Your Story or Your Life

When actress Lee Fierro slapped Chief Brody in the film Jaws, the audience became fully invested in the story. Because of her recent passing, I discuss the pivotal scene and how it relates to telling your own story through a method I often talk about: The Hero's Journey. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Former ESPN video-editor, Michael Crane, finally got his cut at the bigs when he was chosen to shoot The Masters in 2007; he decided to rob a local bank instead. In this episode I talk about the robbery and what one change to his story might make it a hole-in-one for the big screen. The Story of Your Life Podcast is ready to tee off. Fore! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Something had been lurking under the surface of my mind ever since I talked about the movie "Outbreak" and how it was a lot like what we're witnessing today; hazmat suits and all. Yet the pandemic we're hearing so much about is a killer we can't see. The major news networks have their death counters in play and the powers-that-be are gathering to figure out how to hook the killer before it sinks its teeth into more people who go in the water. I mean ... the street. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

How do we do love in a time when we have this thing called Social Distancing? They figured it out in the film, Love in the Time of Cholera. After all, the fear of a virus spreads faster than the virus itself. And love conquers all. We make for happy endings here. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Atypical, the Netflix show about a teen on the autism spectrum is a character-driven show that works no matter the typical story-lines. The adults have issues they can't seem to solve among themselves, and the children can discuss their issues just fine and work them out on their own. The characters here make me forget about the stuff I've seen a million times. And did Sam go to the Edward Norton School of Acting? This is a not so typical episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Does one have to tell their personal story by tattooing it on their face? If you've lived long enough you have a powerful story to tell. It's what's underneath the skin that can rise to the surface for people to know and appreciate. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast, where I breakdown stories so you can learn how to tell your own story in a way that can be truly inspiring. Paint it blue why don't you and come join me now for a listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

**This episode contains spoilers** As the lights went off in the theater showing The Way Back, I said to myself: "I'll sit on my box of Red Vines if the first scene doesn't have Ben Affleck doing what he does best--shovel concrete." Thus, I kept the snacks in hand because he soon appeared in all his blue-collar glory, working on a construction site in the opening frame. The movie went on to surprise me, though, taking me away from my belief that it was a Hero's Journey I was watching with basketball as the sport of choice. Put on your flannel jacket and cancel your session with the therapist because The Story of Your Life Podcast is about to drop a big 'ol bucket of spoilers on your head. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Exactly 25 years after the movie Outbreak hit theaters, Part II spreads to your ears. Where were you when Dustin Hoffman donned a hazmat suit and Rene Russo was bigger than Julie Roberts? Let's go back to 1995 because life imitates art far more than art imitates life. Remember to wash your hands like you're slicing jalapenos for a plate of nachos and desperately need to remove your contacts. Please stand at least ten feet away at all times. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Dave Matthews can now add "author" to his long list of accomplishments. If We Were Giants is a novel about a young girl who lives in a Volcano. Is she about to go on a Hero's Journey? It's this author's bet that she does. And that's a perfect segue into learning more about how to tell your own story from the classic storytelling perspective. The ants go marching in the forest on this episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Amanda Knox got married recently and I was thinking about what a good domestic thriller it would make. In this episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast, I talk about Tying The Knox, and the plot points thereof. As they like to say in the music business, the episode has "dropped." Join me, won't you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

There are several candidates running for the democratic bid for President. Non have the celebrity status of someone like Hillary Clinton. Celebrity is a main ingredient for political success in our image-driven world. Would good storytelling make a difference in this game, when candidates prefer to tell things chronologically and curate their highlights while trashing others in the race? Telling a story that has vulnerability and credibility is brave. It's the fastest way to being labeled a hero. America would vote for a real hero. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

In this episode of the Story of Your Life Podcast, I breakdown the story of a guy who says he'll pay 25K for a girlfriend. No, it's not a modern-day retelling of Can't Buy Me Love. It's the power of the internet and promotion, productizing and curating things to your own end. Listen now if you want to know how not to tell your story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Joe Burrow, Heisman Trophy winner and National Champion quarterback from LSU, has a "Star Story" that will inspire you to find your own. Learn how he went from zero to hero and will soon complete the process by being selected #1 overall in this year's NFL Draft. Now on The Story of Your Life Podcast. Ready ... set ... HUT! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Want better personal and business relationships for 2020? Your personal story is what people want to know. Learn how to uncover the one story that Hollywood would cut you a check for. It's not the one told in chronological order. This is the Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

The true crime story of The Golden State Killer is a fascinating one, and thankfully it comes with a resolution--forty plus years in the making. But ... there is another story here that is equally as incredible. An author caught the killer, but didn't live to find out who he was or see the book she'd written become the catalyst to his capture. We're talking about the power of story once again in The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support