“Those amazing, rewarding and often heartbreaking experiences helped me realize my purpose.”

“This practice has the potential to change our behaviors and beliefs regarding the natural world.”

“Framing the story correctly is a great way to connect audience needs with speaker motivations.”

Compared to the more serious health conditions or life circumstances that many advocates are managing, will my advocacy be viewed as overblown or overwrought?

“I’m speaking out because I care about my community. We can no longer afford to ignore.”

Listening to it nonstop for more than a decade, even in the background of my consciousness, is exhausting. I want the noise to stop.

Getting caught in the Story Game is a trap that’s easy to fall into because it’s built on a fact we’re all aware of on some level: stories compete with one another.

From book reviews to a return to the basics, here’s what our readers were reading most often on the Story+Advocacy blog.