With words and photos, personal history brings your story to life! Sharing values, experiences, and family history connects generation to generation. It’s more than facts and dates on a family tree. Whether in a guided workshop or one-on-one coaching, recording your legacy together, one story at a time, is easy and rewarding. When you assemble those stories and photos, your life weaving comes together. Preserve it in a book, and you’ve created a priceless treasure.
In-person and online workshops are available. Also, offering spiritual life and intergenerational workshops
We not only consider pets as family members, they become our best friends. They see us at our best and worst, yet they love us unconditionally—what better way to honor and remember than to share stories about your beloved pet?
Workshops include four sessions lasting two hours each. During this time, participants will receive tips, themes, prompts, and ideas for how to write short stories about their special pet and share stories in the group. Just imagine how much fun a group of animal lovers sharing stories will be!
Books are an excellent way to honor and remember your pet. Stories about their personalities, adventures, and relationships, along with photos, are woven together in a beautiful lay-flat book.
Do you have years of photos stashed away in boxes, closets, or drawers? Did you inherit even more boxes of old photos? Protect, preserve, and organize those photos and documents so that they may be enjoyed.
Whether you want to include photos in your life story project or another type of photo project, the first step is to get them organized. I can help you organize, scan, and choose the best archival storage options for your needs. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to present and share those photos with other family members?
Life Story Workshops - Writing in a group setting, participants learn from and inspire each other while sharing stories and recalling memories. Participants meet for two hours each week. No writing experience is necessary. Each session provides exercises and themes to help participants organize and write their stories from the heart. Sign up below to learn about upcoming workshops.
Ethical Wills, also known as Legacy Letters: These include not the physical items left behind but the wisdom, values, and beliefs written in a letter form to share with loved ones.
Books - Preserve your legacy in a life story book or photo book.
Memory Books and Boards - These are wonderful for those with dementia or in assisted living facilities. Family posters are also great story starters at family reunions.
Personal Photo Organizing - We work together on your collection, or you turn it over to me to take care of it for you.
Photo Projects - You don't want those special photos just sitting in a box or in the cloud. Display and enjoy them. The options are endless for mugs, ornaments, canvas prints, posters, and books! Don't forget the memorabilia and heirlooms. They can be beautifully displayed as well.
Photo Organizing Workshops - Participants each bring a box of photos and learn how easy it can be to organize them in simple steps. We also cover safe handling and storage.
Helping people tell and save their stories through photos and words is the dream I unearthed a few years ago. Listening to my grandmother’s stories, recording my mother’s stories, and creating a slideshow for a national conference, a wedding, and an anniversary, I finally had that aha moment. This is what I enjoy, listening to life stories and working with photos. I set myself on the path to this journey ever since.
Everyone has a story, and I believe in the value of sharing one's life story. It is a priceless treasure and legacy that connects generations.
I am a member of the Life Story Professionals of the Greater Washington Area, a certified Guided Autobiography Instructor. and hold a certification in Reminiscence and Life Story Work through the University of Wisconsin-Superior. I am also a certified member and Master Class graduate of The Photo Managers.
There are many chapters to my life: a degree in mental health, 18 years of teaching therapeutic horseback riding, raising my children, and being a caregiver to my parents. I feel so at home as a personal historian and photo organizer. Here, I enter a special place each time I hear someone's story. Helping people start their storytelling through workshops and seeing a book delivered to loved ones is something I treasure.
Note; All workshops are offered online and in-person
Life Story Workshops, including Spiritual, Intergenerational, and Stories & Photos
Legacy Letters for Women Workshop
Photo Organizing Workshops
Kids' Art Books and Posters
Pet Books
The workshop includes four sessions lasting two hours each. During this time, participants will receive tips on how to get started, prompts ...
This five-week online workshop offers a safe, nonjudgemental setting for participants to learn about themselves and connect with others as t...
Writing a Legacy Letter/Ethical Will is all about sharing your wisdom and values with your loved ones. I will help you pull together your th...
Online and in-person
Our photos are priceless to us, but stories add value to them for future generations. So we will take those boxes of photos hiding around t...
Online and in-person
Online and in-person
This four-week workshop is designed to help participants organize and enjoy their treasured photographs and memorabilia. Learn the basics of...
Online and in-person
I have throughly enjoyed this workshop. It motivated me to write down some stories that were in my heart that perhaps need to be told.
It has helped me reflect on my life and how, who, and what has me what I am today.
When I was introduced to Teresa I knew she was the lady to help me with my project. She knew how to get my creative juices flowing and opened up a world of memories. She was also well aware of all that needed to be done for publication. Besides getting my book written and published, I gained a wonderful friend and mentor.
- A.G.
A wonderful means of dealing with the loss of a cherished family member by putting your thoughts down and having a keepsake as the end product. Very therapeutic. Words cannot describe what it has meant to my husband and me, who had such a hard time dealing with our loss. Over time memories start to fade, and this is the perfect way to preserve those memories.
-S.F.
Everything was well thought out and planned—great communication and quality. Of course, it reminds me of my horse, but almost more importantly, it reminds me of a different time in my life.
-E.H.
Life Story Workshops
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