StoryShift.com.au is where narrative becomes strategy. I’m Terence Priester, a narrative coach based in Australia, helping professionals reframe their career story to move up, move out, or stay and shift without shrinking.
Not every career story is about moving up. Some of us are moving out. Some are staying — but choosing to contribute in new ways.
Wherever you are, something is shifting. The Story you lead with shapes what happens next. It also shapes how others see you, trust you, and make space for your work.
“I realised I wasn’t stuck — I just hadn’t heard myself clearly in a long time.”
This work is not about buzzwords. It is about story, authorship, and clarity.
Real Change starts with Real Language and this self-check helps you name it and decide what to carry forward.
You are not chasing the next title. You want to stay where you are, but contribute with more purpose, agency, and recognition. You want to recalibrate without needing to prove yourself.
You want to operate with more clarity and presence. You are being seen, but not always heard. You are ready to own the next level of your contribution.
You are outgrowing this chapter. It might be a role, a rhythm, or a version of yourself that no longer feels right. You are ready to leave with clarity and start something aligned.
The StoryShift Coaching Series
A 6-session narrative recalibration experience for professionals navigating transition, identity shifts, or unrecognised influence.
Format
1:1 coaching over Teams/Zoom
60 - 90-minute sessions, fortnightly or weekly
Multiple tangible outputs/artefacts generated in each session
Flexible timing and scope for both creative professionals or executives in motion
What You’ll Walk Away With
A clarified story of your recent work that feels true — not polished
A redefined sense of value, voice, and visibility
Tools to speak from clarity, not performance
A strategy to move forward without chasing the wrong things
“This helped me stop trying to prove myself and start naming what I already bring.”
Work With Me
You’re Not ‘Starting Over.’ You’re Starting Differently.
This six-session coaching series helps you translate where you’ve been into clarity, confidence, and forward motion. You’ll leave with tangible tools, reframed language, and strategic artefacts you’ll actually use.
Every journey begins with a free 30 to 45 minute Planning Session — a conversational call where we map your goals, name your current shift, and design a coaching arc that fits.
You might be preparing to move up, move out, or stay where you are — but on your own terms. Wherever you're headed, we begin with story.
Because the story you tell yourself is the one others respond to. And most of us are telling an outdated one.
What I Offer
I work with people in high-stakes, high-capacity roles who are ready to:
Reclaim authorship over how they're seen and heard
Exit a role without abandoning their identity
Stay in place, but no longer perform an outdated version of themselves
We don't start with job titles or surface-level advice. We start with the invisible patterns, stories, and signals that are already shaping your work. Then we recalibrate them — clearly, strategically, and honestly.