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Catherine E. Storing

👻 GhostWriter | 📝 Writer's Coach |🎙TEDx/Keynote Speaker | 📚 2x Best Selling Author 💃🏽 | Minister 🙇🏽‍♀️ |

Let’s start with the inevitable five-second elevator pitch, should we? My name is Catherine Storing, I have been in church my whole life (but I did not develop a deep relationship with God till later in life). I am a writer’s teacher/coach, Amazon Best Selling Author, keynote/TEDx Speaker, confidence-building creator, and minister. I have been coaching (that includes: organizing/optimizing, shopping and confidence building) others (everything started with the need of finding my own authentic style) for more than twenty years (even when I did not know it yet). I never thought my love for words, books, and writing would allow me to pool my expertise and help others bring out their authentic voice from hiding. MY 12-YEARS OF CORPORATE PURCHASING IN MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES, STRATEGIC SOURCING EXPERIENCE, COMBINED WITH MY 6-YEARS OF COACHING, AND WRITING/TEACHING GIVE ME A WELL-BALANCED ARRAY OF TOOLS AND EXPERTISE TO CHOOSE FROM AND GENEROUSLY SHARE WHEN HELPING OTHERS UNCOVER AND POLISH THEIR AUTHENTIC VOICE. Did I mention that I have written TEN books in about two years? I am the creator of Write Like a Pro, Confidence Unchained Courses and The Speak Your Book Your FAST Masterclass. I have coached coaches in areas like: Authentic and impactful Writing Business Strategy Consulting in special projects Confidence (both personal and in business) Content Faith-based services Product/Service Launches Speaking Style (personal and business) TODAY I GET TO WORK WITH COMMITTED FAITH-BASED LEADERS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE WILLING AND READY TO SERVE OTHERS IN A GLOBAL CAPACITY. HOWEVER, THEY KNOW THEY NEED THE CONFIDENCE, GUIDANCE, AND TOOLS TO SUCCESSFULLY EMBRACED THEIR AUTHENTIC VOICE SO THEY CAN WRITE IMPACTFUL AND RELEVANT BOOKS. Now that we got that out of the way let’s go a little deeper……. Hi my name is Catherine Storing and I am a minister of the Word of God, however, that was not always the case. Until not long ago I was a full-time corporate professional while also running a style and confidence consulting firm. For the last five years or so I had been trying to be a full-time entrepreneur, going from here to there and everywhere. I would get some clarity, then would run with that clarity just to collide head on with yet another wall. Needless to say, it was a frustrating and discouraging season. However, quitting was never an option. I KNEW that I KNEW that I KNEW I was supposed to be an entrepreneur but had no idea how to marry my vocation and my calling. At the same time, I was feeling the nudge to have a faith-based business. I had NO idea how to do that, and to be honest ran away from it like crazy. It scared me because I did not think God could use me or frankly would want to. I was concentrating on all the reasons why I could not serve Him in that capacity when He was concentrating on the main reason why I should: Because He loves me and because He was making me new. THE BIBLES SAYS IN: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:27 AMPLIFIED BIBLE But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty]. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH THE VERSE ABOVE, STILL, I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO MARRY VOCATION AND FAITH…….YET. A couple of years ago I changed my website’s adress to Styling Faith (that is also the name of my second and style flagship book). Finally, I thought I had successfully found a way to be both an entrepreneur and a woman of God at the same time. However, it just did not flow. Whenever I wanted to be all about style I would get stuck and just lose my momentum. Then without even knowing it I would over-correct and move to ALL about faith ONLY. That did not work either. Finally, 2016 came around and with that the clear reminder that in five short months I would be turning 40 years old! FORTY! “How on earth did that happen? I was just 25 years old yesterday!” I would lament from time to time. I was not upset because of the number but because life seemed to have flashed by me and STILL “I was not doing meaningful work.” Little did I know that God had been working in me for the last five years, removing, filing off, and molding me into the woman He created me to me; yes all that time was required because MANY things needed to be changed in my life. Work at the office was more challenging than usual and my capacity to tolerate mind-numbing work was quickly vanishing. God was using the stress and insurmountable amount of work to push me closer to Him and to ask Him for help. Something I had a hard time with as a proud and self-proclaiming independent woman. God needed to remove ALL the coping mechanisms I had put in place, to break down all the walls of steel I had erected around my heart before He could use me fully. Later in the year, I got the chance to go to an amazing conference that took place in California (that trip changed my life in so many ways, many that I could see right away and others that would unfold later). Upon my return from the trip, I decided to go on my first ever Daniel Fast for 30-days and because I am #TeamTooMuch and an overachiever I also decided to limit my spending to just the essentials (meaning: dinner, movies, and shopping events were totally out of the question). Why oh why did I decide to do that, food and a spending fast at the same time? Only God knows because it was SO hard and at the same time so rewarding. I discovered so many things about me and the direction God wanted me to go. Before the fast was over God answered all my questions with resounding yeses!!! “You can quit your job and work for me full time.” He said during an amazing prayer vigil with my sister and fellow woman of God Pastor Kimberly Jones. Since I got my answer I did just that, I quit my six-figure paying corporate job (you’ll be able to read all the details when my first novel: The Conversations is released later in 2017), I had some savings, a newly found love for stewardship and the promise that God would bless me and my business. I was nervous, excited and terrified ALL at the same time. The following months were amazing, I was tithing regularly, and although the business did not start generating real money till a month after I went full time the way He provided for ALL my needs was just too cool for school. In the meantime, He was working in other areas of my life like giving me a voice and heart for ministry, and a new and deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit. He was giving me a heart for His people. Showing me that by combining my main gifts: speaking, writing and teaching I would be able to help others share their stories, struggles, triumphs and finally have the confidence to write using their authentic voice and reach the people they were called to serve. If you are ready to FINALLY write with passion, authenticity, accountabity, tools, and guidance then let’s have a conversation about your writing goals, to see if we are a good fit and I might just be the right writing coach for you. I look forward to hearing from you. Many Blessings