It’s been over a year since my last blog post. Life had other plans for me during this time. An unexpected illness required me to slow down, listen, and re-story my own experience.

I’m happy to say I’m back: renewed, grounded, and ready to reconnect.
Starting now, you’ll hear from me twice a month with reflections, insights, and stories designed to inspire your own growth and transformation.

And it feels right that this first piece is all about the stories we tell and how changing them can change everything.

The Stories You Tell Create the Life You Live

The stories you tell shape the life you live.

This week, I reread some old emails from nine years ago, messages about a beloved colleague whose death was near.

She was one of those rare people who radiated warmth, wit, and deep compassion wherever she went. Her clients adored her. We all did.

But what made her extraordinary wasn’t just her kindness, it was her purpose.
She had a mission to make the world larger for everyone she touched.

Her story was epic, and because she lived by that story, her life became more powerful than most people ever imagine possible.

What stories are you creating for your life?

We are all storytellers. Every day, we interpret what happens to us and those interpretations become the stories that guide our choices and shape our moods and actions.

The key question is:

Are your stories inspiring you and others to live the best versions of yourselves?
Or are they holding you hostage to defeat and hopelessness?

Just yesterday, I learned that a potential client I’d hoped to work with chose someone else.

My first reaction was not my finest moment. I felt angry and disappointed. Then came the story:
Maybe I’m not as good as I thought. Maybe I’m losing my edge.

You know that inner narrative, right?
The one that can take a small moment of rejection and turn it into a sweeping story of unworthiness and shame.

Then I remembered: I’m the author here.
The facts hadn’t changed, but my interpretation could.

So, I rewrote the story.

Losing this client didn’t mean I wasn’t capable.
It simply meant the match wasn’t right. Maybe this experience could help me better understand what others feel when things don’t go as planned. I can use this experience to help others create a new story about their own negative experiences. 

This is what I call re-storying: consciously choosing a new interpretation that opens, rather than closes, possibility.

The external facts don’t change, but the meaning and the power you have, absolutely do.


Every time we re-story, we reclaim authorship of our lives.
We step into our own authority.

Think of a time you’ve done that, when you chose to tell a new story about something painful or disappointing.

What shifted for you?
What came from your new story?

I’d love to hear.
Drop me a note. Your stories always inspire me.

And if there’s a situation in your life that’s ready for re-storying, let’s explore it together.

Here’s to the next chapter, and to stepping into our own authority!