You’ve held it together(ish) through grief, Burnout,
& Identity collapse.
You’ve journaled, therapied, meditated, coped, overfunctioned.
Still, something feels off.
This is where you stop asking, “What’s wrong with me?”
And start listening to what’s actually been right all along.
Story Work is how you reclaim what’s been quietly waiting for you to notice.
So you can finally feel at home in your own mind, body, and life.
This is not storytelling.
No writing your life stories into a memoir.
No scrapbooking. No highlight reels.
No “rewriting the narrative.”
No “reframing the stories you tell yourself.”
Story Work is about recognizing what’s still alive in you.
What’s dormant. What’s yours. What was imposed.
And actually deciding what to do with all of it.
Because you can live from the whole of who you are, not just the part that kept you safe.
Not sure if this is for you? You’ll know soon.
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This is for you if…
You’ve rebuilt (or are rebuilding) after burnout, grief, rupture. But the days feel disoriented. Unmoored. Hollow. Familiar and unfamiliar. Like you’re a guest inside your own life.
You followed the steps to build a “good life.” But you still wonder, “Why doesn’t it feel like mine?”
You’re grieving stories that ended. Quietly. Suddenly. Or before they ever began. Now, time feels sharper. Faster. And you’re hyper-aware of change.
You’ve spent years in survival mode. Reacting. Doing. Moving. Now you’re asking, ‘Who am I, really, now that I’m here?’
You’re not sure which parts of your identity are real, and which were built for survival, acceptance, and belonging.
You’re not looking for more. You’re looking for something truer.
You want to feel at home in your own mind, body, and life — for real this time.
And maybe…
You think… a lot. Your brain doesn’t stop. But it’s not overthinking. It’s complex processing. Threading patterns. Holding nuance. The kind of seeing that holds both/and in a world that demands either/or.
Your mind is full of storylines, questions, and unfinished meaning. You don’t always know what to do with it. But that ache to make sense of things? It’s not indulgent. It’s your system trying to find identity coherence. Trying to come home to itself.
You keep turning the same memories over. Not to get stuck, but to get free. To feel grounded. To return to a truth that settles you.
You don’t want a tidy story. You want a real one. So when you’re 80, looking back, you’ll know: I was here. I didn’t sleep through it. I lived as myself. Fully.
DGS Story Work Supports the Way You Think, Feel, and Live.
The DGS approach is a flexible practice of reflection, discovery, and integration — done through whatever mediums help you process best: writing, movement, voice notes, photography, music, collage, quiet thinking, or hands in the dirt.
And when something clicks, you move with it in a way that feels true, energizing, and yours.
THROUGH THE DGS STORY WORK PRACTICE, YOU’LL:
Gather the scattered pieces. Get the memories, questions, and fragments out of your head and into one place, so you can actually work with them.
Notice what’s been at play. Trace the people, places, patterns, and systems that have influenced who you are and how you move through life.
Document what matters. Name and preserve the stories, big or small, that feel like anchors, clues, or turning points.
Move what’s stuck. Express the stories that need to shift. Release what no longer fits. Amplify what steadies and strengthens you.
Reconnect with what’s true. Let your stories surface what you’ve overlooked, avoided, or forgotten. Then decide what still belongs.
Return to yourself. Not the version the world rewarded. The one that’s real. The one that’s always been there, waiting to be carried forward.
Begin where you are.
Let this free guide be your first step.
“Honestly, I never realized how many stories I actually have in me!”
120 Stories You’ve Already Lived is a free guide to help you see what’s been there all along. Inside: 120 prompts to get stories out of your body and onto the page.
Take a bird’s-eye view of your life, one tiny story at a time.
You might be surprised by what you find.
This isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about witnessing what you’ve lived.
Start here.
No pressure, no rules. No need to do all the prompts. Just an entryway to start noticing what’s already inside you.
Hi, I’m Marie. I Help People play with Their Stories and Use Them Boldly.
I started Dangerously Good Stories after being blindsided by grief in 2013. The voids I felt pushed me to pay attention — closer attention — to my life through photography. As a result, I “documented myself awake.” But this isn’t about capturing memories.
Don’t ever call me a memory-keeper, because this is not that.
Story work is a way of living. An ongoing practice that connects you deeply to your life in the moment, not just during a wedding, funeral, or unexpected memory. It’s about living your values and letting your stories guide you toward healing, joy, and purpose. Some stories are playful and light, while others feel heavy and complicated, but they all have something to offer.
My goal? To help you live fully awake, bold, and deeply engaged with your life, so when you look back, you know, in your marrow, that you lived in a way that’s true to your soul.