Have you met the Devil and lived?
Have you met the Devil and lived?
Conscious Chefs is looking for your story!
Have you overcome something BIG in life? We are looking for inspirational stories of triumph and recovery. Addiction, alcoholism, depression, assault/abuse, mental "illness", homelessness, et cetera. Have you met the devil and lived? We want to hear from you.
The world is really weird right now, and we want to bring a little hope to the industry and those in our family who are struggling right now. We are looking for written stories (both short ones and feature posts) as well as video interviews - whatever you're comfortable with!
The format we'd like to follow for stories goes like this:
1) Introduction/background
2) Your story - what challenge did you face and how did you overcome it?
3) Setbacks - Was there ever a time where you felt like giving up? Did you face any backlash for your choices? Did you make any "mistakes" along the way?
4) Lesson learned/how your life changed afterwards
5) Words of inspiration (advice to your younger self or anyone in a similar position)
6) Anything else you'd like to add
One thing we are really interested in is the thought processes that got you to where you currently are - what led you to seek a change, and how did you work that out in your head? What questions did you ask yourself, what personal epiphanies pushed you forward, who or what inspired you, et cetera. The goal is to give a clear example of a path while inspiring someone else to take action in their own life - the "hero's journey" within the context of a real life =)
Other things:
-If you have ideas for a title, please let us know - if not, we will generate one for you.
-Please let us know how (or if) you'd like to be credited (Name/alias, position, links to any social media/website, etc)
Lastly: would you be interested in doing a video interview? Our blogs all have a video component, and for this series in particular we want to really humanize the people who are bravely sharing their stories with a chat about their experience. If that's not something you're interested in, that's totally fine! If you'd like to read your story in your own words, we can walk you through the process - if not, we can read it for you.
Thank you so much for being willing to talk openly!