About Untangled narrative:

When You Know Something Needs to Shift

Maybe you’re here because something feels off. You’re tired, stuck, or unsure what’s next. Maybe things are going fine, but a deeper sense of clarity or alignment is available; if you’d just slow down and take a closer look. Or maybe you’re growing fast and want a steadier grip on your own story as it unfolds.

Untangled Narrative is a place to pause, reflect, and trace the deeper story underneath your choices, habits, and hopes.

You don’t have to know what’s wrong. You only need to be willing to get curious.

What We Do

Untangled Narrative helps people untangle the internal knots that keep them from moving forward. We do that through coaching, conversation, tools, and community. Not as a quick fix, but as a steady practice of noticing what’s happening beneath the surface, and choosing how to respond.

Narrative isn’t decoration. It’s wiring. When you trace the story, you uncover what’s driving you.

Why It Exists

This began as a one-person coaching practice. Jim Karwisch spent years helping people close the gap between their actions and what they said they wanted. Over time, the work grew, and starting in 2025, it will offer a community membership and a growing ecosystem of tools and conversations.

Everything here is for people who want to move forward, but first want to understand what’s kept them spinning.

What You’ll Find

  • Coaching that doesn’t promise transformation. It helps you build it.
  • A membership that isn’t about passive content. It’s a space for real practice.
  • Your Narrative Wayfinder is a database that doesn’t offer answers. It helps you ask better questions.
  • Workshops and events where people don’t posture. They show up real, curious, and ready to work.

How This Is Different

We’re not selling hype. We’re not offering one-size-fits-all. And we’re not pretending that you’ll change your life in a weekend.

We believe in tension, but not for its own sake. We believe in structure. We believe in story. And we help you work with what’s real.

This is for people who are done with surface-level advice. Those who want to understand what’s really happening inside, so they can move forward with more intention.

From Jim

I started Untangled Narrative because I needed it myself. I was trying to lead, connect, and grow, but underneath it all was a story I hadn’t named, let alone examined. Once I started untangling it, things got clearer, more effective, and easier to reproduce, making all the difference.

This work isn’t about finding one true path. It’s about making sense of the one you’re on, so you can choose your next step with more intention.

I’ve coached individuals, teams, and leaders for over a decade. Improv, systems thinking, and narrative design are part of what I bring. But what matters most is this: I’m not here as a guru. I’m here as a guide. You set the direction. I help you trace the threads.

Jim Karwisch
Founder, Untangled Narrative

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