Struggle: An Extinction Burst Story
“Storytelling, when done from truth, becomes a rite of passage, a way to alchemize pain into power.” – Cara Jones
This season of Rewritten is not just a return, it’s a new chapter.
After walking through a year that stripped everything: anxiety, hormonal upheaval, and the sting of my book being rejected for being “too heavy,” I re-emerge with a deeper truth:
✨ Storytelling is not performance. It’s initiation.
A vision during breathwork cracked me open: It’s time to release the inheritance of pain and choose joy as the new bloodline.
This episode is for creators, healers, and humans ready to stop performing their wounds — and begin creating from the full spectrum of who they are.
Inside this episode:
The intimate unraveling that shaped this new season
The psilocybin ceremony that changed everything
How rejection led to realignment
A call to storytellers: stop making pain your brand
Why joy is now my north star
Let this episode be your permission slip to tell the whole truth — not just the heavy, but the holy.
✨ About Your Host: Cara Jones
I’m Cara. Storyteller. Initiator. Voice-liberator.
After 25+ years as an Emmy-winning journalist, filmmaker, and trauma-informed coach, I guide soul-led creatives to tell stories that transform and ripple into collective change.
My work helps you alchemize the most tender parts of your past into magnetic, service-driven narratives that build real resonance and soulful visibility.
I do this work because I’ve lived the silence, disconnection and performance and I know the cost of holding it in.
This podcast, my coaching, and my storytelling mentorship are born from a simple vow:
Never abandon your voice again. Not for approval, branding or belonging
Also About Me — I’m a mother to a wild, wise 8-year-old who reminds me daily what untethered expression really looks like, wife to my favorite dance partner, Don, and dog-mama to our yellow Lab Henry.
📬 Want more reflections on truth-telling, soul-driven visibility, and storytelling as a path of expression and healing? You can join my email list at www.cara-jones.com
