Join a ten-week rite of passage to turn your life experience into medicine for the world. Grow your power. Hone your craft. Tell the story you were born to share.
DAVID ALDER'S
Parables of Change
Join a ten-week rite of passage to turn your life experience into medicine for the world. Grow your power. Hone your craft. Tell the story you were born to share.
DAVID ALDER'S
Parables of Change
What is David Alder's Parables of Change?
What is David Alder's Parables of Change?
Parables of Change is a ten-week rite of passage for soulful leaders who feel called to share their story, gifting their hard-earned wisdom to the world.

Part writing course, part initiation, Parables Of Change yields a written story honed into a jewel, a mastery of craft, and a deeper understanding of self.

Our students arrive at a threshold. They leave having taken a great leap — sharing stories that open hearts and shift culture, with new power in their voice.
What is David Alder's Parables of Change?
What is David Alder's Parables of Change?
Parables of Change is a ten-week rite of passage for soulful leaders who feel called to share their story, gifting their hard-earned wisdom to the world.

Part writing course, part initiation, Parables Of Change yields a written story honed into a jewel, a mastery of craft, and a deeper understanding of self.

Our students arrive at a threshold. They leave having taken a great leap — sharing stories that open hearts and shift culture, with new power in their voice.
Course Schedule
Parables Of Change runs
February 18th - April 22nd, 2026
Primary Call: Wednesdays, 2-4pm Eastern, Zoom
Week Nine participants will host their Story Banquets, a culminating event - there are no group calls this week
Office Hours: Mondays 7-8pm, Thursdays 12-1pm, Fridays 2-3pm
Life is trying to speak through you.
Will you heed the call?
Write Your Story
Grow Your Power
Live Your Purpose
Shape your lived experience into a jewel of a story, one born of truth, shaped with skill, shared with courage.
Transcend doubt. Strengthen your voice. Speak from your center and move others with what you know.
Step into the greatness you've always known was there as you raise your voice to shape this shifting world.
Life is trying to speak through you.
Will you heed the call?
Write Your Story
Grow Your Power
Live Your Purpose
Shape your lived experience into a jewel of a story, one born of truth, shaped with skill, shared with courage.
Transcend doubt. Strengthen your voice. Speak from your center and move others with what you know.
Step into the greatness you've always known was there as you raise your voice to shape this shifting world.
"The outcome was not a story.
It was the belief that I'm an artist."
-Joe Hawley, Parables alum, eight-year NFL starter
"The outcome was not a story. It was the belief that I'm an artist."
-Joe Hawley, Parables alum, eight-year NFL starter
Watch Joe’s transformation in 1-minute
Parables of Change will help you...
04.
Open your channel,
building attunement, clarity, and precision as you cleanse distractions and create with discipline and grace.
06.
Find your stage,
stepping toward huge moments in your life, sharing your spirit and your message with your community and world.
Finish your story,
01.
turning your life experience into a polished work. No more, "I've been meaning to write," or "When I have the time."
05.
Heal relationships,
tending to stuck energies and unsaid truths, building deeper, more authentic connections with those you love.
02.
Hone your craft,
improving your writing and spoken storytelling skills to help you communicate with authenticity and strength.
03.
Grow your power,
understanding the life experiences that make you who you are and the gifts these have brought you.
Course Design
Week-By-Week Review
Parables Of Change takes place with live calls over Zoom
Two-hour weekly Zoom call for teaching and group workshops
Bonus lessons and workshop sessions available to participants
Optional small-group office hours each week
A living library of tools for using stories for personal transformation
An all-students Signal thread for ongoing communications
Applying principles of ceremony to a writing process to achieve transformation
Learning techniques to cultivate an open channel for power, clarity, and discernment
Designing the conditions that make writing a success from the moment you begin
Three practices that will radically increase the potency of a creative process
Plus so much more!
A crucial mindset shift that will increase the transformative power of your work
Session One
Into The Narrows
In this session you'll learn:
“I now know that telling my story possible, that I have the capability to do it, and that it’s very meaningful. Now I’m in a place where I’m writing my book, I enjoy the process, and I’m eager to sit down and do more.”
