Love Your Story
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratingsLove Your Story is a podcast about the power of our personal story, how we can use our stories to empower us, take the prerogative to reframe the stories that hold us back, all while celebrating the unique heroic journey we each take. Learn techniques for changing the stories that keep us small, celebrate true life stories, learn about academic story research, and consider fairytale metaphor. Story is a powerful tool, and when you know how to use it on purpose you become powerful.
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Episode 030 Beautiful People Do Not Just Happen – A few thoughts on Adversity
April 12, 2017 15:00 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBBEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DO NOT JUST HAPPEN – A few thoughts on Adversity Elisabeth Kubler Ross said, “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” Join us today for a discussion on those life trial...
Episode 029 Special Edition: 10 Steps to Resiliency – with Becky Andrews
April 05, 2017 20:37 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBFinding Your Personal Resilience – From coping to thriving in the Journey. Becky Andrews, the clinical director of Resilient Solutions Inc., and a previous guest on our show, shares with us her 10 steps to resiliency. How do you take care of yourself so you can bounce back when life is difficult? Listen to today’s podcast for her professional plan that she has also implemented in her own life, as a woman with a degenerative eye disease that caused her to lose her eyesight. Despite this disab...
Episode 028 Building a Space for One Another – Setting the Scene of the Story
March 29, 2017 15:00 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBBuilding a Space for One Another – Setting the Scene of the Story Before my children were born I created a space for them. I secured a warm home, set up a new-born bedroom. I painted and cleaned. I made quilts and chose clothing, bought story books and a baby bathtub. Acquired toys and binkies, diapers and burp cloths. We prepared a space for them to come into the world that would provide love, care, warmth, cleanliness, and learning. We created their secure base. Stay with me, we’re going t...
Episode 027 Multiple Choice Endings – Creating Your Own Story
March 22, 2017 15:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBLittle Red Riding Hood carefully prepared her basket of 100% whole-wheat rolls, calcium supplements, an all-natural energy drink and some organic sushi for her grandmother. She secured her vibrant red cape around her neck, hopped on her bicycle, and headed through the woods to brighten the day and lighten the load of the elderly matriarch. Stay tuned to find out how the story ends. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited ...
Episode 026 Self Love – Interview with Natalie Kristine Burrage, Love Yoga Flow Studio Owner and Self-Love Coach
March 15, 2017 15:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBToday we have a special guest: Natalie Kristine Burrage - a specialist and coach in loving yourself. Bio: Love Yoga Flow Studio Owner, Yoga Teacher, and Self-proclaimed Creation Catalyst, Natalie Burrage loves to empower her clients from shifting from the trauma and drama of life into a space of purposeful and fun creation so they can create the life they've desired! Empowering her students with self-love is key as she watches them create the love, the money, the happiness, and the life t...
Episode 025 – Three Stories about Three Bikes
March 08, 2017 15:00 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBThree Stories about Three Bikes In the words of Dr. Seuss, “Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.” Join us this week for a few stories about bikes, and the lessons they taught me about life. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee and I’m excited about for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories, and lifting ourselves and others to greater places b...
Episode 024 All You Need is Love
March 01, 2017 15:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBChoose Love Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Darkness can’t drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate can’t drive out hate; only LOVE can do that.” Join us today for a discussion on love. While love is always needed, always in style, now more than ever in our crazy and torn world, we need to talk about love. We need to share stories about love. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stor...
Episode 023 Live Life on Your Own Terms – Interview with Marvin Cassler, Section hiker and Super fan
February 23, 2017 04:11 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBWelcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories, and lifting ourselves and others to greater places because of our control over our stories. This podcast is about empowerment and giving you, the listener, ideas to work with in making your stories work for you. Power serves you best when you know how to use it. Today, episode 23, I want to introduce you to Marvin Cassler. I found Marvin sitting at a b...
Episode 022 Brave and Afraid- Interview with Becky Andrews, Mental Health Counselor
February 15, 2017 15:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBInterview with Becky Andrews – Brave and Afraid – Choosing Empowerment over Fear Today we have the privilege of speaking to Becky Andrews. You may have seen her on our Instagram campaign, or you may know her from her super-human feats of tandem biking thousands of miles around the Western US, running the Boston marathon and the NY City marathon, or you may know her as a licensed clinical mental health counselor…and while she is a mom, a wife, a business owner, a life coach, and has all the e...
Episode 021 Get Out of Your Box – Interview with Rusty Lindquist, Author/Speaker Bamboo HR
February 08, 2017 15:00 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBRusty tells a story of how his father tried to sacrifice him, as a child, like Abraham was called to sacrifice his son Isaac. After his mother escapes with her two children Rusty’s life gets even more interesting and tragic, and he intuits, at a young age, that his story and his ability to rise above it will create his purpose. Rusty is the Vice President of HCM Strategy and Thought Leadership at Bamboo HR where he focuses on helping organizations discover and increase employee value. He is ...
