Episode #1; When Storytelling Becomes Survival: Angie’s Journey to Purpose and Power
Angie Richard
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She left a harmful relationship. Found her voice. Fell in love again. Angie Richard shares how survival led to purpose—through motherhood, filmmaking, and telling brave stories. From producing Women and the Wind to working with the UN and launching Floating Stories Lab, she opens up about starting over, healing through creativity, and choosing a life aligned with nature.
In this episode of the Her Brave Story Podcast, Chrystal Dawn interviews Angie Richard—a multidisciplinary storytelling artist, award-winning filmmaker, and mother—who turned personal pain into powerful purpose.
Angie shares her journey from print journalism to filmmaking, emphasizing the importance of auto-ethnography and using personal experience as a force for truth and transformation. She opens up about surviving a toxic marriage and the pivotal trip to Peru that changed everything—igniting the courage to walk away and reclaim her life.
What began as survival became a creative awakening. Angie reveals how motherhood, healing, and global travel became the foundation of her storytelling, leading her to produce a documentary for the United Nations, explore surf and environmental cultures through film, and co-create Floating Stories Lab—an eco-adventure storytelling project with her husband that fosters community, creativity, and conscious living.
This episode explores the realities of starting over, the emotional weight of choosing yourself, and the freedom that comes from telling the truth—out loud and on your own terms. Angie speaks to the transformative power of adventure, the importance of family involvement in creative journeys, and why women’s stories are essential—especially in uncertain times.
If you’ve ever stood at a crossroads, longed for something more, or needed a reminder that your voice matters—this conversation will meet you there.
Angie is an Australian mother of three, an award-winning, multidisciplinary storyteller, and an academic focused on creative practice research. She is committed to research projects, storytelling, and impact campaigns that spark conversations and inspire positive behavioral change. Angie is currently producing the much-anticipated eco-adventure documentary feature film, Women & the Wind, set to release in mid 2025.
Angie’s recent work includes the award-winning three-part virtual reality (VR) natural history series Ecosphere (Kenya, Borneo, Raja Ampat) and Sea of Islands (Fiji), a UN climate security documentary. She previously wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning eco-adventure documentary The Laps: Tasmania (Australia) and the adventure surf documentary Double Barrel (Peru, Australia).
With over two decades of experience as an outdoor and adventure travel writer and editor, Angie’s editorial contributions have been featured in global magazines and online platforms.
Angie is currently completing a post-graduate Master's degree in Creative Industries remotely and part-time with SAE University Australia. At the heart of her academic journey is the exploration of how creative practitioners can take more active roles in driving science and envisioning regenerative futures.
Based in Bretagne, France, Angie is creating a Floating Stories Lab - a research and storytelling sailboat studio - with her family to sail the world and discover, through science, art, research and storytelling, how humans can thrive on a flourishing planet.
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