Stories are key. They are how we make meaning & meaning is how we make sense of all the things that happen in our lives.
However this ‘meaning making’, aka storytelling can often be a very unconscious process that happens in the background of our minds without all that much reflection.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Carl Jung
These workshop & 1:1 sessions aim to help make this all conscious in our awareness so that we can be more intentional and supported in the quest and inquiry of all we do in our lives.
How does it work? We will embark on a process of taking inventory of your memories and all you’ve experienced that make you you- and weave them into a more intentional story that serves your highest joy and supports your current mission in life.
IN THESE WORKSHOPS AND 1:1 SESSIONS, YOU WILL...
• Identify your life experiences & map out your history
• Recognize patterns, programs, and wisdom you’ve navigated
• Distill and weave these elements into a strong foundational story that reinforces all that you do
• Share your story in a cohesive succinct way that invites, engages, and enlists others to understand and support your mission in life - ideal for any public speaking, panels, podcasts, teaching, etc.
THESE WORKSHOPS officially launched in March of 2022 and have been offered in the Master Mind courses of Laura Dawn, Beth Weinstein, and as psychedelic preparation tools at retreats at Holos Global, and soon through Soltara's online Moloka community. Mareesa has been coaching leaders in the psychedelic space on how to share their stories for 2+ years; and has hosted psychedelic storytelling sessions at Breaking Conventions, BoomFest, and at local storytelling & psychedelic events around the world.
Click here for Mareesa's Bio.
STORYTELLING WORKSHOP PACKAGES
Learn how to tell a story that supports your life mission.
6 Session Course Outline
Week 1: Introductions, Creating the workshop container, Timeline exercises, Narrowing down your major life moments and different themes of your life that have shaped you & your core values. What kind of story do you want to be telling and why?
Week 2: Themes/Wisdom Zone: Identifying your passion, purpose, and your mission. Mining your greatest struggles. How do your passions and struggles inform your story? Reverse engineer to find your plot points.
Week 3: Dive deep into the Hero & Heroine's Journey. Taking stock of evasive themes and subtle hurdles that we navigate in our life Part 1. Revisiting, reiterating and updating timelines with more narrow focus. Taking stock of all the ingredients that make you you and bringing them to the table. Are you following your bliss?
Week 4: Exploring Part 2 of Taking stock of evasive themes and subtle hurdles that we navigate in our life. Taking life ingredients and Implementing the story arc. How to build suspense. Why bring "scenes" into your story? Storytelling from Different volumes & Perspectives; Victim/Victor. Getting vulnerable & authentic. Sharing of the first draft of your story with each other in breakout sessions.
Week off Break.
Week 5: The art of clever storytelling, antidotal segues, nonlinear storytelling techniques. Know where you're going: Painting your future Meditation and Exploration;
Pt2 of Follow your Bliss
Week off Break
Week 6: Presentation of Final stories, incorporating feedback, Let the world know: Steps to amplify your mission/Sharing your story online.
Evaluating how your values and story are alive in all aspects of your life. How does your story support your life's work?
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THE NEXT 6 SESSION COURSE WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JUNE 27TH. We will meet 6 times over the course of 2 months for 1.5 hour sessions.
This online zoom workshop will be a combination of short lectures, group sharing, breakout sessions, and some homework exercises- culminating in the result of one 5-10 minute story ready to share with others.
For those that enroll by June 22nd, 1 complimentary 1:1 sessions of 30 minutes will be included.
1:1 WORK
6 package of 1.5 hour sessions - *Can be combined into power house focus sessions of 3 hours each. This handheld coaching technique will give your story the support, personal attention, reflections, and guidance, to bring the most engaging version of your story to life- and will be designed to meet your storytelling needs, as established in the beginning of the course.
Learn how to tell a story that supports your life mission.
6 Session Course Outline
Week 1: Introductions, Creating the workshop container, Timeline exercises, Narrowing down your major life moments and different themes of your life that have shaped you & your core values. What kind of story do you want to be telling and why?
Week 2: Themes/Wisdom Zone: Identifying your passion, purpose, and your mission. Mining your greatest struggles. How do your passions and struggles inform your story? Reverse engineer to find your plot points.
Week 3: Dive deep into the Hero & Heroine's Journey. Taking stock of evasive themes and subtle hurdles that we navigate in our life Part 1. Revisiting, reiterating and updating timelines with more narrow focus. Taking stock of all the ingredients that make you you and bringing them to the table. Are you following your bliss?
