One Story

The stories that make up a life

A Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

Preserve a story in the voices of the people who lived it, remember it, and carry it forward.

Some of the most meaningful gifts aren’t things. They are the stories, memories, laughter, relationships, and moments of a life that we get to keep.

One Story is a personal storytelling experience rooted in conversation and deep listening. There are no questionnaires, prompts, or pages to write.

We talk. I listen. We follow the threads.

My way of working has grown from nearly four decades of listening to people’s stories through healthcare, coaching, writing, and storytelling. As the Scribe, I listen for the memories, relationships, humor, details, and moments that carry meaning and shape what emerges into a beautifully written and designed keepsake.

One Story can take three forms:

One Story, Your Voice
Your memories and stories, preserved in your own voice.

One Story, Many Voices
Family, friends, or colleagues come together to tell the story of someone they love, appreciate, or want to honor.

One Story, A Lasting Message
A shorter, intimate experience for preserving one story, memory, message, or conversation for the people you love.

Whichever form it takes, the heart of the experience is the same: making space for what matters and preserving something of a life that can be shared now and carried forward.

The result is more than a written keepsake. It is a piece of a life preserved for the person receiving it, for the people who love them now, and for the generations who come after.

Where This Work Comes From

The Common Thread Through My Work

My professional life began in conventional medicine, where I spent many years in hospitals and clinical settings. That work taught me how to care for people, how to pay attention, and how much can be revealed when someone feels safe enough to be seen and heard.

Even then, the moments when I felt most helpful often happened in conversation.

Sitting with someone. Listening. Making space for what mattered.

That understanding has followed me through nearly four decades of work in healthcare, mental health, coaching, writing, storytelling, and personal exploration.

The forms have changed, but the thread has remained remarkably consistent:

Listen deeply. Follow what emerges. Honor what matters.

Today, that thread comes together most fully in One Story.

Sometimes I am listening to one person share the memories of their own life through One Story, Your Voice. Sometimes I am listening across the memories of family, friends, or colleagues through One Story, Many Voices. And sometimes the work becomes One Story, A Lasting Message, one story, memory, or message someone wants to leave for the people they love.

Each begins in the same place:

With a conversation.

In many ways, everything I have done has led me here—to creating a space where stories can emerge naturally, people can be deeply listened to, and what matters can be preserved.

My role is to listen for the threads: the memories, relationships, humor, details, and moments that reveal something deeper about the person and the story asking to be told.

I am the Scribe.

One Story has become the center point of my work: preserving a piece of a life through the stories we tell, remember, and carry for one another.

That same thread continues through my other work.

Beyond One Story

One Story is now the centerpoint of my storytelling work, whether one person is sharing their own memories or many voices are coming together to honor someone they love. My work also continues through three distinct bodies of work exploring story, self-awareness, meaning, remembering, and what matters most.

The three bodies of work are:

Voices That Matter-The Scribe Project. A platform for public storytelling and legacy projects.

The Elimination Code, an original coaching framework I designed to help identify and release limiting patterns, build greater clarity and self-awareness, and support clients in creating a more balanced life through aligned action.

Lion’s Gate Oracle Deck and Guidebook, An original oracle deck and guidebook created as a companion for reflection, clarity, and aligned action, with related coaching, workshops, and card readings rooted in the teachings and wisdom of the deck.

Each, in its own way, is an invitation to remember.

Other Expressions of My Work

From the Journal

I also maintain a public Journal with personal reflections, stories, and teachings drawn from the work that shapes this site: One Story, including Your Voice, Many Voices, and A Lasting Message; Voices That Matter — The Scribe Project; The Elimination Code; and the Lion’s Gate Oracle.

Though each begins somewhere different, they often meet in the same questions of story, memory, self-awareness, meaning, connection, and what matters most.

The Journal is a place to follow those threads through the medium of writing.