Change Your Story, Change Your Life

VIVID STORYTELLING… …is not optional. If it ain’t vivid, it ain’t a story; it’s just an idea. Warning! This episode may give you awesome communication power. Can you handle it? Before we talk about vivid, let’s clarify what storytelling is for those of you who want to sell more products and services and/or influence people to act on your words. Think of storytel...

YOUR MONEY MINDSET Your money mindset is about much more than money. It’s about your relationship to yourself. The amount of money you attract and keep is directly related to your self esteem, your self love. You can have a PhD in economics and be broke. How? By not loving yourself. By not feeling that you are worthy. Today’s episode features an inspiring young woman who changed her st...

HOW TO BEGIN A STORY This is one of the most important episodes in the series on How To Tell A Story. It’s important for two reasons. One, your opening is your hook; it must create immediate engagement with your audience. Two, it sets the tone and the expectation for everything that follows in your story. The word, story, defines all of your intentional communication. It can be a presentatio...

DO YOU MATTER? Of course you matter. The question is, do you allow yourself to know it? This episode explores the story we create about the word, contribution. You’ll hear a true story about an acting student of mine who loved acting, was good at it, and gave it up because she did not believe that acting was a profession for responsible adults. Actually, that belief, that story, came from he...

ELEMENTS OF STORYTELLING  This episode reveals the 6 essential elements of storytelling. There are many kinds of storytelling. There are novels, short stories, parable, screenplays, to name a few. This podcast and episode focus specifically on persuasive storytelling for business and for personal influence. In this context, think of storytelling as sharply focused intentional communication that en...

MEME SEASON. Happy December, the season of the holiday memes. Huh? What’s a meme, and what’s it got to do with the holidays? A meme is an element of culture or system of behavior that is passed from one individual to another by imitation. This episode explores the beliefs and “festive” images that bombard you during the December holidays. They are meant to cheer you up. But...

WHAT IS STORY STRUCTURE? Ready for the secret to story structure? Here it is. Every story you tell must have a clear BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END. I know. that sounds insultingly obvious. Truth is, it’s no more obvious than “what you focus on expands,” or “you’ve got to give to get.” And, like those often repeated phrases that may seem like cliches, the concept of...

SIX WOMEN IN ONE Who are you? Do you really know? Are you the same person all the time? Or, do you do an identity switch depending on the circumstances or the people you are with? Don’t worry. If you answered yes to the identity switch question, that’s a good thing. Unless of course, you’re not aware of it, or you do it to manipulate and fool people. That kind of identity switch...

WHY STORY? Do you know why you can’t say, “I’m not a storyteller?” Because you are a storytelling machine. We all are. Stories and storytelling is hardwired into our DNA. We create meaning and purpose in our lives by creating narratives. That’s how I work; that’s how you work. Each of us is a storytelling machine. You might say, “I suck at storytelling.&#8...

MENTAL CASE Mike Veny has creativity, empathy, humor, and mental strength. He helps people find hope and meaning. That’s what he does and who he is today. Mike had to fight to become who he is. He had to dramatically change the story that the world was writing for him. The world labelled him mentally ill at an early age. Mike’s battle against and victory over a soul destroying self ima...

YOUR STORYTELLING MASTERY Listen to Your Storytelling Mastery. It is you first step on an exciting journey toward your storytelling mastery. This introductory episode tells you exactly what to expect from my weekly podcast series on the art of storytelling. This first  installment is my promise to you. I will hold nothing back in this series. I will share everything I’ve learned through abou...

YOUR DREAM LIFE This is a no nonsense podcast episode about the simple daily habits that will propel you toward the life of your dreams. Our guest is Denise Walsh who has been on Change Your Story, Change Your life once before. She has just created the Dream Life Daily Journal;  it may be just what you need to rock your world as we approach a new year. Even if you never get Denise’s Dream Li...

EMOTIONAL PUPPETS Are you living a puppet story? How do you know if you are? One way is answer the question, “What is the difference between my emotions and my feelings?” Seems like a trick question. But, it’s not. This podcast episode has the power to free you from the whims of your emotions. Listen to it to discover the liberating answer to my puzzling question. You’ll ga...

YOUR LIFE SHIFT What do the words, you life shift, mean?  In this podcast episode they mean the decisions and actions that will take you from where you are now to where you want to be in your life. Of course, none of this applies to you if you are exactly where you want to be. In that case, listen to a different podcast. The truth is that we are living in an age of tumultuous change, uncertainty,...

TUNE INTO YOU You radio is playing loud and clear, but can you hear it through the noise? Our thoughts radiate at different frequencies. Many people are tuned into negative chatter, frequencies of lack and fear, or just plain noise. They find it hard to believe that there are empowering thoughts beneath the static. All they have to do to hear them is turn the dial on You Radio. Sounds strange? The...

MIGHTY BY CHOICE Today’s podcast is an interview with a young woman who is mighty by choice. Her name is Caitlin Pyle. She believes, as I do, that anyone can be mighty by choice. Her story is about her fascinating journey from living by other people’s rules to claiming her power and learning to live by her own rules. You can listen to her story two ways. One, you can hear it and say, &...

PROCRASTINATION JOY This podcast is my tribute to Dan Sullivan who writes brilliantly about the joy of procrastination. Dan is the founder of Strategic Coach, a company that helps elite entrepreneurs achieve exponential success. He is an original thinker who helps you (among other things) to reframe procrastination from a negative to a positive experience. He has written an entire book on the subj...

LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS Becoming Burlesque is a new feature film written and directed by Jackie English. It’s also a story about choosing to live the life you desire, the life of your dreams, instead of a life of obligation. This podcast is an interview with Jackie English. It takes you on a journey of discovery. It will inspire you and awaken your courage and your dreams. Jackie imagined her...

NOMADIC LIFESTYLE A nomadic lifestyle means that you frequently change your location; you choose not to have one fixed address. That can be scary or liberating. It a; depends on your mindset, your story about life and the world. Today’s podcast guest is Kala Philo, a woman who gave up her traditional career and possessions and chose a life on the road. It began as an adventure. It became her...

GOT THE SUGAR BLUES? Many people have a sweet tooth. Maybe you do. It seems innocent, You might even smile when you say, “I have a sweet tooth.” The truth is that sugar, the white powder that men, women, and children love, is an addictive drug. Some argue that it’s right up there with cocaine. Today’s podcast guest, Thom King, experienced the destructive power of sugar firs...

LAUGHTER LIFESTYLE Comedy is serious business. It takes courage, imagination, and true grit to make your living as a standup comic. Kathy Klotz-Guest is a professional comedian. She knows how to laugh it up and how to make others laugh as she goes through life. Have you ever wondered what kind of person becomes a comic? What makes her tick? What’s the secret to her ability to touch your funn...

STAGE FRIGHT? You can speak on stage. Anyone can. And, you definitely should. That’s the main lesson you will learn in today’s podcast. Our guest is Pete Vargas, a man who helps people overcome their fear of public speaking and use their new power to rock audiences from the stage and explode their businesses. Pete was not born a dynamic confident speaker. Far from it. He was a kid from...