Dan M.
Investor & Coach
Tools for careful listening to the message that wants to come through now
A crucial mindset shift that lets you birth great work in the midst of your busy life
A single habit that will transform your approach to harvesting your stories
The role of a gifted peer group in creating a deeper and more enriching creative process
Plus so much more!
A posture of attentive listening that will steeply grow your mastery of craft
Session Two
Swift River
In this session you'll learn:
“My experience with Parables Of Change has been a story of making sense of the world, and making sense of the fact there’s much bigger intelligences than I was ever to understand.”
Julia M.
Nonprofit Executive
Understanding the unique themes your life stories can most powerfully convey
The role of a gifted peer group to help determine the most aliveness in your work
Working with the subtle guidance to find which of your stories are most resonant
Steps to refine your daily writing practice to produce more polished early drafts
Plus so much more!
Tools for wielding stories to bring emotional charge and meaning to ideas
Session Three
A Time Between Worlds
In this session you'll learn:
“My story was about my life and my patterns. That led me on a whole deeper inquiry around my desire for sacred partnership. It will be profoundly different for me going forward after this course. I have contact with what matters most that I wasn’t really aware of before.”
James P.
Fortune 50 Executive Coach
How to write "on the ground" - crafting scenes with moment-to-moment aliveness
An angle of approach - refining the scope of your story by filtering for theme
Reflecting through scenework as a technique for re-authoring the story of your life
Piling clay - studying the patterns of life experience to write with clarity and power
Plus so much more!
Tethers to audience - how to understand and write to who your story is meant to reach
Session Four
The Lake Of Now
In this session you'll learn:
Writing in scenes let me capture and treasure moments in my life and see them as significant within the context of my story. It is such a cathartic way to process the meaningful moments of my life."
Isabel A.
Political Consultant
Proven tips for seeing your story process through to a point of completion and impact
Limiting your scope and staying focused to manage burnout and land the plane
Understanding the role of stacking "energetic returns" throughout a creation cycle
Amplifying the power of your writing ritual through the technique of Open/Close
Plus so much more!
A technique for elevating your creative process through specific peer feedback
Session Five
Flowing Through Valleys
In this session you'll learn:
“I’ve had flashes where I’ve had what I consider a quintessential Parables moment - feeling the magnitude of your own story and why it’s so important to write it, and why it’s so meaningful beyond making meaning of your own experience - why it matters to the world.”
Eve B.
Spiritual Teacher
Six tips for editing to elevate the crispness and enchantment of your work
Working with pulse points and brackets to keep your writing focused and on track
Using "on the ground" writing to pace your story and earn transcendent moments
Delivering on your first round of public witness, and using live energy fields to refine your work
Plus so much more!
Continued study of the elements of a story that carry the most resonance and attention
Session Six
Charting By Star
In this session you'll learn:
“I’d written a lot about my experience. After Parables Of Change, I finally understand what I learned from it. This changed everything. I finally got to say the truth, which there is a level of self-awareness and gratitude I have that wouldn't be there if I had not suffered in the ways I did.”
Patrice W.
Consultant & Strategist
Fine-point editing to enchant a story without undergoing major revision
Principles of composition: crafting scenes, setups and closures into a story that sings
Proven tools for working through the "Valley of Doubt" to see your story process through
A ritual practice to strengthen your commitments to yourself and your story
Plus so much more!
How to prepare yourself to the next major step of your storytelling journey
Session Seven
Touching Land
In this session you'll learn:
“You get to a point where you have no choice except to go ahead with it, you take a deep breath and barrel in and do what you have to do to get it done. You get your mind right to go through with it, and you do it afraid. This has shed a lot of layers. All of this is a surrender to a higher purpose.”
Beverly C.
Tribal Chief
Turning to the next ceremony: preparing for the moment when your story lives
The elements of the story banquet: sacred hospitality & preparing for your feast
Understanding the role of the story banquet as a capstone of a creative process
Elementary spellcasting - using prayer cards to manifest a major moment in your life
Plus so much more!
