Love Your Story

INTERVIEW WITH EMILY CHIPMAN – MANAGING THE STORIES OTHERS HAVE ABOUT US Is it important to address or manage the stories other people have about us? Is it even possible to change the stories others have about us? Welcome back to Love Your Story interview land. Today I bring to you Emily Chipman, a woman and executive coach that I first met in one of my Story Launchpad workshops. She stood out to me because her additions to the conversations we were having were so insightful and spot on that I knew this woman had some great experience and real talent for coaching people. Emily is an executive coach with Rusman Consulting, working inside businesses and with business professionals to instigate leader and team behavioral change. Her mission is to make life better for both the leaders and those she works with, and she is truly engaging, uplifting, focused and exceptional at what she does. I’d like to also let you know, that while many can call themselves life coaches, and many do, Emily is actually accre

Interview with Sherri Lewis Wood – National Founder and Board Chair of One Warm Coat As we round our way toward Christmas I wanted to do an interview with someone, or some group, who are serving and loving on people and creating something good in the world. Here in Utah winters are cold and having a good coat is crucial to survival, so when I met up with the organization One Warm Coat I was excited to get their story. One Warm Coat is a national non-profit organization that works to provide a free, warm coat to any person in need. They support anyone –  individuals, groups, companies, and organizations across the country by providing the tools and resources needed to hold a successful coat drive. Coats are distributed in the communities where they were collected, to children and adults in need, without charge, discrimination or obligation. Since One Warm Coat’s inception in 1992, they have worked with our volunteers to host more than 27,000 coat drives and have given away more than 5 million coat

Episode 62 Stories of Appreciation: Giving Thanks I read a quote once that said, “A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.” I’m not sure who said it, but I know this is true because of how I feel when someone shows appreciation to me. It’s one of the easiest equations and it never fails: when we show appreciation to another person that person is more likely to help again, they are going to feel great, and they are going to try to exceed your expectations. It’s November, and it’s the month of giving thanks, so I thought I’d do a special episode on what it looks like when we reach out and show appreciation for the people in our lives. Stay tuned for stories from the people who got involved and what that looked like. 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 stori

Interview with the Kjars (pronounced Cares) 50 by 52 The Kjar family sold their home, bought a motorhome, and took their four kids on the road for a year of seeing the country, meeting other kids their age in different parts of the country, shadowing their lives for a day, and learning how to live in cramped spaces for extended periods of time. Join us for today’s interview with Matt and Lindsay as we catch up with them on the road for the second time to hear how things are progressing and to get their new stories and adventures they have created since we last spoke in episode 45. We find them in Rhode Island having completed 25 of the 50 States of America. Tune in for some of their favorite adventures. If you want to follow them: Website: http://50by52.com/ (50by52.com) YouTube: 50 by 52 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZOrNZGr0hXDC_HROgo_2XQ (https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZOrNZGr0hXDC_HROgo_2XQ) Instagram: @50by52 https://www.instagram.com/50by52/ (https://www.instagram.com/50by52/) Facebook

Interview with Tammy Johnson and the Tragic Death of her Son – A Choice of Perspective In 2016 a dear friend of mine went through an event that many deem to be the worst thing we can experience. The loss of a child. When I first saw the post on Facebook – the fastest way for news to travel these days – I was in utter disbelief. I couldn’t imagine it had happened, and I had no idea what to say or how to even approach her. I called around to check on her but didn’t think it best to join the throngs of people who would no doubt be pounding down her door with their condolences. It was too soon. I imagined she needed to have time to mourn, adjust, do what people do during something so unthinkable. I didn’t know how she would handle it, she was a single mom who had always been close to her son – he was her whole world. Was she going to be rolled up in a ball? Would she start using drugs to dull the pain? Would she be incapacitated for years? When I finally got to speak with her I was beyond surprised at her

  Focus on Your Awesome – Run YOUR Race We are all familiar with the saying that what we focus on is magnified. The things we spend our time thinking about become a reality for us, so why might I ask, do we so often focus on our weaknesses, the things we don’t feel like we’re good at? Let’s change that. We have a lot of awesome going on already. 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 your stories work for you.  Story power serves you best when you know how to use it. In the Disney recreation of the events of the Triple Crown-winning horse and Secretariate’s incredible underdog triumph–in the movie Secretariate–there is a scene where Secretariate’s owner, Penny Chene

Episode 58 Interview with Mina Guli – 7 Deserts Run and the 6 Rivers Run After being pushed into a swimming pool and receiving a back injury where the doctors told her she would never be able to run again. Mina Guli could have used this as an excuse to define her life with limitations and boundaries defined by victimhood. Instead, she said to herself, “Am I going to let this doctor define what I do with the rest of my life?” The answer was NO! She started swimming, then biking, then running, and today Mina has done what is known as the 6 Rivers Run (6 major rivers on 6 major continents in 6 weeks) and the 7 Deserts Run (40 marathons across 7 deserts on 7 continents in just 7 weeks). She has done this to push herself, and she’s cried and struggled in these gargantuan feats, which she’ll tell us about. She also founded a non-profit called “Thirst,” a topic that is close to her heart – bringing attention to water issues around the world, and she’s combined her tremendous runs with her desire to make the w

