We are living in a moment where stories shape everything—what we believe, who we trust, how power moves, and whose voices are heard.

In this solo episode of The Story Craft Podcast, Dr. Meg Adams explores the urgency of telling your story and what it means to live—and lead—a Whole Story in a time when narratives are constantly being written for us.

Drawing from her Whole Story Living framework, Meg unpacks the idea that storytellers are not just content creators or communicators—we are meaning makers. The stories we tell (and the ones we silence) shape culture, build communities, and influence how power is understood and distributed.

This episode is a call to presence and authorship. To stop outsourcing your story. To show up with confidence. And to recognize that your lived experience carries weight—whether you claim it or not.

• Why storytelling is not optional in today’s cultural moment

• What it means to live a Whole Story—not a curated or fragmented one

• Why confidence comes from ownership, not performance

• How storytelling builds community and shifts narratives

• The responsibility storytellers carry as cultural meaning makers

This episode is especially for leaders, creatives, educators, and anyone who has ever felt hesitant to take up space with their story—but knows, deep down, that it matters.

If you’ve been waiting for permission to own your voice, consider this your invitation.

What if growing your business didn’t require louder marketing, trend-chasing, or burning yourself out—but instead, clarity, alignment, and better listening?

In this episode of The Story Craft Podcast, Dr. Meg Adams sits down with Amy Traugh—bestselling author, business strategist, and founder of The Metrics Maven—to explore how data, storytelling, and authenticity work together to create sustainable business growth.

Amy has built and scaled three businesses in under five years without a business degree or burnout by doing what most online “gurus” overlook: paying attention to metrics that actually matter. In this conversation, she challenges outdated growth tactics and invites solopreneurs to stop guessing—and start leading with clarity, confidence, and ease.

Through a Whole Story Living lens, this episode explores what it means to portray yourself honestly, curate a brand that feels aligned with who you are, and use metrics not as pressure—but as feedback. Amy reframes data as a form of listening: to your audience, your energy, and the story your business is telling over time.

• Why buyer behavior has changed—and why old growth strategies no longer work

• What it means to curate a brand that feels authentic and honest to you

• How solopreneurs can align numbers, narrative, and values

This episode is especially for solopreneurs, creatives, and service-based business owners who want to grow without losing themselves—and who believe that success should feel aligned, not exhausting.

If you’ve ever felt tension between “being yourself” and “doing what works,” this conversation brings those two worlds back together.

Some of the strongest leaders don’t command the room.
They hold it.

In this episode of The Story Craft Podcast, Kyle Adams talks about confident, quiet leadership, and why listening may be the most underrated leadership skill we have.

Kyle draws from his decade-long career as a television journalist and meteorologist, where listening carefully—to people, to context, to what’s unsaid—was essential. From live broadcasts to documentary storytelling, Kyle learned that trust isn’t built through volume or performance, but through presence and discernment.

Through the Whole Story Living framework, this episode centers on relational intelligence: the ability to lead with empathy, attunement, and intention in a world that often confuses speed with wisdom.

This conversation is an invitation to rethink leadership, not as something we project, but something we practice in relationship with others.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to be louder, faster, or more visible to be taken seriously, this episode offers a different—and deeply human—path forward.