One life. Unearth your stories,
use them boldly.
Every tiny story holds meaning—guiding you toward healing, aliveness, and purpose. Story work invites you to pick up the pieces, explore them from new angles, and live fully awake and alive in your one and only life.
🔍 Observe ・ ⚓️ Document ・ 📝 Express ・ 💌 Connect ・ 💫 Cultivate
What is Story Work?
Story work is the ongoing practice of gathering the tiny stories from your life and treating each one like a personal artifact—something you can pick up, rotate, and view from different angles. Every story holds meaning, and every meaning can be used.
Some stories become guides to add aliveness, joy, or purpose. Others help you release old wounds, fears, or pain. The magic lies in how you use these stories: to create connection, spark change, heal, and live boldly awake.
Curious? Visit the Story Work Hub for tools & programs to begin.
Story Work Supports the Way You Think, Feel, and Live.
Story work offers a gentle rhythm for emotional regulation and engaging with meaningfulness and deep connection—no rush, no pressure to ‘get it right.’
It’s about noticing, preserving, and using the tiny stories of your life to feel more connected, grounded, and fully alive.
Get to know yourself more deeply by processing your stories and (re)discovering your gifts—letting self-love naturally surge.
Build emotional reservoirs of joy by preserving meaningful moments and revisiting them when life feels heavy.
Transform difficult stories into tools for self-compassion, clarity, healing, and navigating grief.
Create deep, authentic connections with the people who matter—without the pressure of constant socializing.
Take ownership of your narrative by using your stories as evidence of your values—intentionally crafting a life aligned with what matters most to you.
Through story work, you’ll:
Resources to Help You Unearth and Repurpose Your Stories
Your stories deserve attention. Enjoy these practical tools to help you unearth, preserve, and use the stories that matter most. P.S. They’re free.
— Caroline Collins
“This process is gold! It has immense power to change people's relationships. Now I get why these stories are dangerous because they hold so much potential power.”
— Anonymous DGS member
“Honestly—I never realized how many stories I actually have in me!”
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.