INTERVIEW WITH ANNIE MACWILLIAMS Today I interview a triple crown through-hiker – What’s a triple crown through-hiker? It’s someone who hikes the three longest trails in the United States – the Appalachian Trail (2165 miles), the Pacific Crest Trail (2650 miles), and the Continental Divide Trail (2800 miles). Tune in to hear why she does it, a few of her adventures, and to get a peek inside the head of someone crazy enough to practically live on the trails that weave across the country. For more information, or to contact Annie: mac5attack@gmail.com www.give5more.com Instagram: little.endorphin.annie

Interview: Access Fund National Conservation Team – Climbing the Nose of El Cap The Access Fund is a non-profit committed to protecting climbing access and the integrity of America’s outdoor rock climbing areas. They face issues like loss of areas as private land is lost to development, or public land managers regulate the areas, or climbers overuse an area and degrade it. The Access Fund focuses on a couple areas. Legal policy and advocacy for rock climbers. Land acquisition and protection Conservation and making sure the climber aren’t loving the crags to death Risk management and working with land owner in overcoming liability lawsuits Educating climbers on Leave No Trace Helping organize local support at climbing areas As you can imagine this is a herculean effort. One of the programs to help with this is the National Conservation Team. This year there are two young women who make up this team: Annabelle McClure from Colorado: a 26-year-old biochemist and Andrea Hassler from

Today we kick off a month of adventure interviews; stories with adventurers about their feats and stories. Interview with the Higgenbotham brothers (twins) The Higgenbotham twins are lifeguards from Southern California, endurance athletes, and surfers. Deciding, on a handshake, to undertake the adventure of a lifetime, the two brothers set out to prone paddleboard, using only their hands to propel them, from Alaska to Mexico, down the entire West coast of the United States – 2200 miles, in 2016. A feat never before done, the two experienced, cold, deprivation, broken boards, lost equipment, storms, the kindness of strangers, and moments where they made life affirming decisions. Join me for the live interview with the Higgenbothams after their completion of their trek, and to hear some of their stories. 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 an

The Stories We Tell Ourselves 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 your stories work for you. Story power serves you best when you know how to use it.  Today we’re taking a quick visit to the stories we tell ourselves and how these create our entire reality. Let me start with a story: When I was 10 years old my mom and dad went out for the evening and I was put in charge of babysitting my younger brothers and sister. There were 4 of us. It was dark outside and we were getting ready for bed when suddenly there was a knock on the front door. Who was it? There was no peephole and we looked back and forth at one another. We whispered little questions like “do you know who it is?” “was someone

Interview with Rob Holmes – Founder and Chief Strategist of GLP Films How to Identify Your Next Great Story Welcome back to the Love Your Story podcast! Today we are back in business interview land where we talk with professionals who have learned the true value of story in business, and they share their knowledge and ideas with us on how to use story in our professional spaces. Today we get to talk with Rob Holmes – the Founder and Chief Strategist of GLP Films, the leading content marketing agency dedicated to authentic storytelling and digital content strategy within the travel and outdoor industry.  Robs authentic approach to storytelling helps his clients identify and develop the best way to grow their business, and usually, that’s by helping them tell their story. He has a diverse background in multimedia production, conservation, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Rob has spearheaded partnerships with global travel brands including international and domestic tourism boards in Peru, Mexico, Chile, to n

Interview with Star Coulbrooke the Poet Laureate of Logan, Utah. Our life stories are poetry in the making. Poetry is story at its most distilled; story where every word matters; story rich in image and sound and power. Today I am excited to introduce Star Coulbrooke, Poet Laureate for the City of Logan, Utah, she is also the co-founder and coordinator of Helicon West, a bi-monthly open readings venue. She is published in literary magazines and anthologies, her poems are also available in chapbooks, notably Thin Spines of Memory and Walking the Bear. Star is also the director of the Utah State University Writing Center.  Poetry is a genre that is close to my heart. I have written poetry since I was a child, so I’m especially excited to discuss how poetry and story align. Stay tuned for our interview with Star – a wisp of a woman with spiky red hair who has a story you won’t want to miss. Stories are our lives in language. Welcome to the Love Your Story podcast. I’m Lori Lee and I’m excited about for our f

