A podcast where five words change your life and how you see it.
Storyteller Hillary Rea has led thousands of people through her signature exercise, The Five Word Life Story. Whether it was in a conference breakout room, during an interview on someone else’s podcast, or via her transformative 1-on-1 Crafting Your Narrative programs, Hillary witnessed the power of this exercise to change someone’s life and the stories they choose to tell other people about it. This exercise heals old wounds and invites people to take their power back so that they can show up, take up space, and use their voice in an expansive way. Each guest (actors, writers, influencers, reality television stars, fellow podcasters, and those who have endured tough edits in the public eye) goes through the Five Word Life Story exercise with Hillary’s guidance and the conversation continues based on the words that emerge.
Produced + Hosted by Hillary Rea.
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A podcast where five words change your life and how you see it.
Storyteller Hillary Rea has led thousands of people through her signature exercise, The Five Word Life Story. Whether it was in a conference breakout room, during an interview on someone else’s podcast, or via her transformative 1-on-1 Crafting Your Narrative programs, Hillary witnessed the power of this exercise to change someone’s life and the stories they choose to tell other people about it. This exercise heals old wounds and invites people to take their power back so that they can show up, take up space, and use their voice in an expansive way. Each guest (actors, writers, influencers, reality television stars, fellow podcasters, and those who have endured tough edits in the public eye) goes through the Five Word Life Story exercise with Hillary’s guidance and the conversation continues based on the words that emerge.
Produced + Hosted by Hillary Rea.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Season 2 of Five Word Life Story - a podcast where five words change your life and how you see it.
Today's guest is Elise Hu. Elise is a Los-Angeles based journalist, podcast host and author who spent more than a decade at NPR, as a correspondent and host, and worked as a television correspondent for VICE News Tonight. Today, she’s the host of TED Talks Daily, one of the world’s most listened-to podcasts, and a co-host of Forever35, a women’s focused show about the ways we take care of ourselves. As an international correspondent, she reported from more than a dozen countries and opened NPR’s first-ever Seoul bureau in 2015. Her experiences in Seoul inspired her debut non-fiction book, Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. Prior to NPR, Elise helped found the nonprofit digital startup, The Texas Tribune, and spent more than a decade as a television news reporter. She’s an alum of the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Journalism school, the co-founder of the podcast production company Reasonable Volume, and a mom of three daughters.
Elise's website: elisehu.com,
Elise's Instagram: @elisewho
Elise's TikTok @whoelise
Elise's Five Word Life Story: Seeker, Connector, Giver, Receiver, Creative.
Date: September 12, 2024
Five Word Life Story is produced and hosted by Hillary Rea
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