The Storytelling Lab Interviewing as a Tool for Trust, Healing, and Human Connection with Wil Weldon
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Oct 20, 2025 In this enlightening conversation, Wil Weldon, a video journalist and former massage therapist, reveals his Heart-Forward Storytelling approach. He emphasizes the importance of deep listening over traditional interviewing techniques. Topics include the energy dynamics between interviewer and subject, preserving family legacies, and applying Reiki principles to enhance communication. Wil also discusses the significance of intentional, heart-centered conversations in storytelling, transforming the act into a collaborative, healing experience.
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Storytelling Is Energy Work
- Storytelling benefits from skills outside journalism, like Reiki's energy awareness and presence.
- Wil sees interviewing as creating space for someone to be more fully themselves rather than extracting facts.
A Coach's Nudge Created The Intersection
- Rain nudged Wil to combine Reiki and interviewing by mapping their Venn diagram and that sparked the book idea.
- Wil credits that coaching moment as the start of his heart-forward storytelling path.
Bodywork Trains Interview Presence
- Massage and Reiki work trained Wil to manage energy, protect himself, and leave sessions energized.
- Those embodied practices translated into a softer, presence-driven interviewing style.
