The Stories We Tell Ourselves at RAYS 2025

The stories we tell ourselves at RAYS 2025

Two workshops.
Over 87 participants.
Each one embracing the storyteller within.

At RAYS 2025, Waves to Home led two deeply emotional and transformative storytelling workshops—spaces where participants connected not only with each other, but also with the parts of themselves they often keep hidden.

We listened.
We shared.
We expressed.

We smiled together.
We grew emotional as we revealed pieces of our identities we may have never spoken aloud before.
We felt alive as we talked about what makes us feel alive.

All of this happened through simple, human-to-human connection.

In a world overwhelmed with heartbreaking news and heavy stories, coming together to share our own felt like a rare kind of healing.

One participant laughed and said, “This workshop felt like free therapy.”
Another spoke about her fear of feeling too exposed—yet in this safe space, that vulnerability became a source of healing.

This is what we do.
We create safe spaces where people can question the stories they tell themselves, reimagine their narratives, and meet one another with curiosity, tenderness, and love.