Final notes on creative process, storytelling craft, and the art of editing your work
Session Eight
Water Of Life
In this session you'll learn:
“Parables Of Change helped me process the central trauma of my life. That happened. I let it go out of body, and my mind, my spirit, my soul. A major milestone in my life happened as a result of this, and my body is starting to feel a little bit lighter.”
Kyle G.
Entrepreneur & Investor
A celebration of your journey to bring a story into form and sharing it with the world
Guidance on where to take your story from here and how to keep up momentum
A synthesis of your learnings and toolkit to use for every story for the rest of your life
Ashes & Flame - cycles of fiery creation and deep rest + how to take on your next story
Plus so much more!
Your access to a group of remarkable alumni storytelling peers of Parables Of Change
Final Session
Parables Of Change
In this session you'll learn:
“The ripple effects for me have been seeing myself as somebody in flight with a long horizon to explore and the ability to fly tirelessly and effortlessly. That inward ripple effect is really significant.”
Luisamaria R.
Wealth Manager
Weekly office hours with David Alder
Access to the teaching library of Parables
Exclusive workshop sessions on craft and power
Access to alumni-only cohorts and retreats
Opportunities for advanced small-group workshops
Membership to the Parables alumni group
How does Parables Of Change work?
Live two-hour weekly sessions facilitated by master storytelling coach David Alder, plus:
Plus...
Course Schedule
Parables Of Change runs
February 18th - April 22nd, 2026
Primary Call: Wednesdays, 2-4pm Eastern, Zoom
Week Nine participants will host their Story Banquets, a culminating event - there are no group calls this week
Office Hours: Mondays 7-8pm, Thursdays 12-1pm, Fridays 2-3pm
Course Design
Week-By-Week Review
Parables Of Change takes place with live calls over Zoom
Two-hour weekly Zoom call for teaching and group workshops
Bonus lessons and workshop sessions available to participants
Optional small-group office hours each week
A living library of tools for using stories for personal transformation
An all-students Signal thread for ongoing communications
Applying principles of ceremony to a writing process to achieve transformation
Learning techniques to cultivate an open channel for power, clarity, and discernment
Designing the conditions that make writing a success from the moment you begin
Three practices that will radically increase the potency of a creative process
Plus so much more!
A crucial mindset shift that will increase the transformative power of your work
Session One
Into The Narrows
In this session you'll learn:
“I now know that telling my story possible, that I have the capability to do it, and that it’s very meaningful. Now I’m in a place where I’m writing my book, I enjoy the process, and I’m eager to sit down and do more.”
Dan M.
Investor & Coach
Tools for careful listening to the message that wants to come through now
A crucial mindset shift that lets you birth great work in the midst of your busy life
A single habit that will transform your approach to harvesting your stories
The role of a gifted peer group in creating a deeper and more enriching creative process
Plus so much more!
A posture of attentive listening that will steeply grow your mastery of craft
Session Two
Swift River
In this session you'll learn:
“My experience with Parables Of Change has been a story of making sense of the world, and making sense of the fact there’s much bigger intelligences than I was ever to understand.”
Julia M.
Nonprofit Executive
Understanding the unique themes your life stories can most powerfully convey
The role of a gifted peer group to help determine the most aliveness in your work
Working with the subtle guidance to find which of your stories are most resonant
Steps to refine your daily writing practice to produce more polished early drafts
Plus so much more!
Tools for wielding stories to bring emotional charge and meaning to ideas
Session Three
A Time Between Worlds
In this session you'll learn:
“My story was about my life and my patterns. That led me on a whole deeper inquiry around my desire for sacred partnership. It will be profoundly different for me going forward after this course. I have contact with what matters most that I wasn’t really aware of before.”
James P.
Fortune 50 Executive Coach
How to write "on the ground" - crafting scenes with moment-to-moment aliveness
An angle of approach - refining the scope of your story by filtering for theme
Reflecting through scenework as a technique for re-authoring the story of your life
Piling clay - studying the patterns of life experience to write with clarity and power
Plus so much more!
