I come by it honestly.

I’m Irish. It’s just what we do.

But for the first half of my life, I missed the point entirely.

I spent my skill for storytelling on carefully constructed emails that allowed me to prove my professional worth; or worse yet, I’d save it all up for a happy hour, and after a few whiskeys, I’d find myself the center of attention, calling on my ancestors to help me tell a tale or two.

(like I said… Irish to the core.)

But when I quit my corporate career, everything changed. I wanted something different, something deeper. I wanted to use my way with words to weave together a better world - a world in which every body belongs.

However, there was one thing standing in my way…it was me. Before I could write that kind of ending for everyone else, I had to be willing to write a brave new beginning for myself.

My brave new beginning…

I spent most of my life believing there was too much of me.

It started with my body, a body that never seemed to behave the way it was supposed to; but over time, my obsession with staying small spilled into every space in my life. My ideas, my emotions, my ambition, my dreams… all of it seemed too big in a world that wants its women to stay small.

Until the day it didn’t.

Until the day I got tired of shrinking and decided to take up space, instead.

Beginning with my body, I worked to understand my place in the world in a new way. I stopped dieting and started to recover from a whole host of things, most of which have just been places on the path that taught me to be all of me. And once I started to take up space this way for myself, I decided to invite other women along with me for the ride.

I wrote blogs, started a podcast, and gave a TEDx talk. I brought together a storytelling collective dedicated to helping me make a world where every body belongs and called this collective The Beautifull Project. In three, short years, it reached tens of thousands of women across the globe. Together, we wrote so many brave new beginnings that spun the sort of stories you hope will never end.

And if I have anything to say about it, they never will.

A Never-Ending Story

My work with The Project was just the beginning of the stories I want to share.

What I learned in real-time with that work is exactly what science already tells us about stories.

They stick.

They leave a lasting impression.

Unlike any other modality, stories are capable of creating a powerful connection - one that never has to end.

And that’s the kind of power I want to be a part of.

So what do you say….

Want to start writing with me?