The story beneath the story shaping your voice

Koa Elder listens to another writer working to find their voice in their writing

Reader,

Writing (and creating) consistently doesn’t begin with having a story to tell.

That’s what many of us believe without realizing it.

It begins with the stories you’re telling yourself.

The ones no one knows, because we’d never dare let them cross our lips.

Or we’ve held them deeply-down for so long, unawares, that we didn’t quite know they’ve been running the show from behind our internal red velvet curtains, fusty at the hems from being held so tightly closed.

These stories that shape us either
silence us beyond recognition
or give us growing permission to tell our stories in the world.

Which is it for you?


※ Koa

I work with all the stories.

The inner stories. The outer.

Some need to be seen, held, understood and ushered into the light.

Others need to be gathered, stayed with, crafted with only the detail your voice can craft. And courageously shared.

I do both.


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Thank you for reading and sharing,
Koa

Real Things

Reflections and essays for thoughtful humans exploring the many realms where we face ourselves — in the body, the unconscious, our relationships, our families, our work, and in the story beneath the stories we live by. Less performance. More presence. Stay with what’s true. Say what f*cking matters.