Episode 020 Lean into Possibility: Making the Impossible Possible
February 01, 2017 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBLean into Possibility Rumi said, “You were born with wings.” To fly you have to jump. To jump means you have to risk. But without risk and leaning into possibility, without being off-balance at times, you are nothing but rooted to the ground, your wings unused. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories, and lifting ourselves and others to greater places beca...
Episode 019 Vulnerability – The Key to Connection and Possibility
January 25, 2017 15:00 - 18 minutes - 26 MBVulnerability – the key to connection and possibility Brene Brown said, “I believe that vulnerability – the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome, is the only path to more love, belonging and joy.” Today let’s explore how vulnerability creates possibility. Today let’s explore how vulnerability creates possibility. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, eva...
Episode 018 Gratitude, the seed from which abundance blooms
January 18, 2017 15:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBGratitude, Abundance and Prosperity – The seed and the plant We all want abundance. We all want prosperity. The key to open the door is as simple as gratitude—it shows you what you already have, how prosperous you already are, how supported you are by God and the universe where it really counts. And once you truly feel that in your soul, you open for even more to flow into your space of being. The stories we tell about our abundance now set the stage for what will come. Welcome to episode 18...
Episode 017 — 5 Challenges for 30 Days
January 11, 2017 23:17 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode #17 5 Challenges for 30 Days Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” What stories do you habitually tell yourself? What stories can you reframe to create better habits and ways of being? Today I’m going to give you 5 challenges for the next 30 days! Easy, but life altering if you let them in. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of...
Episode 016 Stories Are Models — Interview with Lynne McNeill, Professor of Folklore
January 04, 2017 15:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBStories are models of how to live. We often look to how others do things in order to determine how we should do things. Stories are often the vehicle in which these models are exchanged. Today we learn that when our life stories don’t turn out in a way that fits our cultural models we can listen to stories from others to find additional worthwhile ways to create our lives. Today I interview Lynne McNeill, a professor of Folklore at Utah State University. Come along and listen to her consider...
Episode 015 Finding Your Voice – Interview with Amy Donaldson Brass, Sports Reporter
December 28, 2016 16:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBTell YOUR truth. Find YOUR voice. Sing YOUR song. Today I interview Amy Donaldson Brass about what it took to find her own voice in the male-dominated world of sports reporting. Come along and listen to our first interview as Amy tells her story. Podcast Interview: Amy Donaldson Brass, Sports Reporter for the Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information on Amy go to: http://www.deseretnews.com/author/5017/Amy-Donaldson.html
Episode 014 Personal Narrative – How We Reveal Ourselves
December 21, 2016 16:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBPersonal Narrative – How We Reveal Ourselves When we talk to one another we engage in a ritual. Most people, of course, don’t think of it that way, but there are distinct patterns we follow in verbal exchanges. One type of exchange is the sharing of stories. The way we tell our stories to each other allows us to do so many things: build reputation, share awe, warn, teach, threaten, celebrate and explore, among others. Today we’ll discuss how we use stories to reveal ourselves and to reflect ...
Episode 013 Holding Hands–Some thoughts on Connection
December 14, 2016 16:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBHolding Hands–Reaching out to the Characters in YOUR Story. I lay by my son as he falls asleep. He curls his small cherub 4-year-old body next to mine and he wraps his little hand around my thumb. “I love you too,” he says. Then follows it with, “Say that to me.” As children we come into the world ready to grab hands, but having a hand only large enough to grab a finger – we start by wrapping five tiny fingers around the larger one of a caregiver –we do it without hesitation as we figu...
Episode 012 Random Acts of Kindness – Creating a mystery
December 07, 2016 16:00 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBRandom Acts of Kindness – Creating a Mystery The Dalai Lama said, “Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life, when we are oppressed by sickness and become old we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since at the beginning and the end of our lives we are so dependent on other’s kindness, how can it be that in the middle we neglect kindness toward others?” Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Lov...
Episode 011 River Touchstones: Running the San Juan River
December 01, 2016 01:01 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBRiver Touchstones – A story from the San Juan River Heraclitus said, “You cannot step into the same river twice.” Today’s story takes this very literally. One thing I do not realize the first time I head for the river is that the person who steps onto the raft will not be the same person who steps off. The water washes not only grains of sand from the belly of the rock; it washes from me my routine, takes me to a momentary place, a liminal space, where so many things cease to matter. The ...
