Your Story Is Everything

Everything we do in life, we do because of a story. Our motivations and dreams, our fears and doubts, all of it can all be summed up by a well told tale.

Which is why storytelling is so important. By informing others why you do what you do, you’re being transparent. By sharing the challenges you navigated, you’re helping a client or investor understand why they should trust you. By explaining the wisdom you’ve learned, you’re being a good teacher sharing in a memorable way that keeps your listener wanting more.

Meet Mareesa, a filmmaker, and storyteller who's been guiding leaders, facilitators, and entrepreneurs in the process of unpacking and authentically sharing their life wisdom in a compelling and engaging way.

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“Stories constitute the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.”

- Dr. Howard Gardner

Discover your Origin Story Workshop

Do you have a story of transformation to share but struggle to articulate things in a impactful way? Are you a leader or change maker wanting to master your own story, and not sure where to start?

This program is designed to simplify your story, help you unlock the wisdom of your journey, and prepare you to share your learnings to inspire others and help transform the world.

1-On-1 Coaching

6 x 90 Minute Sessions that will give you the personal attention needed to support you as you unpack your life story

This one-on-one approach will give you the support, insight, and storytelling know how needed to help you unpack, make sense of, and bring the most engaging version of your story to life- tailored to meet your storytelling needs.

Own Your Story 6-Month Course

Revisit and rewrite the story of your life from a whole new perspective, with powerful tools, a supportive cohort, and 1:1 time with Mareesa.

Embark on a process of taking inventory of your memories and unpack your wisdom, into a succinct story that serves your highest joy and supports your current mission in life.

"Mareesa’s workshop catalyzed deep revelations and conscious awareness of connections that had remained mysterious and confusing to me after decades of consideration. I had known there was a story and wisdom to be shared, but not all the implications I’m exploring now. Mareesa was an insightful, caring guide who offered many gifts over the series. I wish we were still meeting!"

"Your workshop provides tools that help the user to cultivate witness by framing their life as a story in creation and in their control vs one that is just happening to them. Its empowering to view one's life this way.

I got a lot out of the course. Thank you for offering it. "

"Mareesa's passion for the power of story to transform your relationship to your own story is medicine. It's very easy to keep busy and avoid looking at your story to make sense of it in a deeper way but Mareesa both inspires and accompanies you through that difficult journey. With her, you will feel safe (and excited!) to embrace the entire human experience and come out the other end with a crafted, impactful story."

"Through her storytelling magic, Mareesa helped me unearth old memories from childhood that I had considered settled and see them with new eyes, bringing me to illuminating new perspectives about my childhood struggles, why they were so hard and where to go with them as an adult. The class container provided a supportive, judgement free space for both self reflection and for practice sharing my story. I would highly recommend her class to anyone who is interested in re-writing their old self-limiting narratives from a place of compassion and power."

"Thank you Mareesa for holding such a container that inspires and empowers individuals to understand the power of their story.”

"Before working with Mareesa, I had read how to write memoir books but was stuck and getting nowhere with too much material. Mareesa's timeline method for identifying inflections points then focusing on the human journey, helped me to move forward with writing my story. Her supportive and caring instruction allowed me to explore the depth of my struggles so that I can now share my story with confidence."

"Mareesa has thought deeply about the ways stories create us as much as we create them. This class helped me get down to the DNA-level of certain stories of mine. It's like Crisper technology, helping you insert new programming into the protein double-helix of your SOUL. (Seriously.)"

A formula for transformation

Mareesa’s storytelling workshops have toured throughout the US, and Costa Rica, have been featured as psychedelic preparation/integration at Holos Global and YacuMama, on platforms DoubleBlind, Nectara, SoundMind, Soltara’s online community; The Maloca, and in the mastermind courses of Laura Dawn, and Beth Weinstein. Mareesa has served as faculty for Synthesisinstitute.com and has been coaching leaders in the psychedelic space on how to share their stories for the last 3 years in her show Adventures of the Psyche on Lucid.News. She also hosted and programmed psychedelic storytelling sessions at Breaking Conventions, Boom Festival, and at local storytelling & psychedelic events around the world.