Tell me your story that I may remember it for you and free your spirit to dance once more!

Being both a coach and a storyteller, I integrate the two arts.

The following is a story that illustrates what I feel is the real job of a coach: to make it possible for each client to say with love "I am who I am", and to express that self fully in creating lives that honor their deepest values. I've also written a book that is full of stories and exercises to help you find the stories that tell you who your are and in doing so, satisfy your soul.

Zusia

Once, the great Hasidic leader, Zusia, came to his followers. His eyes were red with tears, and his face was pale with fear.

"Zusia, what is the matter, you look frightened!"

"The other day, I had a vision. In it I learned the question the angels will one day ask me about my life.

"The followers were puzzled. "Zusia, you are pious. You are scholarly and humble. You have helped so many of us. What question about your life could be so terrifying you would be frightened to answer it?"

Zusia turned his gaze to heaven. "I have learned that the angels will not ask me, "Why weren't you a Moses, leading your people out of slavery?" His followers persisted. "So what will they ask you?"

"And I have learned," Zusia sighed, "that the angels will not ask me, "Why weren't you a Joshua, leading your people to the promised land?"

One of his followers approached Zusia and faced him squarely. Looking him in the eyes, the follower demanded, "But what will they ask of you?"

"They will say to me, "Zusia, there was only one thing that no power of heaven or earth could have prevented you from becoming." They will say, "Zusia, why weren't you Zusia?"

--From The Storytelling Coach by Doug Lipman

I am available to teach and tell. Ask about my horseback riding and storytelling trips.  Other storytelling classes are available.