About the Course
Your story isn’t your shame — it ’s your strength.
Owning Your Story is a powerful 90-minute masterclass designed to help youth confront, understand, and embrace the experiences that shaped them. Whether they’ve struggled with rejection, failure, anger, trauma, or simply feeling unseen — this course shows them how to move from surviving their story to standing in it boldly.
This isn’t just about healing — it’s about empowerment.Participants will be guided through a journey of self-reflection, emotional honesty, mindset shifting, and personal ownership — so they can walk in confidence, speak from truth, and lead their life with purpose.
Because once you own your story, your story can’t own you.
🧭 What the Masterclass Covers (Breakdown):
🔹 Part 1: The Power of Your Story (20 min)
What is a story and why it shapes how we see ourselves
Common reasons we hide, run from, or distort our story
Introduction to “The False Self” vs. “The Real Me”
Reflection activity: “What are you carrying that’s not yours?”
🔹 Part 2: Breaking the Silence (20 min)
Understanding the weight of unspoken pain
Naming the chapters in your life: “This happened, but it’s not the end”
Reflection exercise: Write your story in 5 key moments
How to confront shame, embarrassment, or fear of judgment
🔹 Part 3: Rewriting the Narrative (25 min)
How to separate what happened to you from who you are
The power of perspective: turning pain into purpose
Activity: “What did that experience teach you?”
Creating identity statements (ex: I am resilient. I am more than my past.)
🔹 Part 4: Sharing with Confidence (15 min)
When and how to share your story safely and boldly
The difference between venting and inspiring
Workshop: Tell your story in a way that helps others
Empowerment declarations: “My voice matters. My journey matters.”
Your Instructor
Founder/CEO Travis K. Corley
Travis Corley is the Founder and CEO of DiscoverLyfe, a mentoring platform built to empower youth with the tools, truth, and mindset needed to overcome life’s challenges and walk boldly in purpose. Born and raised in the inner city of Miami, Florida — specifically the tight-knit community of Brownsville — Travis grew up surrounded by the harsh realities of violence, crime, drugs, incarceration, and poverty.
With a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Organizational Leadership, he combines education, personal experience, and spiritual insight to speak directly to the hearts of youth. His life’s mission is simple but profound: to become who he needed when he was younger.
Travis mentors through real talk, resilience, and purpose — guiding youth ages 10–25 to own their story, break cycles, and discover a life worth fighting for.