Jim Hjort shares his journey of vehicular challenge. Bio: Jim Hjort is a psychotherapist, personal and executive coach, and founder of the Right Life Project. He enjoys introducing beautiful women to the X-Men franchise and using vehicles for their intended purposes. He thanks Lynn for her guidance, devotion to her craft, and therapeutic value to the world. https://www.rightlifeproject.com/ You can watch the video of this story at https://youtu.be/GpQ0tCkiVaM YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor] by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

You Tell Yours - Stories From Our Storyteller Class

Ep 37: Jim Hjort - A Better Class Of Vehicle

Heidi tells a wonderful tale of the perfect dog, Simon. Bio: Heidi Hornbacher grew up in Colorado where she always pined for pets. She's lived in LA since 2003 where she has a production company and a teaches screenwriting in LA and Italy with PageCraft Screenwriting. She and her husband have three cats and a dog. You can watch the video of this story at https://youtu.be/6yLRPEKc4Fk YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Ep 36 Heidi Hornbacher - Simon

Brent Boyd tells a great story of an epic fishing adventure with his Dad. Bio: Brent Boyd usually plays hockey on Friday nights at the ice arena up the street. Telling a story on stage might seem like a less rigorous activity, but he’s still planning to wear a helmet. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101715/ https://twitter.com/actualBrentBoyd  You can watch the video of this story at https://youtu.be/dWMqk3E18J8 YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Ep35 - Brent Boyd - That Time Dad Took Me Fishing.

This week's story is from our friend Chris Cassone charts his Rock Star journey and how he met David Bowie during the Ziggy era. BIO: Chris Cassone is a writer of songs, stories, plays and musicals with a career in corporate team building to support all. His co-writing with old friend, Ace Frehley, led to a Billboard #9 hit last year. Currently "The Brain That Wouldn't Die - The Musical" is scheduled for its second run in Charleston's Music Hall in June with sixteen of his songs in the score. When all else fails, he runs the trails of NY and LA to recharge. You can watch the video of this story at https://youtu.be/bPcWD7Ou3OI YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Ep 34 Chris Cassone - Ziggy And My Guitar.

Despite a terrible cold we're back! (Apologies for sounding like I'm under water)   This week's story is a journey, Kathleen Ingle remembers a duck named Quacker. Bio: Kathleen Ingle is an actress, singer, human being ....and now a story teller! She'd like to thank you all for coming out to support true stories. You can watch the video of this story at https://youtu.be/1ddmITqmFP8 YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Ep 33 Kathleen Ingle - Remembering Quacker

We're back from a wee podcasting break with a cracker of a story! When Monte LeMonte was just 14, he was already considering adopting...  {Note: a couple of naughty words slipped in} Bio: Monte LaMonte is an excellent maker of sandwiches. He is a lover of all bugs insects, and creator & co-producer of the Shoot Em Up show, which takes stories to scripts to film. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours Music credit: Our Ego [Feat. Different Visitor]by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Ep 32 Monte LaMonte - Upward Adoption.

This week's story is about love. But the storyteller isn't French or one of those European romantics… no he's a true romantic, he's Australian! So here's newcomer Ben Speed with his story about a big romantic lie that he's going to tell. Benjamin Speed is a composer and dreamer, whose greatest goal is to have music he's made shot out inside a spaceship as an example of artistic human endeavour for interstellar civilisations to discover. Besides music and film, he's obsessed with soccer, bicycles, watermelon, ginger and tea. And I laughing, especially at himself, as regularly as possible. http://www.benjaminspeed.com/ YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep31 Benjamin Speed - Love And A Lie

It's Thanksgiving this week in the US and we've heard it can be a tricky time for families. So for this week we have Catherine Zukowski with a story that we hope will help with your Thanksgiving perspective.  Bio: Catherine Zukowski is a transplant from Chicago and with her husband has made downtown Los Angeles her home for over 8 years . A Legal Secretary for 22 years, she is now is an Office Manager for a large real estate development company responsible for a lot of the gentrification of downtown LA and creating affordable housing communities in the surrounding area. Catherine has been making jewelry for almost 20 years, and a practicing clairvoyant energy reader for a decade. Lynn's storytelling class is very much like an energy reading. She helps you strip away the story/energy that isn't yours and gets you to your core truths. It's been a brilliant and difficult process. Highly Recommended. Thank you, Lynn. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 30. Catherine Zukowski - Circus At Thanksgiving

This week we have yet another Scottish implant to Los Angeles, Declan Laird's story tells us how big an innocent $25 bet can become. Declan's Bio: Declan Michael Laird is a Scottish native now living in Los Angeles. Declan loves soccer, performing...ooh and staying out of trouble. Twitter: @declanmlaird YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community. Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months. We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.comTWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYoursFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 29. Declan Michael Laird - A $25 Bet.

