What could it do for your practice if you honed the art of listening? What if the most powerful stories aren’t the dramatic ones, but the ordinary moments we learn to see differently? Which stories do you have that could resonate with people more than you think?
In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok speaks about the art of storytelling with Kabie Stein from Here:Say. 
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Meet Kabie Stein







Kabie Stein is the founder and Creative Director of Here:Say Storytelling in Traverse City, Michigan. She believes everyone has a story worth telling—so she created a space where the hilarious, heartfelt, and even horrifying all get a microphone. With a childhood rooted in word games around the dinner table, Kabie now guides a community of storytellers to share their truths, listen deeply, and find connection in the everyday.
Visit Here:Say and connect on Instagram and LinkedIn.
In This Podcast

* Why storytelling is the focus 
* “What do I have to say?”
* How to make a mundane story interesting 
* Kabie’s advice to private practitioners

Why storytelling is the focus 

You know, it was something that I wanted to exist. I was relatively new to town, I didn’t know anybody when I moved here, and I was thinking, “I want to meet more people. How am I going to meet the writers and the people who I might have things in common with?” (Kabie Stein)

Here:Say later expanded into a community project, but when Kabie first launched it, it was more about her finding a way to connect with like-minded people around her. 

I was like, “Okay, I’ll do it.” I was just something that I wanted to have exist … I said, “Alright, I’ll start it, and I’ll figure it out as I go!” (Kabie Stein)

Kabie landed on storytelling as the central point within Here:Say because she knows that people want to tell their stories, and that they want to be seen and heard in a community that welcomes and affirms them. 
“What do I have to say?”

If somebody says to me, “I don’t have any stories”, I say, “That’s impossible.” The thing is, we all have experiences. The key is you have to believe that it’s interesting, or that it can be, and I think all stories can be interesting. (Kabie Stein)

Everybody has a story.