Recovery doesn’t define you.
You define recovery.
Own your story
Join the Free Workshop
A free, 90-minute introduction to the Story Triangle and narrative-based recovery work.
Space is limited for real conversation.
This is a workshop, not a webinar.
Welcome to The Authored Life
You survived. You rebuilt.
Now you want more than being just okay.
It’s time to author the life you actually want.
Narrative-based recovery work.
What is narrative-based coaching?
The narrative approach starts with a simple idea: you are not the problem. The problem is the problem. When you stop treating the trauma of your past as your identity, you can see it clearly and work with it instead of being defined by it.
From there, we use the Story Triangle—Awareness, Perspective, and Agency. You see the story you’ve been living, look at it from a new angle, and choose what comes next. It’s a straightforward way to move out of the old script and into authorship.
Explore the Story Triangle
Get the Story Starter — A complementary 7-prompt guide that introduces the Story Triangle to help you identify the story that’s been holding you back.
Awareness:
Interpretation
Agency
Own Your Story
Join the free 90-minute workshop.
Limited space available.
Go Deeper
Work with me privately through narrative-based recovery coaching.
We’ll explore the stories running your life, the patterns it created, and the identity you want to live from.
My Approach and Background
I’m Zach, a coach, storyteller, and recovery professional. My path has been anything but straight. It’s carried me through addiction, grief, and anxiety, and found it’s way back through recovery, reflection, and resilience. That path has taught me two things: 1) people have much more inner strength than they realize, and 2) our stories shape everything about how we live.
Professionally, I’ve spent over a decade in the environmental sector, brokering complex land management deals, directing nonprofits, and creating opportunities for people to connect with the natural world through service. I’m also trained as a recovery and life coach and have been deeply engaged in the recovery community for nearly a decade, blending formal training with lived experience.
My style is direct but compassionate. I will ask questions that cut through noise, while holding space for the vulnerabilities of real life. It’s not about me fixing you. In fact, it’s not about fixing anything. It’s about helping you see the story you’ve been living, letting go of what’s held you back, and taking back the authorship to live a life you actually want.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”-Maya Angelou