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 In this conversation, she challenges outdated growth tactics and invites solopreneurs to stop guessing—and start leading with clarity, confidence, and ease.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.

What if 2026 isn’t about more content—but about more connection?

In this episode of The Story Craft Podcast, Dr. Meg Adams is joined by Amber Zaricor, one of Tennessee’s Top 10 Designers and the founder of Copperheart Creative.

Amber is also the creator of the Fill Your Cup Conference, an in-person experience designed to help career women slow down, reconnect, and rediscover what lights them up. As host of the Small Business Big Heart, Amber has spent years listening to the stories of entrepreneurs who lead with empathy and heart.

Together, Meg and Amber explore why thoughtfully designed in-person events are essential for real connection, creativity, and sustainable leadership, especially as our lives become more shaped by screens and algorithms.

Through a Whole Story Living lens, this conversation invites leaders, creatives, and entrepreneurs to rethink what it means to gather and how shared stories can help us feel more human again.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why in-person gatherings are critical for connection in 2026

• What makes an event feel meaningful, not transactional

• How storytelling creates trust and belonging in shared spaces

• Why slowing down is a leadership skill—not a luxury

• How to design experiences that people remember long after they leave

If you’re craving deeper connection and more intentional community, this episode is for you.

In this compelling conversation, Kyle Adams, co-founder of Homeplace Creative and award-winning filmmaker gets real about what it takes to lead like a human in a world obsessed with efficiency. Drawing from his work as a coach and entrepreneur, Kyle explores practical, everyday actions that help teams slow down, connect deeply, and build cultures of belonging.You’ll learn how to:

• Recognize when “efficiency” is eroding empathy
• Lead relationally, listening, noticing, and responding instead of optimizing
• Create human-centered rhythms that foster trust and creativity
• Reimagine leadership as the art of attention, not control
  

This episode challenges the machine-like models of leadership that burn people out, and offers a grounded, hopeful alternative: leadership that feels alive.

Bring Whole Story Living to your organization. Hire Meg and Kyle Adams for keynotes, leadership workshops, or storytelling consulting at Homeplace Creative

In this solo episode, Dr. Meg Adams, TEDx speaker, professor, and founder of Homeplace Creative, shares how we can stay fully human in an age shaped by algorithms. Drawing from her Whole Story Living framework, Meg explores how storytelling, reflection, and relational intelligence help leaders and creators thrive, not just survive, in a world where AI often moves faster than our hearts can follow. You’ll learn:

• Why slowing down is the most radical act of leadership in a speed-driven culture
• How to use AI thoughtfully—as a creative companion, not a replacement for human connection
• Simple Whole Story Living practices to help you reconnect to meaning, authenticity, and presence
  

This episode invites you to step off autopilot and back into authorship, to live a story that feels like yours. Bring Whole Story Living to your team or event. Book Dr. Meg Adams and Kyle Adams for keynotes, leadership workshops, or storytelling consulting at Homeplace Creative

In this insightful episode, Dr. Meg and Kyle Adams talk with Jeneanne Ballos, Chief Operating Officer at Digital River Media and Founder of Garden Variety Consulting, about how to live with AI in ways that make us more human.

With decades of experience leading large, cross-functional teams and driving multimillion-dollar efficiencies across industries, Jeneanne brings a rare blend of operational precision and human-centered wisdom. She shares how organizations can:

• Form an AI Council to guide ethical and strategic AI use
• Balance innovation with trust when it comes to data collection and information sharing
• Encourage teams to “play” with AI—to experiment, learn, and stay curious—without losing their humanity in the process
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Together, they explore what it means to build systems that serve people, not the other way around.

Listen to learn how AI can enhance empathy, conversation, and creativity, when used with intention.

Bring Whole Story Living to your organization. Hire Meg and Kyle Adams for keynotes, leadership workshops, or brand storytelling consulting at Homeplace Creative

What does it really mean to live your whole story in a world that’s moving faster than ever? In this season premiere, Dr. Meg and Kyle Adams, founders of Homeplace Creative and hosts of The Story Craft Podcast, reintroduce their show with a fresh perspective: Whole Story Living.

They unpack how this framework helps leaders, creators, and teams reconnect to what makes them human in an age of algorithms. From digital overwhelm to authentic storytelling, Meg and Kyle explore the art of leading with presence, building trust through story, and communicating with purpose.

Whether you’re leading a business, a brand, or a classroom, this episode will help you slow down, show up, and craft stories that move people, not just platforms.

Hire Meg and Kyle to bring Whole Story Living to your next keynote, leadership retreat, or brand storytelling project at Homeplace Creative