Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults ages 25-34 and depression is the leading cause of suicide. Depression is a major symptom of heartbreak.

The Love Story provides expressive writing programs to people dealing with heartbreak, grief, and trauma through workshops, mentorship, educational resources, publishing and interactive productions.

We exist to shift the perception of pain—not as something to be dismissed, ashamed, or avoided, but as an opportunity to grow spiritually, emotionally, and developmentally. Pain can be transformed into meaning and purpose through expressive writing and storytelling.

According to the World Health Organization, Depression is the number one disability worldwide. That said, our non-profit serves an international audience, bringing people together, providing a space that allows us to experience connection, community, and catharsis in the process of processing our pain into purpose through creative journaling. 

We believe that social isolation comes from depression, and depression comes from suppressed expression.

Our mission is to shift the narrative in our mental scripts from:

“Nobody Understands Me,”  into  “I Am Not Alone.” 

“There’s something wrong with me,” into “Pain is a catalyst for self-realization.” 

“What’s the point of ____(pain, living, working, loving, etc.)?” into “The point is to ___________.”

Through creative expression, we are able to create a love story through our adversities.

For the Public, By the Public

• Our Programs are public benefit services, in other words community services that benefit the public.
• Our Programs are co-created by volunteers, interns, and philanthropists.
• Our Programs are either heavily subsidized or they are provided as a free service.
• Our Programs rely on volunteers, interns, in-kind donations, foundations, private donors, and business donors to run basic operations and scale social impact.

The Love Story inspires people dealing with heartbreak, grief, and/or trauma to transform pain into creative expression as artists and to transform tragedy into a divine comedy in seven acts as journal-artists. 

The Love Story’s flagship program, The Love Story Playbook, is a faith-based expressive writing program that fuses the habit of journaling, with the craft of journalism, for the narrative fictionalization and storytelling of the personal journey.  

Grounded upon 1 Corinthians 13, the writing program is designed to arc the character of the Journal-Artist so that the tragedy of the Journal-Artist may transform into a divine comedy. This entire process is called The Love Story.

The organization is designed to inspire the broken-hearted to transform pain into passion, self-destruction into self-expression, and our love loss into the love story. We exist to shift the perception of what pain is–not as something to be ashamed, dismissed, or avoided, but as an opportunity to grow emotionally, spiritually, and creatively.

Loss is an inevitable part of life. However, the pain that arises from tragedy may fuel destruction or construction. The choice is yours. 

The Love Story inspires the broken-hearted to choose The Way to transform our pain into purpose. The Way is Love defined in 1 Corinthians 13—by practicing and mastering the discipline of patience, kindness, nots, and always, we believe that one can actually transform one’s tragedy into a divine comedy, that purpose can be revealed by pursuing the Way, and a New Center can be reached when the silver linings in our suffering is focused on, acted upon, and manifested through Grace. 

We leverage the Mystery of Love revealed in 1 Corinthians 13:12 to help us discern the duality of our desires, design, and destiny and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 to help us arc our character in order that we arc our stories.

At the heart of our programs, we leverage the New Testament as a keystone perspective that ties Taoism, Jung psychology, and storytelling principles together. At the root of our programs, we focus on character building through hope, faith, and love and the greatest of these is love defined in 1 Corinthians 13.

We welcome all nationalities, cultures, and creeds on the mission to inspire the broken hearted to pursue The Love Story.

The Prequel: Identify one’s shadow integration archetype and begin illuminating the shadow through a mirror darkly.

The Producer’s Playbook: Transforming tragedy by revealing it. 

• Act One: Faith in the face of Fear.
• Act Two: Compassion in the face of Apathy.
• Act Three: Grace in the face of Judgement.

The Love Story Playbook: Arcing the story by arcing our character. 

• Act Four: Acting in Patience through Present Perfect Presence.
• Act Five: Acting in Kindness through Consideration, Care, and Consistency.
• Act Six: Acting in the Nots when the Shadows trigger and tempt.

The Journal-Artist Playbook: Remapping journal entries into scenes that make up a historical novel, told in fiction, based on a true story.

Act Seven: Love Always Bears, Believes, Endures, and Hopes.