Our Mission & Vision

We provide storytelling, coaching, and gatherings to help organizations connect with their people and purpose. 

What We Do

We guide clients through the creation of holistic individual or organizational stories. It is typical for organizations to tell a lot of what they do, but we help them discover and share who they are. This more intentional storytelling inspires audiences and supporters to care and engage more deeply.

Why We Do It

Because we believe individuals and organizations do their most meaningful work when they are authentically connected to their own stories and the stories of the people they serve. We are inspired by our clients, we care about the issues they represent, and we love working with teams to connect people and ideas through listening, creating, and gathering.

Our Services

Our Services

Storytelling

Coaching

Gatherings

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Collaborators

Lauren Cook

Charlotte Moore

Anne Bannister

Victoria Wang

Meet us

Andrea Fernández

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Seeding magic in 750 sq. ft.
Seeding magic in 750 sq. ft.

I didn’t know what would manifest when I signed the lease (something I feel often as an entrepreneur), but it felt a bit magical from the start.

Pacha’s veggie torta recipe
Pacha’s veggie torta recipe

The full recipe from Marjorie Boulden, Pacha Owner.

Our “unadvertised” highest calling
Our “unadvertised” highest calling

At Connecting Our Stories, we talk a lot about community. We believe it’s about what happens among us when we open up, share ourselves, and yes, connect our stories :)

Book rec + owning our stories
Book rec + owning our stories

It reminded me of the moment I decided to leave the classroom and create a podcast sharing my experience as a teacher.

Shifting Our Perspectives
Shifting Our Perspectives

As a curious and somewhat introverted child, I saw my ‘enlightened’ self as a gossamer-winged fairy, flying through a bright, colorful, whimsical, glittery realm! As a more extroverted adult news journalist, I've had to work to hang onto that vision.

Strength in Waves
Strength in Waves

I thought, how can I keep moving forward? How can I hold this grief and keep working and living? I looked to my right and saw the “Pocket Pema” I keep on my desktop.  I opened it to a random page, one of the many pages I had earmarked before.

Case Study: TASBO Media Kit
Case Study: TASBO Media Kit

TASBO connected with Connecting Our Stories to create a strategy and deliverables for their first-ever “SBO Day.”  

‘Tuning in’ to Storytelling
‘Tuning in’ to Storytelling

There is something about jazz that requires a certain attention to the present moment that my mind, heart, and body respond to. It made me think about the improvisational nature of storytelling and how being present – really tuned in – is essential to making compelling content.

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  • Working with Lauren’s team at Connecting Our Stories was seamless. At every phase of the project, we were pleasantly surprised by their professionalism, warmth, and creativity.

    Tom Greer, TASBo

  • Strategy is essential to great communications — even more so in policy advocacy. When tackling a project for us, Connecting Our Stories doesn’t lift a pencil before asking who and why, which helps them hit the mark each time.

    Stinson Liles, Alliance for Early Success

  • Lauren’s ability to dive deep into complex topics while never losing sight of the individual people those policies impact make her communications some of the best I've ever seen–and I've worked with a LOT of communications experts, from major enterprise clients to tiny nonprofits.

    Jenny Magic

  • I worked with Lauren during her time at the Texas Senate. She is one of the most insightful people I know, able to think on multiple levels, delivering results and inspiration in a high pressure environment.

    Vincent Cho

  • Lauren is great to work with, incredibly detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture.

    Virginia Snodgrass Rangel