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Sometimes the story that wants to be told is the very one that scares us most . It’s not that we don’t want to tell it — it’s that we...

On Vulnerability and the Courage to Tell Your Story Let’s be honest—telling your story can feel terrifying.

Why We Need to Tell Our Story I didn’t tell my story until I was 62 years old. I stuttered so I didn’t think anyone wanted to listen to...

I stood on stage in front of a full house at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder telling a story. The bell rang, telling me I was nearing my...

Going to a horror movie doesn’t count because all you’re doing is stuffing yourself with popcorn and sitting in a theater with 100 other...

I don’t recall the prompt. It was a local writing class, maybe 90 minutes long. The instructor gave us 10 minutes and a list of writing...

“The best memoirs acknowledge… that they are not stories from a journey that’s over; they are updates from a road the author is still...