The Memory Intensive
Did you grow up sitting at the feet of your elders? Do you feel a deep responsibility to preserve their stories, traditions, and legacy? What about your own?
You may be the one in your family who remembers the details, keeps the old photographs, asks the deeper questions, and longs for a way to bring it all together—not just for the past, but for the future.
Who is this for?
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📖 A family historian who wants to create a meaningful, organized record of your lineage.
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📖 A generational bridge-builder looking to engage family members in a deeper, more authentic way.
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A storyteller ready to transform scattered memories into a tangible, living history.
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The family organizers desiring to finally complete the family project rather than talking about it for years.
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An elder longing for the memories of your youth
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Those yearning to ensure that the values, experiences, and wisdom of your family are not just remembered, but honored and carried forward.
Week 1: The Power of Memory & Storytelling
🫘: Why oral history matters & why YOUR story deserves to be preserved.
🌼 Explore how memory work connects us to the past, present, and future.
🌼 Understand how oral history shapes identity, culture, and legacy.
🌼 Reflect: What stories do you wish you knew about your family? What stories do you want to pass down?
What’s inside
Week 2: Mapping Your Life
🌱 Theme: Understanding your place in your personal & family history.
🌼 Create a LifeLine map of pivotal experiences, relationships, and turning points.
🌼 Identify recurring themes, influences, and wisdom gained over time.
🌼 Reflect: Who and what shaped you? What lessons have been passed down?
Week 4: Stewarding Your Story — Defining Your Role
🍀 Theme: What is your responsibility in preserving and passing down family history?
🌼 Define your role as a family memory keeper or storyteller.
🌼 Explore different ways to document & share stories (audio, written, video).
🌼 Reflect: What traditions, values, or stories do you want to safeguard?
Week 3: Time, Energy, & Relationships
🌱 Theme: Where do you spend your time, and does it align with what matters?
🌼 Review how your relationships, work, and habits reflect your values.
🌼 Identify gaps between where your time goes and where you want it to go.
🌼 Reflect: Who do you spend the most time with? Who do you wish you connected with more?
Week 5: Family Relationships, Power & Mapping Connections
🌿 Theme: Understanding the web of relationships that shape your family’s history.
🌼 Build a family tree and explore power dynamics, migration patterns, and major events.
🌼 Identify missing pieces or untold stories within your family’s narrative.
🌼 Reflect: Who are the storytellers in your family? Who holds unspoken knowledge?
Week 7: Action Plan & Bringing It All Together
🌳 Theme: Turning knowledge into action—your personalized roadmap.
🌼 Identify next steps for capturing stories (recording interviews, writing memoirs, etc.).
🌼 Share reflections and commitments with the group.
🌼 Reflect: How will you continue this work beyond the workshop?
Week 6: Organizing Your Archives - Photos, Letters, & Records
🪴 Theme: Bringing order to the physical and digital pieces of your story.
🌼 Gather, categorize, and protect historical photos, letters, and keepsakes.
🌼 Learn best practices for digitizing, labeling, and preserving family documents.
🌼 Reflect: What physical artifacts hold the most meaning in your family?
EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMATION
🌼 From scattered to structured 🌼
No more wondering where to start or how to organize the family stories you’ve been holding. Through our live virtual sessions, you’ll walk away with a clear plan, a living archive, and a concrete next step for your personal family project.
🌼 From solo effort to a connected community 🌼
You won’t be doing this work alone. You’ll be joining a network of like-minded memory keepers —a community of people who understand the importance of this work and will walk alongside you. The engagement will start with an onboarding and goal-setting session to identify goals and pace for the workshop sessions.
🌼 From silence to storytelling 🌼
You will cultivate a space for meaningful conversations, bridging generational gaps, ensuring wisdom is not just kept, but shared and honored.
🌼 From passive memory-keeper to active steward 🌼
This work isn’t just about remembering—it’s about ensuring these histories live, breathe, and continue to shape future generations.
🌼 From overwhelmed to empowered 🌼
You will leave with a sustainable practice, a commitment to your role as a family steward, and a living connection to your history.
Your legacy is on the other
side of your yes
Limited Enrollment
Limited Enrollment
Centennial Sale
In honor of my grandfather’s 100th birthday—the man who first taught me the power of storytelling, tradition, and legacy, I share this 1925 Centennial Special Offer:
ONLY $1,925
or 3 Payments of $750
“Very empowering and inspirational!”
“Accountability plus community equals wonderful stories essential to history, past and present!”
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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We don’t know what tomorrow holds — for ourselves or our loved ones. Our stories sustain us. They are our greatest inheritance, and therefore, need safekeeping. So why wait?
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You will gain a structured, guided process to document your personal and family history, map your legacy, and develop a self-preservation plan that ensures your stories and memories are honored. By the end, you will have a clear storytelling framework, an archive strategy, and a personal roadmap for preserving what matters most to you.
✔ 7 Weekly Guided Sessions – Structured guidance to help you capture and organize your family history.
✔ Hands-On Activities & Prompts – Practical tools to get you reflecting, recording, and organizing.
✔ A Supportive Community – Connect with others on the same journey, and stay accountable.
✔ Direct Access to an Expert Guide – Get the support, feedback, and insights you need to move forward.
✔ A Completed Action Plan – Leave with a structured roadmap for continuing your personal or family memory project. -
Yes! This workshop is designed for people who feel overwhelmed by where to begin. And for those who feel like they never have the time. Through step-by-step exercises, I’ll help you identify key stories, map your personal and family history, and create a plan to preserve them with care.
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The workshop includes weekly live sessions (60-90 minutes) and an additional 1-2 hours of reflection, exercises, or storytelling work each week. However, the process is designed to be flexible. You can go at your own pace and return to the materials anytime.
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That’s OK. All sessions will be recorded and available for replay, so you can catch up whenever you need. Plus, you’ll have access to a supportive community and resources to stay engaged throughout the journey.
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Sharing is always optional. This is a safe, supportive space, and you get to decide what you feel comfortable sharing. We will also have materials to help in storytelling and reflection. The focus is on your personal growth and self-preservation, and I encourage participation in whatever way feels best for you.
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By the end of the workshop, you will have a clear memory-preservation plan, a structured storytelling framework, and a roadmap for continuing your work.
You will be prepared to take advantage of your time with yourself and your loved ones — like summer vacations, visits, and holidays — to put what we learned in action.
You will also gain access to our community of memory keepers and ongoing support from me as you continue your journey.