This week is different because this week we have a story for the YouTellYours teacher, Lynn Ferguson. Storytelling is all about sharing your perspective, and so it probably shouldn't be a surprise that Lynn's story is about perspective.  Lynn's Bio: Lynn Ferguson is an award winning writer-performer and a regular storyteller/ host for The Moth. Back in the UK, aside from being the voice of a chicken in the movie Chicken Run, Lynn appeared regularly on TV and BBC Radio 4, writing and starring in three series of her own sitcom as well as creating several critically acclaimed plays. She performed in numerous Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, winning the prestigious Fringe First Award for writing,  and the Stage Award for Acting Excellence. Since relocating to the US, Lynn has worked as a staff writer for the CBS Peabody Award winning Late Late Show and as a script consultant for Pixar’s Academy Award winning movie, Brave. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. Lynn firmly believed that we all have stories to tell and so started teaching storytelling in Burbank. Since then we've confirmed that no only does everyone have a story to tell, but also that telling those stories enriches both the teller and the audience, creating connections and a sense of community.  Our storytelling classes are available in Burbank, California with end of class storytelling events most months.  We also deliver online storytelling courses with direct feedback incorporated into the experience.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 28. Lynn Ferguson - Perspective

This week Hannah Davis explains how leather and laughter can lead to a love that reaches new heights! Bio: Hannah Davis studied acting with Sanford Meisner at theNeighborhood Playhouse, NY before returning to the UK to work with Mike Leigh on Secrets and Lies. After acting in various theatrical and television productions, Hannah decided to duck behind the camera for a bit: her first short film, A Life in a Day, was nominated for Best British Short Film and then came the features, Mothers & Daughters, nominated for the Golden Hitchcock Award for Direction and Showtime’s The Understudy. Big love to Lynn and my dearest Dave. mansionpicturesny.com Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT.    Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 27. Hannah Davis - Bondage

In this week's podcast story, Tim Scott tells how his first night in a new job becomes a matter of life and death.  Note Tim uses of the 'F' word a couple of times, so if that offends you might want to sit this one out.  Bio: Tim Scott has a small parking lot sweeper business - 27 years and going. Not one to sit still, he's learned how to play Bagpipes, how to go Fly fishing, and also Stand-up comedy and now Storytelling. Married to wife, Jamie for 19 years, they have 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren. His favorite mottos are 'Excellence through Adversity' and 'That's no hill for a climber.' Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT.    Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 26. Tim Scott - Clean Streets

This week we have Colette Freedman's story from our recent storytelling event in Burbank. If I were to compete in any kind of contest with Colette I'd really like to be on her team please... Colete's Bio: Colette Freedman is a writer, actor and producer who has trouble finding the quiet grey hidden in between the screaming black and deafening white. Her latest single-minded obsession is getting 18,000 people to buy her book Sister Cities on Amazon. Thank you Lynn for your massive generosity and colossal talent! www.colettefreedman.com Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT.    Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 25 Colette Freedman - My Greatest Challenge

This week's podcast is different. For a start there's no introduction for our usual host, Mark Tweddle, because this week we have Mark's first story!  Have you ever tried to introduce yourself for a video podcast? Mark hasn't either! He thought it would be too much Mark. Bio: Mark Tweddle is a Scottish, Londoner living in LA with his wife and two sons. With an Electronics degree and an MBA he knows more than is wise, and less than is useful. Talk to him about online marketing. he is very fond of quirks.  w: quirkybranding.com  tw: LAtweddle Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT.    Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 24 Mark Tweddle - Continental Traffic Lessons

Some stories have car chases, explosions and the like... and yet others still compel us to walk a while within the storyteller's shoes without the need for these "big ticket" items.  Well in this week's podcast, Jill Bodie's story is grounded with just one big ticket item... Jill Bodie's Bio - By day, Jill works as a personal development coach, helping people get out of their own way, and reach their potential.  By night and on weekends, she can be found hanging out with her husband, two daughters and one dog. The family moved to Los Angeles from Canada a year and a half ago to pursue their creative dreams. They love to cook, eat, hike, and enjoy their So Cal beach life in Venice. Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT.    Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth.  WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com  ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours

Ep 23 Jill Bodie - In The Blink Of An Eye

Lynn Ferguson teaches storytelling for YouTellYours.com and hosts storytelling events for her students. This podcast airs the new stories.

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You Tell Yours - Stories From Our Storyteller Class

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