This opening section helps you understand the purpose of the training, what to expect, and how to move through the course. It also clarifies the boundaries and limitations of the Core Story Process and explains what you must complete to finish the training.

Here you will find the foundational resources that support your training. These materials help you understand the theory, method, and language of the Core Story Process and give you access to the digital book and printable handouts you will use throughout the course.

These terms describe a guided process in which a trained person helps someone explore, understand, and visually organize important parts of their personal story. Together, they help name patterns, relationships, wounds, beliefs, and truths that may still shape how a person lives, relates to others, and understands themselves today.

Unit I introduces you to the heart of the Core Story Process and the history behind its development. Here you will begin to understand how childhood beliefs, wounds, and lies may continue to shape present patterns, often beyond conscious awareness.

This brief introduction provides helpful background and context for the training ahead. The lesson introduces the course and helps you begin with purpose, direction, and understanding.

This lesson provides an overview of the heart, purpose, and value of the Core Story Process. It helps you begin with a clear understanding of what Core Story is, why it matters, and how the process brings important patterns, beliefs, and themes into the light so they can be better understood.

Unit II shows you the Core Story Process in practice through guided demonstrations. As you observe the process, you will deepen your understanding of how listening, presence, pacing, and mapping work together.

Through this demonstration, you will see a full Core Story Mapping session from beginning to end. You will see how the interview unfolds, how the story is mapped, and how the facilitator uses the Core Story Process questions to guide the session.

This lesson focuses on the way you listen in the Core Story Process. Attentive, honoring, and compassionate listening helps create a safe place for honest and meaningful sharing.

This lesson gives you another example of the Core Story Process as it unfolds through a different story. The experience deepens  your understanding of the flow of the process and broadens your sense of how stories are heard and mapped.

This unit moves you from observation moves you from observation into active engagement with the mapping process. 

In this lesson, you will be guided through the Core Story questions as you begin mapping your own story. This experience is personally beneficial and gives you an opportunity to practice drawing the mapping symbols. Then you will watch Video 6: Mapping Your Own Story again with a friend or volunteer, listen closely to their responses, and practice mapping their story as they answer the questions in the video.o.

This unit strengthens your confidence and consistency in using the Core Story Process. Through guided learning and applied work, you will continue developing your ability to follow the process carefully and map stories with greater accuracy.

This short video provides practical guidance to help you use the Core Story Process with greater clarity and confidence. It is especially useful for participants who are newer to the process.

In this section, you will submit five practice Core Story Process maps completed with volunteers.

This unit guides you through the final steps of the Core Story training process. You will complete the knowledge check and finish the remaining requirements for your Certificate of Core Story Training by participating in three live training sessions.

This section gives you the opportunity to review and demonstrate your understanding of the main concepts and structure of the Core Story Process. Because it is open-book and may be repeated as needed, the knowledge check also reinforces the core material as a final learning step.

Personalized training provides additional guidance in the nuances of the Core Story Process. Each session is designed to help you build confidence, gain clarity, and apply the process more effectively.

After you complete the three training sessions, you will receive your Core Story Certificate of Training.