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Your story
Your story lives in the moments that stayed. The experiences that shaped you. The truths that took time to understand.
The Bursting Through Connections Project helps you write your story through a guided, personal storytelling experience.
SOME STORIES CHANGE US LONG BEFORE WE HAVE WORDS FOR THEM
Many of the moments that shape us are not fully understood when we are living through them. Over time, they become part of how we see ourselves, what we carry, and what we come to know to be true. This is a place to explore those experiences through guided storytelling and deeper reflection.
A DIFFERENT WAY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR STORY
Reflection
Storytelling
Storytelling
Guided questions help uncover the moments, experiences, and truths that shaped how you see yourself and move through the world.
Storytelling
Storytelling
Storytelling
Your reflections are shaped into a personal narrative told in your own voice and grounded in your lived experience.
Connection
Connection
Connection
The process often reveals patterns, meaning, and moments of connection that may not have been fully understood before.
Your Story
Connection
Connection
The final result is a personalized Bursting Through story created to be kept, shared, revisited, and reflected on for years to come.
YOUR STORY BEGINS HERE
Think of a specific moment when you first felt different, out of place, or unsure of where you belonged. What was happening in that moment, and what do you remember feeling?
SIX CHAPTERS. ONE STORY.
Your Bursting Through story unfolds across six chapters designed to explore the relationships, moments, and truths that shaped who you are and how you move through the world.
Through guided reflection and storytelling, each chapter builds on the last, creating a deeply personal narrative grounded in your lived experiences.
The final result is a personalized book created to be revisited, reflected on, and shared for years to come.
THE STORY OF WHO YOU’VE BECOME
Chapter 1- Origins
Chapter 3- Response
Chapter 1- Origins
Origin is not about what happened. It’s about what it meant, and what it felt like.
Chapter 2- Moments
Chapter 3- Response
Chapter 1- Origins
Moments are not just memories. They are the experiences that shaped you, often before you fully understood why.
Chapter 3- Response
Chapter 3- Response
Chapter 3- Response
Response is not just what you did. It’s how you learned to adapt, navigate, and move through the world.
Chapter 4- Actions
Chapter 6- Declaration
Chapter 3- Response
Actions are not just what you believe. They are how your values show up in the choices you make, the risks you take, and the moments you choose not to look away.
Chapter 5- Connection
Chapter 6- Declaration
Chapter 6- Declaration
Connection is not just about being seen. It’s about how we see each other and how we show up for one another.
Chapter 6- Declaration
Chapter 6- Declaration
Chapter 6- Declaration
Declaration is not about having all the answers. It’s about naming what you know to be true and choosing how you stand in it.
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS
Reflection
Each week, you’ll receive guided questions designed to help you reflect on the experiences, moments, and truths that shaped your story.
Storytelling
Your reflections are thoughtfully shaped into a deeply personal narrative grounded in your voice and lived experiences.
Your Personalized Book
The final result is a personalized Bursting Through story created to be revisited, reflected on, and shared for years to come.
SOME STORIES ARE WAITING FOR THE RIGHT SPACE TO BE TOLD
You do not need to be a writer to take part in this experience.
You only need a willingness to reflect honestly, revisit the moments that shaped you, and speak in your own voice.
The Bursting Through Connections Project is designed to guide you through the process one question, one reflection, and one chapter at a time.
THERE IS POWER IN TELLING YOUR STORY
The Bursting Through Connections Project is an opportunity to reflect on your experiences, speak in your own voice, and create a personalized book grounded in your lived experiences. The process begins with a simple email conversation.
A bursting through storytelling invitation
An Invitation to Reflect
Bursting Through is inviting one person to participate in a complimentary guided storytelling experience centered on reflection, lived experience, and human connection.
Reflection and Storytelling
Through a series of guided prompts and conversations, one participant will create a personalized Bursting Through Story grounded in the moments, relationships, and truths that shaped who they are and how they move through the world.
Your Story, Your Voice
The selected participant will receive a personalized Bursting Through Story created through guided reflection, storytelling, and lived experience — a deeply personal book designed to be kept, revisited, reflected on, and shared for years to come.
Share Your Interest
One participant will be selected for this complimentary storytelling experience and personalized Bursting Through Story. Participants must be 18 years or older to enter. No purchase is necessary to participate. Entry does not guarantee selection. By submitting this form, participants acknowledge that portions of their experience or completed story may be shared by Bursting Through for storytelling, promotional, or community-building purposes with permission. Participants may also choose to join the Bursting Through community mailing list for future stories, reflections, and project updates.
Bursting Through: A media company turning intention into action
Bursting Through isn’t a nonprofit—it’s a storytelling movement and media company for marginalized communities and their Allies across the United States. We began through the lens of LGBTQ+ Allyship, but our work has evolved to embrace all communities too often silenced, dismissed, or pushed aside.
As a media company, we use storytelling to spark courageous conversations, grow compassion, and ignite change. Bursting Through partners with individuals and companies ready to turn intention into action and co-create a culture rooted in our shared human experience.
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