The Starfish Storytellers

In this episode, we welcome Rachel McLean, technology product manager and active member of a professional women’s group. Rachel shares her story and how she went on to land the career she always wanted through sheer determination, perseverance, and a whole lot of smarts. She encourages listeners on a professional path to find a mentor, have clear goals, and rely on other women as their allies.

In this episode, we welcome Leslie Baker, LGBTQ+ advocate and chair of an LGBTQ+ employee group. Leslie shares her own coming out experience, how the current political environment is impacting the LGBTQ+ community, and how important it is - especially for young people - to have a support network behind you when deciding to share your own LGBTQ+ stories.

In our first episode, we welcome Phillip Henry, COO of The Black Dog Group and author of ‘Hunter, Hunted’ - an urban fantasy thriller story. Phillip shares an excerpt of Michael Mahoney’s transfiguration and walks our listeners through storyboarding. He lets us in on the secret that characters create the relationship with you (more often than the other way around), not to rely on flashbacks as a c...

In this trailer, host and CEO of The Black Dog Group, Liana Henry, shares her own background as a storyteller and why geeking out on story formats is fun, tells her favorite story - The Starfish Story - and reminds listeners about the importance of the ‘Power of One’ when telling their own stories.