Tethers to audience - how to understand and write to who your story is meant to reach
Session Four
The Lake Of Now
In this session you'll learn:
Writing in scenes let me capture and treasure moments in my life and see them as significant within the context of my story. It is such a cathartic way to process the meaningful moments of my life."
Isabel A.
Political Consultant
Proven tips for seeing your story process through to a point of completion and impact
Limiting your scope and staying focused to manage burnout and land the plane
Understanding the role of stacking "energetic returns" throughout a creation cycle
Amplifying the power of your writing ritual through the technique of Open/Close
Plus so much more!
A technique for elevating your creative process through specific peer feedback
Session Five
Flowing Through Valleys
In this session you'll learn:
“I’ve had flashes where I’ve had what I consider a quintessential Parables moment - feeling the magnitude of your own story and why it’s so important to write it, and why it’s so meaningful beyond making meaning of your own experience - why it matters to the world.”
Eve B.
Spiritual Teacher
Six tips for editing to elevate the crispness and enchantment of your work
Working with pulse points and brackets to keep your writing focused and on track
Using "on the ground" writing to pace your story and earn transcendent moments
Delivering on your first round of public witness, and using live energy fields to refine your work
Plus so much more!
Continued study of the elements of a story that carry the most resonance and attention
Session Six
Charting By Star
In this session you'll learn:
“I’d written a lot about my experience. After Parables Of Change, I finally understand what I learned from it. This changed everything. I finally got to say the truth, which there is a level of self-awareness and gratitude I have that wouldn't be there if I had not suffered in the ways I did.”
Patrice W.
Consultant & Strategist
Fine-point editing to enchant a story without undergoing major revision
Principles of composition: crafting scenes, setups and closures into a story that sings
Proven tools for working through the "Valley of Doubt" to see your story process through
A ritual practice to strengthen your commitments to yourself and your story
Plus so much more!
How to prepare yourself to the next major step of your storytelling journey
Session Seven
Touching Land
In this session you'll learn:
“You get to a point where you have no choice except to go ahead with it, you take a deep breath and barrel in and do what you have to do to get it done. You get your mind right to go through with it, and you do it afraid. This has shed a lot of layers. All of this is a surrender to a higher purpose.”
Beverly C.
Tribal Chief
Turning to the next ceremony: preparing for the moment when your story lives
The elements of the story banquet: sacred hospitality & preparing for your feast
Understanding the role of the story banquet as a capstone of a creative process
Elementary spellcasting - using prayer cards to manifest a major moment in your life
Plus so much more!
Final notes on creative process, storytelling craft, and the art of editing your work
Session Eight
Water Of Life
In this session you'll learn:
“Parables Of Change helped me process the central trauma of my life. That happened. I let it go out of body, and my mind, my spirit, my soul. A major milestone in my life happened as a result of this, and my body is starting to feel a little bit lighter.”
Kyle G.
Entrepreneur & Investor
A celebration of your journey to bring a story into form and sharing it with the world
Guidance on where to take your story from here and how to keep up momentum
A synthesis of your learnings and toolkit to use for every story for the rest of your life
Ashes & Flame - cycles of fiery creation and deep rest + how to take on your next story
Plus so much more!
Your access to a group of remarkable alumni storytelling peers of Parables Of Change
Final Session
Parables Of Change
In this session you'll learn:
“The ripple effects for me have been seeing myself as somebody in flight with a long horizon to explore and the ability to fly tirelessly and effortlessly. That inward ripple effect is really significant.”
Luisamaria R.
Wealth Manager
Parables Of Change has helped soulful leaders
deepen their impact on the world
Hear the stories of Parables alums who continue to take their storytelling to the next level
Chief Beverly C.
Annie C.
Luisamaria R.
Julia M.
Pillars of Communities
Village-keepers gain clarity of purpose and power of voice to support those they love while tending to themselves
Visionary Leaders
Parables Of Change empowers leaders with mastery of storytelling to communicate with power and hold sacred attention
Aspiring Authors
Parables provides the toolkit, creative structure and spiritual framework leap toward bringing your book into form
Is Parables Of Change right for me?
