Motivation

A Grandson and the Wonder of his Gran.

Tweet Here’s why we should capture all Life Stories People wait, people procrastinate, people make excuses but most of all people don’t take the time to really consider the stories in the lives of those around them. It’s only once you start asking the stories start to come out. listen to ‘Uncovering my Gran’s hidden [...]

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Episode 73 : We Did Some Good – Farewell

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:34 — 31.2MB) Tweet It’s been a great experience but time to move on. It’s now been 2.5 years since I started Create Your Life Story but really the story goes back to 2006 when I discovered podcasting and spent the next couple of years learning how to produce [...]

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Episode 72 : Kevin Farkas’ Social Voice Project.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:41 — 34.0MB) Tweet A Social Voice for your Community. Now with the modern digital age it’s even easier for people around the world to keep the stories of a lifetime alive long into the future for others to hear, read and see. One person I’ve meet through [...]

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It Started with Bill, Now for Him it’s Over

Tweet Today my favourite uncle passed away. It started with Bill, …this site I’m talking about. It was after sitting with him for a week recording his humble but (for his family), interesting Life Story that motivated me to want to share these techniques with you. What his six hours of audio has given my [...]

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Your Story Tips – Helping You Tell Your Story

Tweet Quick tips for helping you with you storytelling. Now that we have so much content here at Create Your Life Story it’s easy to be overwhelmed when really it should be simple and easy. I’ve started a series of short form tips to help you record your life, one small story at a time [...]

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Episode 67 : Audio Snapshots of Your Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:57 — 28.0MB) Tweet Enhance your skill & confidence while recording your LifeStory. Getting started is often the hardest part of recording a life story and getting started isn’t all the preparation. It’s starting to record audio. Your Audio! A good place to get some motivation is with the [...]

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Episode 66 : Digital Journals, Time-travel & Surprises from a Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:00 — 44.6MB) Tweet Your Life Story is far more important than you realise. Over the last few weeks I’ve been travelling through Europe, spending time with family in Megève in the French Alps where you can see a short video I produced at my other podcast [...]

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Manhatta – Time Travel to 90 Years Ago

Tweet Mundane life today is the fascinating story for tomorrow Now, after a significant period of time, (in this case more than one lifetime), we have the chance to see people, long gone in daily activities that they took for granted. We have the chance to look through a portal back in time. As is always the [...]

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Stunning Memorial to a Fragile Life

Tweet You just have to listen to this! Sometimes it’s not about someone telling their story – but of us telling the story, of what they meant to us. Sometimes we just need to get our thoughts out there and in doing so we manage to capture an essence of who they are/were. Kevin Farkas from the [...]

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Episode 57 : Storyboard to See Your Whole Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:33 — 48.7MB) Tweet A simple tool to discover the topics of your Life Story and a different way to share the whole of your life in one view! Today’s episode of Create Your Life Story is full of listener feedback about how their individual projects are developing including [...]

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Episode 54 : You’ll Never Guess the Surprises from a Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:34 — 18.7MB) Tweet What I got from creating a Life Story for my family! In 2010 I originally record the Life Story of my uncle for entirely selfish reasons only to discover that I could do so much more for others and myself than I could [...]

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What You Want for Your Life Story

Tweet What do you want…? Amongst these pages is much of the content you want, but what else do you need? I have a limited understanding of your desires based on my knowledge but it’s important that I know from YOU what you want to ensure that I give you what you need. This short [...]

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5 Major Regrets of People’s Lives

Tweet If it all ended now, what would you regret? In early 2007 I knew that I had to make a decision, to dive off the cliff into deep water, not knowing what may come of it, or continue on my merry way doing what I had been doing for the last decade. When I [...]

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Episode 48 : Cost of a Life – Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:49 — 30.3MB) Tweet What is the cost and the benefit of recording a Life Story Value, cost and worth are all interesting terms. Most of the time we associate them with the financial cost of something but when we’re talking of a Life Story it’s important [...]