Week 4: Exploring Part 2 of Taking stock of evasive themes and subtle hurdles that we navigate in our life. Taking life ingredients and Implementing the story arc. How to build suspense. Why bring "scenes" into your story? Storytelling from Different volumes & Perspectives; Victim/Victor. Getting vulnerable & authentic. Sharing of the first draft of your story with each other in breakout sessions.
Week off Break.
Week 5: The art of clever storytelling, antidotal segues, nonlinear storytelling techniques. Know where you're going: Painting your future Meditation and Exploration;
Pt2 of Follow your Bliss
Week off Break
Week 6: Presentation of Final stories, incorporating feedback, Let the world know: Steps to amplify your mission/Sharing your story online.
Evaluating how your values and story are alive in all aspects of your life. How does your story support your life's work?
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THE NEXT 6 SESSION COURSE WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JUNE 27TH. We will meet 6 times over the course of 2 months for 1.5 hour sessions.
This online zoom workshop will be a combination of short lectures, group sharing, breakout sessions, and some homework exercises- culminating in the result of one 5-10 minute story ready to share with others.
For those that enroll by June 22nd, 1 complimentary 1:1 sessions of 30 minutes will be included.
1:1 WORK
6 package of 1.5 hour sessions - *Can be combined into power house focus sessions of 3 hours each. This handheld coaching technique will give your story the support, personal attention, reflections, and guidance, to bring the most engaging version of your story to life- and will be designed to meet your storytelling needs, as established in the beginning of the course.
Testimonials;
Sarah Tamaya; Embodiment Mentor;
Mareesa’s guidance in how to use storytelling to amplify my coaching business was an absolute catalyst! It allowed me to connect more deeply with my own unique message to both attract and relate more deeply with my clients. The storytelling process itself was also incredibly healing. Mareesa’s authenticity and openness in sharing her own story helped me weave together the ups and downs of my life, my strengths and vulnerabilities, and share my story in a clear and honest way.
Ken Zillox- Owner of Eco Resport Hostel
It was amazing to see how my early childhood stories and patterns growing up, had an impact on the life I have today. Mareesa's hand in spotlighting and helping me formulate and weave all my stories into one, while celebrating all the ups and downs that got me to where I am, was eye opening and taught me a lot about myself and my personal human makeup. No matter where you are in your life’s journey, your stories deserve to be recognized... especially by yourself and maybe those you have yet to inspire.
Adri Jaguar; Artist
The journey through owning my story was a challenging and rewarding one. I started very annoyed by having to look back to my past wins, loses, lows and highs. I believed that my life traumas had nothing extraordinary, more like shameful stories I preferred to forget. But I did the work and went down the rabbit hole of my past- and as a reward, I had a very special story. I started recognizing those past traumas were the moments that transformed my life into who I am now. Now I can see and honor how those events taught me about strength, resilience , owning my power, my voice, etc. Now, I can tell my story with pride because I see how I too live a heroes journey.
Sarah Tamaya; Embodiment Mentor;
Mareesa’s guidance in how to use storytelling to amplify my coaching business was an absolute catalyst! It allowed me to connect more deeply with my own unique message to both attract and relate more deeply with my clients. The storytelling process itself was also incredibly healing. Mareesa’s authenticity and openness in sharing her own story helped me weave together the ups and downs of my life, my strengths and vulnerabilities, and share my story in a clear and honest way.
Ken Zillox- Owner of Eco Resport Hostel
It was amazing to see how my early childhood stories and patterns growing up, had an impact on the life I have today. Mareesa's hand in spotlighting and helping me formulate and weave all my stories into one, while celebrating all the ups and downs that got me to where I am, was eye opening and taught me a lot about myself and my personal human makeup. No matter where you are in your life’s journey, your stories deserve to be recognized... especially by yourself and maybe those you have yet to inspire.
Adri Jaguar; Artist
The journey through owning my story was a challenging and rewarding one. I started very annoyed by having to look back to my past wins, loses, lows and highs. I believed that my life traumas had nothing extraordinary, more like shameful stories I preferred to forget. But I did the work and went down the rabbit hole of my past- and as a reward, I had a very special story. I started recognizing those past traumas were the moments that transformed my life into who I am now. Now I can see and honor how those events taught me about strength, resilience , owning my power, my voice, etc. Now, I can tell my story with pride because I see how I too live a heroes journey.
