When Everything Changed: From Speaker to Award-Winning Songwriter

Send us Fan MailWho believes one story has the power to change someone's life? I know I certainly do, and you know who else does? No other than the Wendy Babcock, Founder of WHEN stories. As we all are well aware, 2020 changed the world. Many of our work schedules changed, as we had to make that transition from going to a workplace to having to use our home as our office. Wendy Babcock's work was no different in that her public speaking opportunities during that time dwindled. However,  she coached speakers on getting paid gigs, and she noticed something fascinating – their most compelling material wasn't their achievements but those pivotal moments when everything changed. This realization sparked the creation of WHEN Stories, a platform dedicated for people to share their authentic story. What makes Wendy's journey particularly remarkable is how her personal revelations have fueled her professional evolution. During our conversation, she shares the profound impact of discovering her neurodivergence later in life – a revelation that helped her understand lifelong feelings of difference and ultimately connected her two passions: storytelling and songwriting. "I feel like both things came together... songwriting is storytelling," Wendy explains, describing how this realization made her feel whole for the first time.Perhaps most moving is Wendy's insight into mental health communication, drawn from her relationship with her daughter who has borderline personality disorder. Her innovative approaches – like creating a color-coded heart system for text messaging during difficult periods – demonstrate how meeting people where they are can transform relationships. Having experienced both personally and with her daughter's challenge with mental health, Wendy wrote a compelling song called "Two-Sided Mirror" that discusses what's behind the scenes that people don't always see.Apart from "Two-Sided Mirror" her song "She Was Here" that discusses the importance of all women's stories is what landed her to win an Independent Music Award in Hollywood, CA. Ready to discover how sharing your story might change someone else's life? Listen now and consider: what pivotal moment changed everything for you, and who might need to hear about it? Support the show