What I do
My Story Work
Stories have always fascinated me. Long before I worked in leadership development, taught at university, facilitated workshops, hosted a radio show, or began researching leadership, I was drawn to stories.
The stories people tell. The stories they don’t tell. The stories organisations tell about themselves. The stories that shape our identities, influence our decisions, and help us make sense of our lives.
Stories help us connect with one another. They help us understand experiences different from our own. They help us learn, reflect, imagine possibilities, and find meaning in moments that might otherwise pass us by.
Over the years, stories have become one of the threads that connects almost everything I do. My work begins with a simple belief: stories have the power to change how we understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us.
How I work
Three Ways I Work With Stories
01
Story Listening
Story work begins with a willingness to listen. In a world that often rewards quick answers and strong opinions, listening can be a radical act. It requires curiosity, attention, and a genuine desire to understand another person’s experience.
I work with organisations and communities to gather and explore the stories of the people they serve, employ, support, or engage. Through interviews, facilitated conversations, focus groups, and storytelling projects, I help uncover the experiences, insights, and perspectives that often sit beneath the surface.
Story listening can help organisations:
- Better understand employee and client experiences
- Explore culture and belonging
- Capture impact and outcomes
- Inform strategy, learning, and change
- Surface stories that might otherwise go unheard
Listening well is often where understanding begins.
“What is the story
beneath the story?”
02
Story Coaching
Every powerful story begins with finding the story you want to tell. Whether you’re preparing for a keynote, fundraising event, conference presentation, leadership talk, podcast interview, or personal project, I help people uncover, shape, and share stories that feel authentic, engaging, and meaningful.
Together, we explore:
- Which story to tell
- Why it matters
- What message sits beneath it
- How to structure it effectively
- How to tell it with confidence and impact
The goal is never performance. It is connection.
The most memorable stories are not the most polished. They are the ones that help people see something differently, feel something deeply, or recognise themselves in another person’s experience.
“The goal is never
performance.
It is connection.”
03
Story Learning
Stories are one of the most powerful tools we have for learning. As an educator and facilitator, I design workshops, learning experiences, and speaking engagements that use storytelling to explore complex ideas, challenge assumptions, and create meaningful conversations.
Topics often include:
- Leadership
- Learning and development
- Storytelling
- Identity and belonging
- Curiosity and reflection
- Meaning-making and life transitions
Whether I’m working with students, leaders, community organisations, or conference audiences, my goal is always the same: to create space for reflection, connection, and new ways of seeing.
Information tells us what happened. Stories help us understand why it matters.
“Information tells us what happened. Stories help
ideas stay with us.”
Interested in working together?
Whether you’re looking to gather stories, develop speakers, design a storytelling workshop, create a learning experience, or simply explore the role stories play in your work, I’d love to hear from you.
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