Story carriers know we are born into stories, and we work at the mercy of tales that reside in the universe, waiting to be told through us. We understand that we are not always in control of the story, and, in some instances, we have to move out of the way, allowing space for the story to unfold on its own.

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For the woman who has been everything to everyone—except herself.

You’ve held families together. You’ve swallowed words to keep the peace. You’ve quieted your own needs for years. And still, the world calls you “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or “too much.”

This workbook is a reclamation. A space to unravel. A place to be loud on the page when life demands you be quiet in person.

Written by a woman walking her own path through silence, self-erasure, and the slow work of being seen, this is not another workbook that demands transformation. This is a workbook that honors where you are. That trusts your truth. That invites you back to your voice by writing stories that give shape to the experiences you’ve been suffering in silence.

Through guided prompts, compassionate reflections, and deeply resonant questions, you’ll confront the ways you’ve been made small and begin to take up space—on the page, in your relationships, and in your own damn life.

Because you don’t need to be “fixed.”
You need to be heard.

A writer returns to the West Texas desert in search of a story to explain early childhood losses, including a sister’s death, father’s disappearance, and an overnight move. Juggling a career as a writer, professor, and spiritual director, she returns to face the land where high winds haunted her early life, hunting for the story that will mend a fractured relationship with her mother and help her come to terms with a lifelong pattern of abandonment. Blending ancestral storytelling with mystery, this is a memoir that will inspire the reader to believe in the power of story to transform the storyteller into a story carrier, where the magic of healing can begin.