Episode 51: A Political Story about the newly designated Bear’s Ears National Monument and those who are willing to fight for its survival. For contact information for Utah senators, go to: http://senate.utah.gov/ When President Obama designated the Bears Ears National Monument he gave the following speech – The White House; Office of the Press Secretary. December 28, 2016 Statement by the President on the Designation of Bears Ears National Monument and Gold Butte National Monument Today, I am designating two new national monuments in the desert landscapes of southeastern Utah and southern Nevada to protect some of our country’s most important cultural treasures, including abundant rock art, archeological sites, and lands considered sacred by Native American tribes.  Today’s actions will help protect this cultural legacy and will ensure that future generations are able to enjoy and appreciate these scenic and historic landscapes. Importantly, today I have also established a Bear

How to Reframe Your Difficult Stories: 5 Part Workshop Series: Step 5– The Final Reframe At any given moment you have the power to say, “This is NOT how the story is going to end.” Join us today as we discuss the 5th and final step in reframing the chapters of your story that feel broken. Today we’ll put all the previous steps together to come to the final reframing of your story. Get ready to rewrite the broken chapters for good. 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 your stories work for you. Story power serves you best when you know how to use it. If you are just popping into this episode, I suggest you go back and listen to episodes 46 through 49 before moving onto this one. There are

How to Reframe Your Difficult Stories: 5 Part Workshop Series: Step 4– Changing Lenses A farmer stood with his dog overlooking his fields. Behind them in the grasses peered a small brown rabbit, and above flew a lark. The farmer looked across the field and saw cows, milk, provisions for his family, a new car. The dog saw frustration because wild things could so easily hide and escape his chase. The rabbit saw security. To the lark flying overhead, the field was home. While we may all be looking at the same thing, standing in the same story, the lenses we look through to interpret that story are vastly different for everyone. Join us today as we discuss the fourth step in reframing your story – understanding lenses, and being willing to swap them out every now and again. 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 o

How to Reframe Your Difficult Stories: 5 Part Workshop Series: Step 3– Finding the Meaning or Purpose Behind an Experience When Becky Andrews  (episode 22) found out that she had a degenerative eye disease that would cause her to go blind, I’m sure she wondered, “Why me?.” When my son was diagnosed with Leukemia and had to return from his mission where he was teaching others about Christ’s love for them and serving them, a journey he had worked, waited, and saved money for, I wondered, “Why him? When Rusty Lindquist (episode 21) was living with his mother in a trailer, in the woods, with no electricity or running water as a child because she had to hide him from a father who was trying to sacrifice Rusty, like Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac, in order to prove to God that he was to be the next prophet;  then one day his mother didn’t come back from work and he sat there all alone, day after day wondering what happened to her…these are not the moments when we see the meaning. These are the moments

How to Reframe Your Difficult Stories 5-Part Workshop Series: Step 2 – Tell Your Stories Those stories hidden in the dark of night, kept under cover, the lid closely guarded and locked, cannot breathe or break free from shame, guilt or sadness that are a part of their very nature. Until the lid is opened, until the light can shine down upon the dark shadows, to chase them out and loosen the ties that hold the story closed, there will be no healing. Join us today for Step 2 of the 5 part reframing process. Tell Your Stories! 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 your stories work for you. Power serves you best when you know how to use it. So, here we are in week two of our five-week

REFRAME YOUR DIFFICULT STORIES – 5-Part Workshop Series Do you want to be free of the stories in your life that make you feel small or that you find shame or guilt around? These stories often affect our self-perception and thus our interpreted self-worth. This workshop is to help you reframe and resee your life in healthier ways. Workshop Step #1 – Accept It Debbie Ford said, “The greatest act of courage is to be and own all that you are. Without apology, without excuses, and without one’s masks to cover the truth of who you really are.” Stay with us today as we launch into the 5-week Series outlining the 5 steps to reframing your story. Today we will discuss the first of the five steps that take you through the process of reframing your stories for a new space of freedom, peace and a new appreciation and love for your own story. This process is not always easy. In fact, if you are truly doing it correctly it could prove to be a painful process, but make no mistake, it is worth every brave step to d

Interview with the Kjars (pronounced Cares) 50 by 52 The Kjar family sold their home, bought a motorhome, and took their four kids on the road for a year of seeing the country, meeting other kids their age in different parts of the country and shadowing their lives for a day, and learning how to live in cramped spaces for extended periods of time. Join us for today’s interview with Matt and Lindsay as we catch up with them on the road to hear how things are going and what wonderful stories and adventures they have created already. If you want to follow them: Website: http://50by52.com/ (50by52.com) YouTube: 50 by 52 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZOrNZGr0hXDC_HROgo_2XQ (https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZOrNZGr0hXDC_HROgo_2XQ) Instagram: @50by52 https://www.instagram.com/50by52/ (https://www.instagram.com/50by52/) Facebook: 50by52 in your shoes https://m.facebook.com/50by52InYourShoes/ (https://m.facebook.com/50by52InYourShoes/) Twitter: @50by52 https://mobile.twitter.com/50by52/status/8845404