Learn how to discover and preserve our own and others’ stories to provide inspiration in challenging times.

My guest Stephanie Ford is the founder of Life Stories with Steph, a video storytelling service dedicated to preserving personal and family histories. With a background in caregiving, hospice and training as an end-of-life doula, she discusses the importance of sharing and recording stories to preserve legacies and histories of those who came before us. Learn more at her website:

lifestorieswithsteph.com

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This episode includes:

• How Stephanie became interested in this work
• Why storytelling is important to society and especially to those facing the end of life
• How ordinary lives contain remarkable resilience and hope that can be shared through stories
• How to discover stories of our ancestors
• The value of genealogy work
• Using photos to inspire storytelling
• How to capture small meaningful moments of everyday life
• What services she offers and how it works
• Who benefits from recording and sharing life stories with Steph

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