Story Catharsis

A 120 Minute Workshop (In-Person or Zoom)

Story Catharsis is a two-hour guided workshop for giving shape to a story you’re living through. We’ll identify a challenge or transformation that feels alive right now, explore where you’ve been, where you may be headed, and what is moving you from one to the other. Then we’ll put that story into words and share it.


There’s something powerful about being able to say, this is the story I’m in right now, and letting other people witness us in it. Giving our experience language can bring clarity and perspective, deepen our relationship with what we’re moving through, and remind us that we don’t have to have reached the other side before our story is worth telling.

  • Deepen your self-understanding
  • Craft an empowering narrative
  • Tap into the power of Community

Story Catharsis:
 (Definition)
A profound shift, release, or transformation that occurs
through being in relationship, engaging with, or sharing a story,
where the act of being witnessed - or witnessing another-
unlocks powerful new awareness, clarity, or growth.

WHY OUR STORIES MATTER
We are constantly turning what happens to us into stories about who we are, how the world works, and what is possible for us. Whether we examine those stories or not, we live inside them.
Our struggles can leave behind beliefs and patterns we carry for years. They can also contain hard-won wisdom about what changed us, what we learned, and who we became.
We need places to unpack this. To slow down, give language to what we’ve lived, deepen our relationship with it, and allow ourselves to be witnessed, whether the story is complete or still unfolding. Because what we don’t examine, we can keep reenacting. And what we come to understand can become wisdom we carry forward and share with others.
This isn’t only personal. The stories we carry shape how we love, lead, create, collaborate, and ultimately what we build together.

Join +200 Students Using Story To Inspire The Future

“Mareesa’s storytelling class is a gem. Yes, she will help you grow as a storyteller, but the experience is so much richer than that: She blends heart, humor, and wisdom to help you understand and (re)write your own story anew. I came away from her class grateful for a stronger sense of where I came from and what my path ahead looks like.”
Ben
BenCFO, San Fransisco
"Mareesa’s authenticity and openness in sharing her own story helped me weave together the ups and downs of my life, my strengths and vulnerabilities, and share my story in a clear and honest way- and her guidance in how to use storytelling to amplify my coaching business was an absolute catalyst!"
Sarah
SarahHypnosis Practitioner, Mexico City
"Mareesa’s storytelling class was insightful and revealing, shining light on many aspects of my journey that I was not consciously aware of or attuned to [yet!]."
Dena
DenaTrainer and Exective Coach, SF Bay Area
"No matter where you are in your life’s journey, your stories deserve to be recognized, especially by yourself and maybe those you have yet to inspire."
Kent
KentEco Resort Founder, Costa Rica
"Thank you Mareesa for holding such a container that inspires and empowers individuals to understand the power of their story.”
Troy
TroyDancer and Artist, Costa Rica