Tell the Story
of Your Soul
Welcome!
I’m so glad you’re here.
It’s often some kind of upheaval in a person’s life that draws them to this sort of reflective, creative work. That’s how it was for me. And during that period of my life, the last thing I needed was someone telling me how I should be and what steps I needed to take to get there. I’d had plenty of that my entire life. In fact, it was pretty much what finally pushed me into my own state of great upheaval.
So do not fear.
Tell the Story of Your Soul is not a course about getting your life right or polishing it into a tidy narrative. You will not be asked to arrive at some verdict about who you are. You will not be asked to judge yourself or justify your choices.
You will simply tell the story of your soul to honor your own becoming.
And you will tell it for yourself.
Your story needs to be told free from the pressure of observing eyes so that you can tell it in freedom and truth. Whether you ever share it with anyone else is entirely up to you.
There is no race to the finish. Your story may take months or even years to unfold. There will likely be more turns in the journey ahead.
Let your soul be your guide.
Be prepared to be surprised.
TWO WAYS TO TAKE THIS JOURNEY
Tell the Story of Your Soul is available in two formats. Choose the one that fits you best. You do not need to purchase both.
Online Course $29.99/lifetime access (Free course registration through October 20, 2026.)
The full course content, delivered right here on this site. It includes interactive reflection sheets that are private and stored only on your device.
Paperback Course & Journal $29.99
Prefer pen and paper? The Tell the Story of Your Soul Complete Print Course and Journal contains all the same content as the online course — every session, reflection, and prompt — in a beautifully designed format you can hold in your hands. No screen required. (Print edition available August 15, 2026.)
How This Course Works
There are thirteen sessions in this course, divided into four parts:
Module I: Introduction
Module II: The Role of the Liminal in the Story of Your Soul
Module III: Soul Discovery
Module IV: Story Crafting
Module I introduces soul stories and gives an overview of the genre and process. Module II is an exploration of the liminal, where you learn to identify your experiences and responses to it throughout your life. Module III is where you do the deep work, tracing the patterns, turns, and movements of your inner journey. Module IV is where you shape what emerges into some creative form. Words optional.
Rest assured—the interactive reflection sheets are completely private — your responses are stored only on your own device and are never shared or seen by anyone else—not even me.
Time Required
As you move through the sessions, you'll encounter readings and interactive reflection sheets designed to help you explore the story of your soul at your own pace.
Eleven of the sessions include a reflection sheet that will take approximately 30–45 minutes to complete. The other two sessions — Identifying Your Response to the Turns and Mapping Your Metaphor — include reflection sheets that are designed to be worked through turn by turn in your soul’s journey, and will take significantly longer. Plan for 45–60 minutes per turn for each of these, and plan to return to them over multiple sittings.
You can complete this course over a series of weeks or months, perhaps kicking things off with a weekend retreat. There is no rush to finish.
As for the time it takes to craft your story once you’ve completed the course — that is entirely up to you!
For Group Facilitators
If you are hosting a group, every participant should have their own online account or print journal. If you would like a facilitator guide, you can purchase one here. (The Facilitator Kit is available free of charge through October 20, 2026. If you would like one, please reach out.)
Disclaimer
This course is a creative and reflective guide, not a therapeutic program. I am a writer and storyteller, not a licensed therapist or mental health professional. While many people find this kind of reflective work meaningful and even healing, it is not a substitute for professional mental health care. If you are in crisis or navigating significant trauma, please reach out to a qualified professional. This course is offered in the spirit of creative exploration — a space to honor your story, at your own pace, in your own way.
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Preparing to Tell Your Story
Before you begin, a look at how the sessions work — and how to make this process your own.
Before you begin, a look at how the sessions work — and how to make this process your own.
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What is the Story of a Soul?
This course grew directly out of my own experience writing Of Beginnings and Ends — and the surprising catharsis that came with it. Here's where it all begins.
This course grew directly out of my own experience writing Of Beginnings and Ends — and the surprising catharsis that came with it. Here's where it all begins.
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Why Tell the Story of Your Soul
Story is powerful — but not always in the ways we expect. Before we dive in, a few honest words about what this process can offer, and where it asks us to be careful.
Story is powerful — but not always in the ways we expect. Before we dive in, a few honest words about what this process can offer, and where it asks us to be careful.
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What Is the Liminal?
The liminal shows up everywhere in life once you learn to recognize it. This lesson introduces the lens we'll use throughout the remainder of the course.
The liminal shows up everywhere in life once you learn to recognize it. This lesson introduces the lens we'll use throughout the remainder of the course.
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Navigating the Liminal State
Muscling through a liminal season doesn't work — it just delays the process. Here's what it looks like to let it do its work in you instead.
Muscling through a liminal season doesn't work — it just delays the process. Here's what it looks like to let it do its work in you instead.
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The Trap of the Liminal
The liminal isn't only a place of possibility. It can also become a place we get stuck. This is something I wish I'd understood much earlier in my own journey.
The liminal isn't only a place of possibility. It can also become a place we get stuck. This is something I wish I'd understood much earlier in my own journey.
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Finding the Turns in Your Journey
Every life has moments that redirect us. Some arrive dramatically; others barely whisper. This session helps you find and name yours.
Every life has moments that redirect us. Some arrive dramatically; others barely whisper. This session helps you find and name yours.
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Identifying Your Response to the Turns
You've mapped the wide view. Now it's time to move in closer — to sit with each turn and ask it to tell you more.
You've mapped the wide view. Now it's time to move in closer — to sit with each turn and ask it to tell you more.
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Telling Your Story From Your Soul
We all carry stories about ourselves and the world handed to us by others. Now it’s time to listen to what your soul is actually trying to say.
We all carry stories about ourselves and the world handed to us by others. Now it’s time to listen to what your soul is actually trying to say.
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Choosing a Container For Your Story
The story of your soul works best inside a repeatable structure. This session helps you find the medium and/or metaphor that will hold yours.
The story of your soul works best inside a repeatable structure. This session helps you find the medium and/or metaphor that will hold yours.
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Mapping Your Metaphor
Once you’ve chosen your metaphor, you can begin mapping the turns in your journey to it. This session will walk you through how.
Once you’ve chosen your metaphor, you can begin mapping the turns in your journey to it. This session will walk you through how.
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Crafting the Turns in Your Story
The active, creative heart of the course. Let your soul continue to speak — and stay open to what surprises you.
The active, creative heart of the course. Let your soul continue to speak — and stay open to what surprises you.
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Continuing the Journey
A closing reflection on what comes next — and why the story doesn't end when the course does.
A closing reflection on what comes next — and why the story doesn't end when the course does.
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about the author
S. K. Kruse’s debut short-story collection Tales from the Liminal (Deuxmers, 2021) includes a story longlisted for the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction. Her novel, Of Beginnings and Ends (Deuxmers, 2026), won the NLAPW’s Soul-Making Keats Literary Award. She is the founder of The Liminal Essay Contest and co-curator of The Liminality Project. You can sign up for her newsletter or find out more about her projects at skkruse.com.
If you'd like to invite S. K. Kruse to lead a workshop or retreat, or to speak at your conference or event,
she'd love to hear from you.