Episode 010 Allow for Miracles and Serendipity
November 24, 2016 00:39 - 21 minutes - 29 MBAllow for Miracles – Serendipity Stories Miracle comes from the Latin word miraculum (mirroraculoom), meaning to wonder or marvel. I believe in miracles. Today I’ve got some stories to tell you…yes, stories about unlikely happenings happening. In the mornings I say an abundance prayer. I learned it from my friend Tony and it goes something like this: “Thank you for the joyful abundance in my life and in the life of my family and friends. Thank you for the abundance that will come into my li...
Episode 009 BUSINESS – The Hero’s Journey Storyline: A strategy tool for leaders
November 16, 2016 16:00 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBTeam leaders, life coaches, team coaches, parents, teachers, strategy planners, anyone who needs to get people on the same page working toward the completion of a project – today’s podcast is especially for you. Episode 003 was our first episode for leaders, teaching you how to use story as a tool for defining origin, values, and vision. This is our second episode, especially for leaders. Stay tuned for a breakdown of the archetypes within the Heroes Journey and how you can use them to make p...
Episode 008 Life is Messy and that’s Okay
November 09, 2016 20:25 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBPerhaps life is not about having all the answers, but about the journey of discovering them. Martha Beck, nationally renowned life coach, said, “No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you’ve experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.” When life is messy that’s a darn good thing to remember. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories...
Episode 007 Step Into The Arena! Which stories stop you from going all the way?
November 02, 2016 22:09 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBThomas Edison said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories, and lifting ourselves and others to greater places because of our control over our stories. This podcast is about empowerment and giving you, the listener, ideas to work with in making yo...
Episode 006 One Line Stories – Like Kryptonite to Superman
October 26, 2016 23:01 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBLittle stories – one-liners, are sometimes the most powerful kryptonite in the story arsenal. Kryptonite had the power to drain Superman’s strength – it was the one thing that could bring him down. His Achilles heel. In fact, in the original comic it was suggested that he was a boring character because he had NO weaknesses. That was the point that Kryptonite was introduced into the story. We humans are anything but boring. Complex and filled with beautiful gifts, we also all have this voice i...
Episode 005 Forgiveness – Releasing dark emotion to step into the light
October 19, 2016 21:34 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBRumi said, “People want to be happy. Don’t keep serving them your pain.” Forgiveness can be one of the most difficult things we get to do. Stay tuned for why that serves us, not the offender. And how holding onto the dark days means that we keep serving up our pasts to everyone we come in contact with. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating our own stories, and lifting ou...
Episode 004 What Stories Taught Me About Risk
October 12, 2016 21:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBTitle: What Stories Taught me about Risk Intro: Lezlie Silko said, “I will tell you something about stories…they aren’t just entertainment. Don’t be fooled. They are all we have.” We all have stories. We all tell stories. If I told you how I fell 100 feet off a rock climb, you’d start thinking of your own stories, one you’d like to tell in response. Maybe a bigger/better, or someone you know did X. It’s part of our conversation…how we relate to each other. But stories are so much more – tune...
Episode 003 BUSINESS – Calling All Leaders: Are you using story as a tool?
September 29, 2016 00:04 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBIntro: Do you own a business, lead a team, manage a family? If so, today’s podcast is going to blow your socks off! How you can use stories to align everyone in the same vision of who you are and what you stand for? How you can use stories to define your brand and your values. Now you can lead with the most enjoyable medium in the human quiver of communication! Stories! Body: Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our futu...
Episode 002 You ARE the Hero of Your Story
September 28, 2016 23:50 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBIntro: In the Hobbit – subtitled “An Unexpected Journey” one of the favorite lines is: “It’s a dangerous business walking out one’s front door.” In the hero’s journey one must always leave the known, the comfortable, the normal – comfort zone be damned, this is where the possibility begins. This is where adventure and growth happen. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee, and I’m excited for our future together of telling stories, evaluating ...
Episode 001 Story Super Power – Reframing so we can Fly!
September 22, 2016 00:32 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBEpisode 001 Story Super Power – Reframing so we can Fly! Stories are our lives in language! There is nothing that comes more natural in human communication than to tell a story or recap an event that has taken place in our lives. In fact, it is so natural and happens so often that we are usually completely unaware that we are doing it. If it’s lunch time for you, you’ve probably already told 3 or 4 stories this morning. But have you ever stopped to think about their power? Stories are either...
Episode 000 Introduction
September 20, 2016 23:38 - 5 minutes - 7.17 MBPodcast 000 Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. Before we get started in our weekly episodes I wanted to introduce myself and this phenomenal podcast so you know who and what you’re listening to. Love Your Story – a podcast about the power of story, how we can use our stories to empower us, and take the prerogative to reframe the stories that hold us back, while celebrating the unique heroic journey we each take. I’m a professional writer and have been for 25 years. I published my firs...