Vital Presence

Christine McHugh, videographer and director, shares a story of making a legacy documentary with a powerful twist at the end.

Juliet Bruce knows one of the big secrets of the universe. That we live inside of stories- and we can change those stories. She has used metaphoric forms such as the heroes journey to help her clients make transformative changes in their lives. Bridging expressive arts with a background in literature and journalism, Juliet has worked with a variety of individuals and groups from trauma survivors t...

Bob Weber shares a new narrative about the possibilities that come with growing older while developing a deeper sense of self. 

If you think sensuality is for women under 50, Mary Campbell will prove you wrong. She's a sensuality and spirituality coach who runs workshops around the world for women and men, helping them to awaken their sense of beauty, intimacy, and sensuality.

Victoria Starr Marshall had a dream retirement only to find she still craved business. She and her husband bought a magazine, where they are thriving while still pursuing some of their retirement dreams.

Author and blogger Debra Eve discusses her work documenting how many famous men and women have bloomed in the 2nd half of life.

This launches the third season of Vital Presence with a special 3rd act series about working creatively and thriving in after midlife as well as our ongoing Story Pros series.

Jeffrey Davis is a writer, speaker, consultant, and author of four books. Through his firm and consultancy Tracking Wonder, he and his team work with creative innovators, entrepreneurs, and social psychologists to help people flourish in times of challenge and change.

David Hutchens, organizational story expert and author of Circle of the 9 Muses talks about how companies can create knowledge more effectively using stories. 

Vanessa Chase Lockshin, author of  The Storytelling NonProfit  shares ideas that will help nonprofits with their fundraising and internal development.

In a world where so many get their start in business storytelling through branding and marketing, Cynthia Kurtz followed a different route in: through science and through work at IBM research. She has pioneered a field she calls Participative Narrative and written an amazingly useful guide to participatory story work, called Working with Stories in Your Community or Organization.

Nick Owen  is passionate about leadership and storytelling. He is author of three best-selling books on story and metaphor and deeply engaged in promoting the concept of 'the Third Act': how we can more pro-actively engage with ourselves and our communities in the last third of our lives.

John Tarnoff is a reinvention career coach, speaker and author who helps his fellow baby boomers transition to meaningful and sustainable careers beyond traditional retirement.

Doug Lipman, master storytelling coach, shares insights and ideas about bringing your best story forward at work and in life.

Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism shares her perspective on creative a positive path to elderhood.

Dr. Bill Thomas is changing the story about moving from adulthood into elderhood. He's an author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging.

Kathy Klost-Guest is a marketing and communications consultant, a storyteller, an improviser, and an author who just published: Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-ass Content, Products and Ideas through the Power of improv.  Through her firm Keeping It Human she helps companies create jargon-free convincing, kick-ass communications

Expert organizational storyteller Karen Dietz, Ph. D. reflects on what is new in the field of business storytelling, working with big data and transformational storytelling.

 Marketing expert and improviser Kathy Klotz-Guest talks about story

Learn how many buying decisions go awry when hidden assumptions and beliefs cloud our decisions.

Best selling author David Hutchens, author of The Circle of the 9 Muses talks about how storytelling in business supports learning and meaning-making.

Jeff Rock is skilled career coach, business storyteller, personal branding consultant and story activist who helps professionals re-invent the narratives they use to describe their careers.

Robert "Jake" Jacobs is known for his innovative, participatory approach to large scale chance "Real Time Strategic Change." He's developed new tools to help communities, such as Charleston, that want to come together to heal and to plan.

Lori Silverman, best-selling author and business storyteller, talks about using stories to improve your strategic planning, interviewing, futuring and business leadership.

Mary Alice is a  Story Activist, creating spaces where people can find the stories that take them to their most flourishing future. She talk about her work, around the globe, helping people to grow their capacity to deeply listen and work with each other, as well as to see the story they are living in and the one they are living into.