Why Write Your Story?

Not everyone needs to write a book.
Not everyone wants to write a book.
Not everyone feels the calling to write a book either.
Most want to have written one though.

In fact, most people who say they want to write a book, simply want to have written a book!

Many have joined the coaching fields or created businesses that feed through online exposure and activity. So, for that reason, they feel writing a book, will help their business profile, get better speaking gigs and push their message out to larger audiences. Still others are pushed by peers, family, business associates and even their professional coaches. It’s the gateway into another world.

“Isn’t it time to write your book?”
“If you want to be successful, you’ll need a book.”
“A book represents credibility,” they will say, unwittingly reminding you of your vulnerability.

For some, righting wrongs, whether factual or imagined, might come within the scope of memoir. Based on past memoirs some think that writing a memoir gives one full sway to blame others for the ways their lived turned out. Spilling the beans while telling your truth.

When people change and grow in wisdom, their perspectives on earlier experiences and patterns can also change. As successful adults, they are more rounded, filled with the maturity of life experiences. That becomes the mechanism for healing.

Once their points of view on their lived pasts change, so does the experience. For that reason, writing a memoir can further open the doors to healing. It can offer instances of change and perspective, allowing for the ability to make better choices. Seeing the ways in which a change in perspective occurs is monumental for those actively involved in change and healing.

Or, a change in perspective can harness their particular skills and successes in life and in business.

There are many reasons to write a memoir:

Healing trauma,
Legacy to family,
Journey from one homeland to another,
Business book if you want to have a speaking career.
Working through stages of grief and sorrow.
Creating a new life after retirement.

All of these categories are filled with life experiences coupled with a sense of passing the wand of wisdom from one generation to another.

Yet, what remains is the actual writing time for your story. And that’s where it can get complicated. Some just don’t want to do the real writing.

They don’t have time.
Don’t know how to write.
Don’t think they have a good story.
The list can go on.

And that’s where a professional writing coach comes in. Clients want to get their story right — as it benefits them, as it creates momentum for further reading, understanding and perhaps transformative healing.

As a writing coach, I’ve found it to be equally as beneficial to me as I watch my clients grow within and from the sharing of the stories of their lives.

On a professional and personal level, it shows the greatness of humanity as we come to terms with who we were and who we are now.

As our stories change, so does our innate ability to see further than our own lives. And, it tidies up the unsaid and fills in the leftover spaces. The future is made for change and living. Being part of that opens the door to our collective humanity.