More Than One Story
In 2011 I decided to leave my job as Executive Director of a 10 acre educational habitat called MEarth that served as a huge outdoor classroom for over 2500 students a year.
It had started as a tiny seedling in my mind over 11 years before, and it was from the very start, a labor of love. Over the years, I raised over 5 million dollars in grants and private donations, and with a staff of 6 and many volunteers transformed a 10-acre piece of land into vegetable and native plant gardens, a native bee habitat, a bird sanctuary, a pond, a greenhouse, and a certified green cooking classroom replete with a state of the art kitchen, an outdoor pizza oven and a roof garden.
Leaving that job was not easy, but in my heart I knew it was time. What I did not know, was how lost I would feel after it ended.
I no longer had an easy answer when people asked me what I did for work (I eventually just began to say I was in transition).
I no longer had an identity aside from just being me (certainly good enough but it just did not feel that way at the time).
I missed the focus. I missed the community. I missed the feeling of a hard day’s work. There were days I even missed the stress.
I was also exhausted and could not even focus on what to cook for dinner, let alone what came next. So I decided to take a year off to see what would grow if I just went about the business of living my life. That year turned into two, during which time I decided to rent out my house in Pacific Grove and move to San Francisco..
Still unsure about what to do next, I started to help people with their resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and college applications. It was far from a perfect fit but it paid the bills and I was at least on a path- albeit not the right one.
Then I discovered Designing Your Life. It clicked immediately and I knew I had found a language for my work. I took a few workshops, ultimately became a DYL coach and started using the practice with all of my clients.
What I loved most were The Odyssey Plans.
Odyssey Plans are a great road map for helping us move forward in the next chapter of our lives. They teach a pattern of thinking that changes the way you approach problems, and are equally powerful whether you are planning your next few months or next few years.
They acknowledge the fact that life is not linear; they reduce the fear of failure when we want to make changes; they encourage exploration; and they help you find and align with your true interests.
Over the years I have used Odyssey Plans with hundreds of clients. I want to introduce more people to this amazing experience so I have developed a three day intensive workshop called More Than One Story.
When making life changes, most people don’t get stuck because they’re lazy or afraid. They get stuck because they’re trying to solve the wrong problem — searching for the one right answer when no such thing exists.
So they overthink. Second-guess. Refine a life that doesn’t quite feel like theirs. And the loop continues.
More thinking doesn’t create clarity. Seeing what’s actually possible does.
In this 3-day Odyssey Planning Intensive, you won’t try to choose one path. You’ll design three.
Three fully mapped versions of your future. Not vague ideas. Real, grounded, testable alternatives, each with its own shape, timeline, and energy.
And you will walk away with intentional next steps feeling clarity and focus.
The premise is simple but powerful: you don’t have just one life available to you. You have many. And everything changes when you can finally see them side by side.
I am opening up 10 spots over the summer months.
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