Founder and producer of Every Family's Got One storytelling show featuring family stories

About Every Family's Got One

Barbara Herel is the founder and producer of Every Family's Got One. She is a writer and storyteller, wife and mother, and a recovering middle child. (You bet she has some stories to tell.) You can find her work in places like, Scary Mommy, Motherly, Adoptive Families, on page 135 in the anthology Tick Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40 (published by Dottir Press), and right here on Every Family’s Got One.

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Read all about my EFGO Storytelling Mentorship! "Barbara, thanks for your kind, generous and thoughtful collaboration. You helped make my story a lot better! I love being part of the EFGO community and you are tremendously appreciated." ~ Emerson Dameron, Los Angeles, copywriter, storyteller What I love most about producing and hosting the Every Family’s Got One Podcast and Live Show is collaborating with talented people and building a supportive storytelling community. I’ve worked with writers and performers of all kinds, as well as non-performers, [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-11-18T17:12:05-05:00September 15, 2021|Comments Off

EFGO LIVE SHOWS RETURN IN 2022
EFGO LIVE SHOWS RETURN IN 2022

EFGO LIVE SHOWS RETURN IN 2022

By Every Family's Got One Founder - Barbara Herel That’s right EFGO Live Shows return in 2022 – in NYC and on Long Island. You can be sure I’ll keep you posted as all the little details for our big plans take shape. So now... is a great time to begin writing your true family story, and I’m going to take my own advice. It’s probably because I’ve been spending more time with my parents, Betty and Ron, over the last year that so many of my childhood memories have been resurfacing. Gems like… -Root beer floats [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-11-18T17:14:06-05:00June 30, 2021|Comments Off

Did you become a Parent after 40?
Did you become a Parent after 40?

Did you become a Parent after 40?

From Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel Published by Dottir Press, book launches September 2021 Did you become a parent after 40? I did and wrote an essay about it for a new book anthology called Tick-Tock: Becoming a Parent after 40. I’m happy to be included with incredible writers who offer-up their personal experiences of being or having an older parent. Contributors include New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Acevedo, award-winning author Adam Berlin, writer/editor Salma Abdelnour Gilman, and more. We all need a cheering section No matter what we're trying to accomplish, [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-11-18T17:15:18-05:00June 9, 2021|4 Comments

EFGO Podcast S2: Finale “Marriage Stories!”
EFGO Podcast S2: Finale “Marriage Stories!”

EFGO Podcast S2: Finale “Marriage Stories!”

By EFGO Storytellers Rowan Shifrin & Gina Sampaio https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KfD7lJm2jZ0tS7jQWVwO8?si=cWQOnN5CSv6mytKNjDSE2A Listen to S2: Finale! As we all know family stories aren’t all rainbows and bath bombs as you’ll hear in our final episode of Season 2 – Marriage Stories. Our first Marriage story is from… Image by Rawpixel.com CHEF & ENTREPRENEUR... ROWAN SHIFRIN Rowan shares his story “Normal.” It’s about family disfunction and his mom’s lifelong search to find him a father figure. STORYTELLER… GINA SAMPAIO Gina has always admired the strength of her grandmother as you’ll hear in her often-told family story “Watch Me.” AND WE ANNOUNCE [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-11-18T17:16:33-05:00April 22, 2021|Comments Off

EFGO Podcast S2:E3 “Back in the Day!”
EFGO Podcast S2:E3 “Back in the Day!”

EFGO Podcast S2:E3 “Back in the Day!”

By EFGO Storytellers Marc Abbott & Mary Shea https://open.spotify.com/episode/2zb1Suo6b5HjixQXazqucG?si=p-MIlbIjSge4m1iiK_htaw Listen to S2:E3 Join us as we travel back to the days of first loves and best friends. With stories from… Image by Rawpixel.com STORYTELLER… MARC ABBOTT Braces, awkward growth spurts, and falling in love for the very first time – Oh middle school! Marc shares all of this and more in his funny, touching story “Dad’s Help.” And… STORYTELLER MARY SHEA Mary and her best friend Sue are like Lucy and Ethel, always up to something and stick by each other no matter what. I [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-11-18T17:19:02-05:00April 15, 2021|Comments Off

EFGO Podcast S2:E2 – Telling Lies!
EFGO Podcast S2:E2 – Telling Lies!

EFGO Podcast S2:E2 – Telling Lies!

By EFGO Storytellers Emerson Dameron & Angel Yau https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cnaeHJSTecl6G91b2AT8T?si=gc0nQps5SOaz5rL3Lqh-SQ Listen to S2:E2 Oh, those little lies we tell ourselves – and others. We’re so excited to have… Image by raw pixel.com MOTH STORYTELLER… EMERSON DAMERON Emerson’s world is rocked when out-of-the-blue his mother announces that he isn’t going to Kindergarten today. She seemed upbeat on the surface yet Emerson just knew something weird was going on. And of course, he was right. Hear all about it in his story “Manhunt.” And… COMEDIC STORYTELLER, ANGEL YAU Angel thought the best way to keep her parents happy was [...]

Every Family's Got One2021-03-30T20:40:10-04:00March 31, 2021|Comments Off

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