Parables Of Change is for soulful leaders who are called to raise their voice, share their story, and shape a better world.

If your story has been knocking at your heart and will not let you go, know it is for a reason. Someone is longing for the wisdom you have gained. Step toward your purpose. It's time to raise your voice.

YES, Parables Of Change works for...
Who Teaches Parables Of Change?
Parables Of Change is led by David Alder, author of the viral graphic novel We Will Call It Pala and founder of HANA, a school for spiritual voices. Tim Ferriss described David's work as "required reading" for the psychedelic field. He is on a mission to uplift a new generation of soulful leaders who wield power, wisdom, and compassion to make a better world.
What you'll learn in Parables Of Change is based on a lifetime of spiritual study and storytelling craft. Train with the teacher who will personally guide you through a proven method to grow your power and tell the story you were born to share.
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The next cohort begins Wednesday, February 18th, 2026.
The next cohort begins Wednesday, February 18th, 2026.
Are you ready to answer the call?
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"Now I’m writing my book. I enjoy the process.
I’m eager to sit down and do more.”
-Dan, Parables alum, Multi-exit Founder
Visionary leaders are transforming their power through Parables Of Change.

Are you ready to be one of them?
Visionary leaders are transforming their power through Parables Of Change.

Are you ready to be one of them?
Course Schedule
Parables Of Change runs
February 18th - April 22nd, 2026
Primary Call: Wednesdays, 2-4pm Eastern, Zoom
Week Nine participants will host their Story Banquets, a culminating event - there are no group calls this week
Office Hours: Mondays 7-8pm, Thursdays 12-1pm, Fridays 2-3pm
Hear Chief Beverly Cook's story
Course Design
Week-By-Week Review
Parables Of Change takes place with live calls over Zoom
Two-hour weekly Zoom call for teaching and group workshops
Bonus lessons and workshop sessions available to participants
Optional small-group office hours each week
A living library of tools for using stories for personal transformation
An all-students Signal thread for ongoing communications
Applying principles of ceremony to a writing process to achieve transformation
Learning techniques to cultivate an open channel for power, clarity, and discernment
Designing the conditions that make writing a success from the moment you begin
Three practices that will radically increase the potency of a creative process
Plus so much more!
A crucial mindset shift that will increase the transformative power of your work
Session One
Into The Narrows
In this session you'll learn:
“I now know that telling my story possible, that I have the capability to do it, and that it’s very meaningful. Now I’m in a place where I’m writing my book, I enjoy the process, and I’m eager to sit down and do more.”
Dan M.
Investor & Coach
Tools for careful listening to the message that wants to come through now
A crucial mindset shift that lets you birth great work in the midst of your busy life
A single habit that will transform your approach to harvesting your stories
The role of a gifted peer group in creating a deeper and more enriching creative process
Plus so much more!
A posture of attentive listening that will steeply grow your mastery of craft
Session Two
Swift River
In this session you'll learn:
“My experience with Parables Of Change has been a story of making sense of the world, and making sense of the fact there’s much bigger intelligences than I was ever to understand.”
Julia M.
Nonprofit Executive
Understanding the unique themes your life stories can most powerfully convey
The role of a gifted peer group to help determine the most aliveness in your work
Working with the subtle guidance to find which of your stories are most resonant
Steps to refine your daily writing practice to produce more polished early drafts
Plus so much more!
Tools for wielding stories to bring emotional charge and meaning to ideas
Session Three
A Time Between Worlds
In this session you'll learn:
“My story was about my life and my patterns. That led me on a whole deeper inquiry around my desire for sacred partnership. It will be profoundly different for me going forward after this course. I have contact with what matters most that I wasn’t really aware of before.”
James P.
Fortune 50 Executive Coach
How to write "on the ground" - crafting scenes with moment-to-moment aliveness
An angle of approach - refining the scope of your story by filtering for theme
Reflecting through scenework as a technique for re-authoring the story of your life
Piling clay - studying the patterns of life experience to write with clarity and power
Plus so much more!
