Founder, What’s Your Story

I personally learned the power of storytelling when I collaborated with 2 colleagues to raise money for Project HEAL - a non-profit that provides grant funding to people with eating disorders who cannot afford treatment.  At first the pledges came in slower than we hoped.  When we updated our project material to say that b/c of our lifelong struggles with anorexia and bulimia we are raising this money, when we shared our stories and said WHY this mattered, the pledges rolled in and we exceeded our fundraising goal.  Nobody has anything to be ashamed of in talking about the stories that shaped who they are.  Let’s stand in front of stigma and create safe spaces to tell our stories.  WHY?  Because we can find truth and understanding in storytelling and unlike technology that changes every five minutes, it’s a timeless skill.