Your Story Will Free Someone

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Your story can free someone! Learn why stories are the best way to connect with people and how sharing your experiences can help someone feeling isolated. You'll hear practical tips for sharing your story more powerfully.

Storytelling expert Ann Marie Houghtailing will explain the neuroscience of how stories bond us and give you tips for becoming a more powerful storyteller.

Advice Column exists because 27 yrs ago in a conference room in downtown Chicago a stranger shared a piece of his story with me (Lisa), and I recognized a piece of my story in it. In that instant I went from feeling isolated to feeling freedom and connection. That is when I knew my mission in life. I want you to have that same experience which is the whole reason I started Advice Column.

The idea behind this community is that we share our stories and experiences with each other to remember we aren’t alone and to share ideas for navigating the adventure of life.

Enjoy this episode that dives into how you can more effectively share your stories to enrich the lives of the people around you while building your relationship with them.
Meet the Advice Column Panel

Justin Reden
Justin is a husband and the father of two wonderful daughters. He owns a law firm in San Diego, CA, and his many hobbies include mountain biking and beekeeping. Reden enjoys strategy, including pondering life and has a great love for people.
Justin's Website
Brad Tunis
Brad left his career as a hospital administrator to support people through his training as a highly sought after Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Coach. He enjoys surfing and riding gravel bikes with his wife, Sarah.
Brad's Website
Laura C. Reden
Laura is the author of the author of the Tethered Soul and the Phantom book series.
Laura C. Reden never considered herself a creative person, until a sudden spark of inspiration left her writing my first book. The endless possibilities for creativity and imagination have kept her dedicated to the craft ever since.
Laura's Website

Lisa Liguori
The founder of the Advice Column Podcast, Lisa is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventurer. She loves to host game nights, pilot a small plane, and write in her journal. She loves hearing what others are learning in their life's journey and to share what she is working through.
Lisa's Website
Rico Molden
The producer of Advice Column's live steam events, Rico is a filmmaker and storyteller. Rico and his wife have two young children and are actively involved in their church.
Rico's Website
Meet Advice Column's Guest
Ann Marie Houghtailing
Ann Marie is the co-founder of Story Imprinting which is a company that teaches people, teams, and iconic organizations, how to use storytelling to improve their lives– whether it’s to have difficult conversations more effectively, to communicate their mission, or to change the world. One of the neat things she does is work in a CA prison to bring storytelling to incarcerated men as a tool for learning and empowerment.
Ann Marie's Website

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Chapters

1. Ann Marie (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:40)

3. Ann Marie's Background (00:02:56)

4. Neuroscience of Storytelling (00:05:35)

5. Should We Stay Away from Tragedy (00:10:40)

6. Humility is the Key to Great Stories (00:15:09)

7. What if I Don't Have Stories? (00:19:25)

8. How Laura Captures Authentic Dialog in Stories (00:21:37)

9. Do Stories Create Change? (00:25:45)

10. Justin Reden Practices Storytelling (00:29:00)

11. When not to share a story (00:34:51)

12. How to process events before sharingaling (00:41:24)

13. When storytelling became a business (00:44:05)

14. Ann Marie's airplane story (00:49:43)