Turn your life wisdom into a source of inspiration, connection, and purpose for others.
Have a story to tell?
Our clients include: fathers, mothers, and elders who want to pass their love to the new generation.
Experienced leaders in succession, reinvention, or legacy building.
Emerging leaders facing a significant challenge.
People seeking clarity, inspiration, and meaning in the face of illness or other life events.
Or people gifting their family member or significant other with this legacy building experience.
Be a teller of your story
Your life holds an epic tale. Or several. Most are never told. This is not about polishing a résumé or listing your best moments. It is an honest account that honors your reality. We treat your memories with care, gather your intuitions and convictions, and, with you, craft an authentic story you can tell in your own voice to loved ones or professional circles.
Your story matters
Your story is your most powerful tool to affect change. Yet, most people know each other only in headlines. Friends miss the early chapters. Children miss what happened before they were born. Colleagues see only the public pages. And when life moves on, ungathered and unshared wisdom ends with it. Your Epic Ordinary Life allows you to capture the present, reconsider the past, and participate in unfolding the future.
The process
We are curators in service of you as the teller of your story.
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We listen to your life
Guided sessions with generative questions. Optional family or colleague interviews.
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We craft your story together
An honest and honoring look at your life. Editing with you, not to you.
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You embody your story
A professionally designed memoir. Coaching to help you share your story.
You will receive
4 to 6 Story sessions
Unhurried conversation, in person or on Zoom, and optional family or colleague interviews. Coaching to help you share your story.
a 3,000-10,000-Word story
A potent and lasting artifact beautifully written with you, not to you. An honest and honoring account of your life in your voice.
Designed editions
1 leather‑bound edition and digital files included, additional books available by request, or other agreed formats.
Optional additions
Poetry, audio recording, photos, bespoke elements, and a facilitated family ritual, reading, or event. We design what works for you.
Privacy and care
Nothing is shared without your permission. Audio and drafts are stored securely and handed off at completion.
intentional cadence
3 to 6 weeks from the first interview to the finished manuscript. Printing/shipping adds 7-14 days. Expedited delivery on request.
Unfold change in your world
Investment
Packages range from USD 4,000 to USD 16,000. Corporate engagements are available by consultation. Payment: 50% of the client fee or the full amount is due before onboarding. The remaining 50% is due upon final story approval.
Change makers fund
Five percent of every project goes to Change Makers Fund scholarships. Donors who want to propel others forward can also directly support recipients whose story would make a better world and serve the common good.
“This is not just storytelling. It is a sacred act of witnessing your life.”
Jordan Soliday
Co-Founder & Story Guide, Epic Ordinary
Meet your guides
Jordan and Samir co-founded Epic Ordinary with an unwavering belief that every person has a powerful story—if only they take time to uncover it. We are patient guides who help people reclaim their ordinary glory and pass it on.
Jordan Soliday
Co-founder & story guide
MIT xPRO instructor, former pastor, and author of the forthcoming The Urgency of Slowing. Jordan lives in Boulder, CO, and helps people cultivate a non-anxious presence to navigate uncertainty.
Samir Selmanović
Co-founder & story guide
Executive coach, author, ordained minister, and transition guide for leaders seeking deeper meaning. Samir lives in NYC and sees himself and those he works with as ordinary mystics.
