When You Need Your Story Told...

We’ve all heard the stories about how our dads had to walk five miles to school uphill, both ways…in blizzards. Sure!

Or, how about Uncle Charlie and his four brothers who shared one small bed in an attic where the windows leaked and the walls had no insulation. Remember him lamenting how they had to shake snow off the quilts when they got up in the morning? Oh, brother!

Don’t forget the story of grandpa, who as just a kid had to build a barn and there wasn’t even a lumberyard from which to order the wood. Tell me another one!

Wait a second, as a very young man my “Gramps” DID build a barn.

Is it really necessary to repeat those old family stories?

Studies by psychologist Marshall P. Duke of Emory University shed light on the importance of having a good family narrative.  Says Duke,

Even if the stories are embellished a bit for dramatic effect, hearing tales of family experiences is beneficial to the next generation and may help them become stronger adults. These oral histories (told in bits and pieces over the years and not in lecture form) gives young people a solid foundation when it comes to dealing with adversity in their own lives.

“Click here” on any of the samples above from some “ordinary” people I have known and listened to the stories they have told.  There is nothing “ordinary” about them. 

Feature Story

Meet “TJ” Hessman.  He’s a collector of classic motor cars and a real character. 

Telling good stories and delivering them to the marketplace is about all I do.  I call it StoryTelling America.

There is a proverb that says, tell me a fact and I’ll learn, tell me a truth and I’ll believe, but tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.

I think everybody has a story worth telling and sharing one’s life experiences may be the most valuable asset a person can give…your successes, your failures and your accomplishments and your dreams..

Let me help you do just that.

Client Testimonials

You wonder, is our story worth telling anybody? Then you start telling your story and you become excited about it. Even though we talked and lived our own story once we saw it all put together it was very exciting for us and our kids to watch.
“Rick has an amazing ability to draw stories out of people, like turning clay into a pot. We live our lives and just think we’re a clump of clay, not really anything, not so interesting. Rick finds the "interesting" in the clay.”
I thought I'd be real nervous. We did the interviews in my home and that made me feel very comfortable. Rick does a really good job of making it very easy.