I design customized storytelling workshops for teams, organizations, and group programs. I'm a teacher before I'm anything else! Participants have called my workshops "revelatory" and "the best professional development I've been to." (Direct quotes.)
Whether you're looking to strengthen your team's presentations or communications, deepen connection in a coaching cohort, or help your leaders communicate with more impact, we can design something that your participants won't be able to stop talking about.
If you want to know more, I'd love to hear from you.
Email me at hello@micaelablei.com or schedule a call.
Expert guidance,
no gatekeeping.
I've been immersed in storytelling since 2011 - from intimate theater spaces to the SXSW EDU keynote stage (9,000 people!).
I've got both academic and real-world expertise. I earned a PhD in Education focused on narrative, founded The Moth's Education Program, and created their widely-used storytelling curriculum. And I'm an award-winning storyteller myself: you might have heard my stories on This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour or Audible.
I've designed workshops for organizations from Spotify to Yale University to Spirit Rock Meditation Center. My approach creates "safe conditions for daring decisions," and my workshops are spaces where even hesitant participants feel comfortable sharing something real. Plus: we have a genuinely good time.
A bit about me
I'm a literal story doctor-- if you count my PhD in Education, focused on narrative. And I've been immersed in storytelling since 2011 - from intimate theater spaces to the SXSW EDU keynote stage (9,000 people!).
I founded The Moth's Education Program and created their widely-used storytelling curriculum. And I'm an award-winning storyteller myself: you might have heard my stories on This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour or Audible.
I've designed workshops for organizations from Spotify to Yale University to Spirit Rock Meditation Center. My approach creates "safe conditions for daring decisions," and my workshops are spaces where even hesitant participants feel comfortable sharing something real. Plus: we have a genuinely good time.
A bit about me
What can we do together?
Single Workshop
A hands-on session where your group learns storytelling skills they can use immediately. I tailor this to your context and your goals.
Workshop Series
One-on-One Coaching
Story Sharing Event
I customize each program to your needs, schedule, and budget. We'll mix and match these:
Keynote
What can we do together?
Single Workshop
A hands-on session where your group learns storytelling skills they can use immediately. I tailor this to your context and your goals.
Workshop Series
One-on-One Coaching
Story Sharing Event
I customize each program to your needs, schedule, and budget. We'll mix and match these:
Keynotes
Seen in & Trusted by:
"Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us and leading us through this empowering, bonding, transformative experience. I've learned so much about storytelling, but even more about myself; the past few weeks have been incredibly special for so many reasons. Thank you for making space in which we could be both safe and courageous. I will truly never forget this experience."
"Thank you for making space in which we could be both safe and courageous."
— Sarah Dalgleish, Salt Institute
Programs typically range from $700-$7,000 depending on session length, number of participants, and whether you'd like to add coaching or other components. I offer adjusted rates for educational institutions and nonprofits.
I accept a maximum of 5 workshop engagements per month and typically book about two months in advance.
Investment & Availability
"You and your team were marvelous beyond expression. Thank you so much for being exactly what they needed (and wanted) at this point in their training. Your listening skills, your cultural sensitivity, your ability to connect with the 'audience' of new teachers through the Zoom screen and embody what you were teaching was wonderful. One of the participants who is a professional educator said that not only was the content brilliant and illuminating, but that the level of pedagogy and teaching method was so incredibly sophisticated and impactful."
"You and your team were marvelous beyond expression."
— ORGANIZER, SPIRIT ROCK BUDDHIST RETREAT CENTER
Micaela has an extraordinary combination of experience, technical skill and talent that allows her to understand and support storytellers in a unique and special way. Unlike some story coaches who have one approach that they apply to every storyteller, Micaela co-creates a developmental environment that serves the specific needs of each individual and allows the teller to discover their own voice and style.
Working with Micaela is empowering, revelatory and fun. I understood my own story much better after just 30 minutes with her.
Whether it's for a high-stakes engagement, or just a personal desire to discover and claim one's own stories, everyone should be lucky enough to work with Micaela.
"Working with Micaela is empowering, revelatory and fun."
— KAT KOPPETT, CEO KOPPETT
You can fill out the inquiry form, email me at hello@micaelablei.com, or use the button below to book a call with me, and let's tell some stories together!
