Ágota Ábrán has started a wonderful project called The Story Alchemy, and it’s an inspired, beautiful, and valuable idea. I’m currently journeying with her through the story of my life so far, and it’s fascinating how, at each meeting, I’m transported into different stages of my life — I remember things, I gain new insights about what I’ve lived. I am deeply grateful for the entire experience with her; Ágota is a warm, radiant person, a talented anthropologist who creates a story-space where I feel safe and supported to share, and she gently guides me through the process. Take a look at her website — she offers different types of experiences related to our stories, whether it’s your life story, an important moment in your life, or a family/collective legacy. You can gift yourself this experience or offer it to someone dear to you. Go for it!

Silvana Susoi

Life Story

Preserve the life stories of your elders with care.

For adult children and grandchildren who want a loved one’s life story held properly,
without rushing or improvisation.

Includes

- 7 x 90-minute life-story interview sessions
- Full audio recording of the interviews
- Integration of family photographs and relevant archival materials
- Light editorial shaping
- Collaborative review before finalisation
- A personalised life-story record, designed with space for reflection and future memories (digital and print-ready PDF filea)

Your loved one speaks in their own rhythm; the structure is held throughout.

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from May 2026

€3000,

now only

€1400

“Whenever my uncle came by, he smelled clean, he always had this fresh smell. And after I became very close to him, that’s what I remember most about him: that constant smell of cleanliness. And when he started working in the carpentry workshop, he smelled like clean wood, like sawdust. Not like the smell at the sawmill, which I was used to when I worked there. At the sawmill there’s also the smell of wood, of sawdust, but it’s mixed with the smell of gasoline. I like both of those. I really like the smell of gasoline, and the smell of wood too, and they go well together, they smell really good. That was my smell when I worked at the sawmill, and I like that smell. But with him, it was only clean. Just wood. He didn’t work with gasoline at all, there was nothing like that there. He didn’t have any combustion engines, nothing like that. He only had electric tools. Just that. An electric circular saw, and all the tools he had were electric.”

telling the story of a loved one, translated from Romanian

Chapter Story

Preserve your parent's or grandparent's voice telling a story,
without committing to a larger project

Includes

• 1 x 90-minute life-story interview session

• No transcription, no finished record, no photos or archival material,
  just the full audio recording of the interview

€ 60

Legacy Story

A custom story-recording package for families, communities, or businesses
to capture their history, purpose, and shared values.

Includes

• Guided interview sessions with multiple participants

• Full audio recordings

• Integration of photographs and relevant archival material

• Editorial shaping for clarity, coherence, and continuity across voices

• Collaborative review before finalisation

• Custom-designed community-record (digital and print-ready PDF files)

starting at

€ 3000