How do you help people from marginalized identities to tell their stories?

Eduardo Placer is in service to helping people tell their stories and live their truth in the world; and yet, he says, many of us confuse event-sharing with storytelling.A story doula, professional public speaking coach, and former professional performer, Eduardo is the founder of Fearless Communicators, a public speaking company that helps storytellers push past their fear of public speaking by embracing the courage of public sharing to make the greatest positive impact in their community. Eduardo has led workshops and spoken at places like HBO, Google, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Yale, The Juilliard School, the Wharton School of Business, the Muslim-Jewish Conference, and beyond.In our interview, Eduardo shares his personal and professional experiences as a storyteller, including…The heartbreaking but honest reason why Eduardo learned to “perform” or pretend that he was someone he wasn’t, as a young personUnderstanding what brings most public speaking clients into his workshops: is it their fear, their healing, their ego, or something else?Why Eduardo says we ALWAYS need more, and new, stories (hint: it’s because humans are not good at learning lessons from the past)Thank you so much to Eduardo for joining us on the podcast!If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review our show wherever you listen—it helps others find and enjoy our show.Support our authors, our show, and local/independent bookstores at our Bookshop.org Affiliate Bookstore Send us questions, comments, and concerns, or nominate a guest at TheNewStory.Is/Podcast Riverside.fm: Record high-quality audio and video for your interviews, just like we doAcast: Publish your podcast the world over, with plans starting at $0/yr!Our theme song is by Coma Media Learn more about The New Story Company at TheNewStory.is Affiliate Disclosure: Our show is supported by listeners, including small commissions that we may earn through affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking an affiliate link, we may earn a small commission. This helps support the costs of our show’s production and hosting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.