Live Your Own Story

Courage is not reserved for heroes or dramatic turning points. It appears  in moments of curiosity and choice: stepping into the unknown, asking difficult questions, or deciding whether to follow a familiar path or risk a different one. Over time, these small decisions build not only outcomes but identity itself.

Drawing on storytelling, historical perspective, and lived experience, Canadian novelist Cinda Gault explores courage as a practice rather than a personality trait. This topic examines how fear, habit, and inherited expectations influence everyday choices—and how greater awareness can restore a sense of authorship over one’s own life. Courage, in this framing, is less about boldness and more about attention: recognizing moments that invite growth and responding with curiosity instead of automatic avoidance.

Rather than focusing on reinvention or regret, this work emphasizes continuity and agency. By reflecting on past choices—both cautious and courageous—individuals gain insight into the patterns that guide them and the opportunities that still remain.

Audiences engaging with this topic gain:

• A renewed understanding of  courage as a learnable, everyday practice
• Greater clarity about how choices shape personal narrative and fulfillment
• A strengthened sense of agency over the life they are actively creating

This topic appears across Cinda Gault’s keynotes, conversations, and writing, where storytelling is used to illuminate how living one’s own story—consciously and courageously—becomes the foundation for meaningful change in work, leadership, and life.