Tethers to audience - how to understand and write to who your story is meant to reach
Session Four
The Lake Of Now
In this session you'll learn:
Writing in scenes let me capture and treasure moments in my life and see them as significant within the context of my story. It is such a cathartic way to process the meaningful moments of my life."
Isabel A.
Political Consultant
Proven tips for seeing your story process through to a point of completion and impact
Limiting your scope and staying focused to manage burnout and land the plane
Understanding the role of stacking "energetic returns" throughout a creation cycle
Amplifying the power of your writing ritual through the technique of Open/Close
Plus so much more!
A technique for elevating your creative process through specific peer feedback
Session Five
Flowing Through Valleys
In this session you'll learn:
“I’ve had flashes where I’ve had what I consider a quintessential Parables moment - feeling the magnitude of your own story and why it’s so important to write it, and why it’s so meaningful beyond making meaning of your own experience - why it matters to the world.”
Eve B.
Spiritual Teacher
Six tips for editing to elevate the crispness and enchantment of your work
Working with pulse points and brackets to keep your writing focused and on track
Using "on the ground" writing to pace your story and earn transcendent moments
Delivering on your first round of public witness, and using live energy fields to refine your work
Plus so much more!
Continued study of the elements of a story that carry the most resonance and attention
Session Six
Charting By Star
In this session you'll learn:
“I’d written a lot about my experience. After Parables Of Change, I finally understand what I learned from it. This changed everything. I finally got to say the truth, which there is a level of self-awareness and gratitude I have that wouldn't be there if I had not suffered in the ways I did.”
Patrice W.
Consultant & Strategist
Fine-point editing to enchant a story without undergoing major revision
Principles of composition: crafting scenes, setups and closures into a story that sings
Proven tools for working through the "Valley of Doubt" to see your story process through
A ritual practice to strengthen your commitments to yourself and your story
Plus so much more!
How to prepare yourself to the next major step of your storytelling journey
Session Seven
Touching Land
In this session you'll learn:
“You get to a point where you have no choice except to go ahead with it, you take a deep breath and barrel in and do what you have to do to get it done. You get your mind right to go through with it, and you do it afraid. This has shed a lot of layers. All of this is a surrender to a higher purpose.”
Beverly C.
Tribal Chief
Turning to the next ceremony: preparing for the moment when your story lives
The elements of the story banquet: sacred hospitality & preparing for your feast
Understanding the role of the story banquet as a capstone of a creative process
Elementary spellcasting - using prayer cards to manifest a major moment in your life
Plus so much more!
Final notes on creative process, storytelling craft, and the art of editing your work
Session Eight
Water Of Life
In this session you'll learn:
“Parables Of Change helped me process the central trauma of my life. That happened. I let it go out of body, and my mind, my spirit, my soul. A major milestone in my life happened as a result of this, and my body is starting to feel a little bit lighter.”
Kyle G.
Entrepreneur & Investor
A celebration of your journey to bring a story into form and sharing it with the world
Guidance on where to take your story from here and how to keep up momentum
A synthesis of your learnings and toolkit to use for every story for the rest of your life
Ashes & Flame - cycles of fiery creation and deep rest + how to take on your next story
Plus so much more!
Your access to a group of remarkable alumni storytelling peers of Parables Of Change
Final Session
Parables Of Change
In this session you'll learn:
“The ripple effects for me have been seeing myself as somebody in flight with a long horizon to explore and the ability to fly tirelessly and effortlessly. That inward ripple effect is really significant.”
Luisamaria R.
Wealth Manager
Here's everything you're getting:
Your investment: only $1,450
Stacking Change
The Parables Of Change course, taught live by David Alder
A community of brilliant, driven storytelling peers
A spiritual framework for growing your power
A living library of tools for using stories for personal transformation
Tools to create time and time again
Access to advanced Parables courses and exclusive retreats
Your story, filled with meaning, honed with craft, ready for the world
Parables Info Sessions
We're thrilled to hear of you're interested in the upcoming cohort of Parables Of Change. The cohort begins February 18th. Prior to the launch, HANA will hold two info sessions: Wednesdays both at 2pm Eastern, January 21st, February 11th 2026.
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