our dreams have been achieved. However it c…
302 Spread Love
302 Spread Love
With how the current world is it can be incredibly easy to become desensitized and disheartened, especially when we are surrounded by ignorance, hatred, and suffering. Feeling helpl…
301 Sharing Meaningful Stories To Portray Your Values and Skills
301 Sharing Meaningful Stories To Portray Your Values and Skills
Storytelling has been a part of human culture since we lived in caves, from stories of great heroes to warnings not to go into dange…
300 An Accidental Podcaster
300 An Accidental Podcaster
Sometimes when we’re trying to give others an opportunity we don’t realize that we are the ones that would benefit most. We try our hardest, using our talents to the bes…
299 Clarity and Having The Courage to Do What You Aspire To
299 Clarity and Having The Courage to Do What You Aspire To
The constant pressure to do the best and be the best is something many of us grew up knowing. Thinking we had to have straight A’s in sch…
298 You Have To Take Care of Yourself In Order To Be Your Best
298 You Have To Take Care of Yourself In Order To Be Your Best
Everything we do, whether it be work, caring for our families, or even going for a morning walk, all starts with ourselves and in today…