"Micaela is the best audiobook narrator I've ever heard. She sings and jokes and tells you the hard things with enough humor that you know it's going to be okay... I could have lived in her world for so much longer!"
- Nicole, Audible listener
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Here's one of my stories
I've got 25 years of teaching experience, 14 years coaching storytellers, and a PhD in Education from NYU, where my research was about (you guessed it) storytelling. I’ve won multiple Moth GrandSLAMS, published a hit Audible Original memoir, toured worldwide with my stories, and I’m the former, founding Director of Education for The Moth. So I walk the walk.
The thing is, there is no perfect way to tell a story: there’s YOUR way. I bring joy, caring and rigor to everything I work on. Let's do it together!
I help creative people tell better stories, so they can transform their work, art and lives.
Hi, I'm Micaela.
Tell stories that raise the funds, engage your clients, and have the impact you want. Without leaving your own personality behind.
- Communication and storytelling coaching and editing
- Keynotes and workshops
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Strategic Communication
Memoir writers, performers, podcasters, filmmakers: Let’s make your stories unforgettable.
- Story editing for podcasts and audio
- One-on-one story coaching & editing
- Group storytelling workshops
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As a storytelling coach, Micaela is both a sharp edge, able to cut into the heart of a story to find what makes it tick, and gentle encouragement personified. I'm not sure how she does both, but she does. I'd been walking around with this story for a long time--I needed Micaela's rare combination of skills to bring it out into the world in a form that I was proud to share.
“I'd been walking around with this story for a long time.”
NIMISHA LADVA, PLAYWRIGHT, PROFESSOR AND STORYTELLER
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If you’ve ever stared at the screen too long and lost the thread of your story, or worried that it would sound stilted or strange, try something really simple: tell, don’t read, a version of your story. Out loud to someone. Before it’s done.
Here’s why, and how.
If you’ve ever stared at the screen too long and lost the thread of your story, or worried that it would sound stilted or strange, try something simple: tell, don’t read, a version of your story. Out loud to someone. Before it’s done. Here’s why, and how.
“Practice Out Loud”
Bad dates, lone wolves and Toll House cookies
One of the most common things I hear walking into a storytelling workshop or coaching session, is “I don’t have any stories.” And that’s almost certainly not true. But what people sometimes mean is: “I don’t have any stories that seem right for this.”
“Curing Storyteller's Block”
Skylights, Reality Bites and "the perfect story"
What exactly are we doing here? Because there are so many excellent ways and places to tell stories. Fiction, film, journalism, political messaging, history, gossip at brunch, stand-up, the “About Our Vegan Jerky” section of a website...
What exactly are we doing here? Because there are so many excellent ways and places to tell stories. Fiction, film, journalism, political messaging, history, gossip at brunch, stand-up, the “About Our Vegan Jerky” section of a website...
“What kind of storytelling are we talking about?”
Roller coasters, invasive mint and Battlestar Galactica
