Burning Soul Collective

A collective of raw and courageous storytellers changing
the world one soulful story at a time.

Inside each of us lives a story waiting to break free—raw, real, and alive with truth. No masks. No filters. Just souls brave enough to share what shaped them, changed them, brought them to this moment.

We're here to honor the whole journey: the victories that made your heart soar, the struggles that carved wisdom into your bones, and those quiet moments when everything shifted. This is a space where we don't hide our scars or soften our edges. Because when we share our truth—in all its beautiful, messy glory—something magical happens. We create the kind of soul-deep connections that remind us why our stories matter.

In 2025, Burning Soul Press will be capturing and sharing stories from those in the Burning Soul Collective—raw and courageous storytellers changing the world with their soulful stories. We will no longer be displaying books, but individual stories providing inspiration, empowerment, help, and hope for us all.

Join the Burning Soul Collective

  1. Share Your Journey
    Let us capture the moments that made you who you are. Your story could be the whisper of hope someone's waiting to hear. Have your story professionally written and shared on our website, socials, and possibly an anthology book. Start by filling out the form below.

  2. Support Our Mission
    Help us gather the stories that need to be told. Your gift keeps powerful voices and stories from fading into silence.

  3. Join the App Membership
    [Coming Spring 2025]
    Join our upcoming app for guided storytelling to capture and share your story. Transform your life experiences into something lasting through daily prompts, proven programs, and heart-led guidance. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram (@burningsoulpress) to be notified when the app is released.

Interested in Having Your Story Written & Shared?


We believe our hardest moments often hold our most powerful stories. We're gathering real experiences of transformation, hope, and unexpected purpose:

For 2025, we’re focused on the following types of stories:

From Pain to Purpose
Have you turned your deepest struggle into something that now helps others? We want to hear from those who've built businesses or nonprofits born directly from their personal challenges—where your past path now lights the way for others.

Against All Odds
Stories of healing and medical miracles that defy explanation. When hope seemed lost but something—prayer, faith, words spoken over you, etc—held you steady, leading to recoveries that left even the doctors in awe.

Found Again
You know what it's like to question, to search, to break free from empty religious routines. Whether you explored other paths before finding Christ, or had to unlearn "church" to discover genuine relationship with God—yours is a story of finding authentic faith.

Experiencing Heaven on Earth
You've glimpsed heaven's touch—through the passing of loved ones, supernatural encounters, or moments when the veil felt thin. Heaven became tangible.

Restored Relationships
You've seen God rebuild what seemed forever broken. Those relationships everyone said were too far gone? They're now testimonies of forgiveness, reconciliation, and His ability to heal the deepest wounds between people.

When God Says Jump
That moment He asked you to step out without a safety net. Maybe it was leaving your career, starting something new, or making a change that made no sense on paper—but God proved faithful anyway.

Share your story with us. If selected, it will be professionally written and featured on our website, with some chosen for our upcoming book collection. Your experience could be exactly what someone else needs to hear today.

The Process
Once selected, you'll have a focused 30-minute interview with Lauren Eckhardt, either in person or via Zoom, to capture the heart of your experience. You'll sign a simple agreement allowing us to share your story and photo across our platforms and potentially in future books.

Lauren will craft your story into a powerful narrative, which you'll review and approve before it goes live. Then your journey joins our collection of powerful stories bringing hope to others who need it most.

About Lauren Eckhardt

Lauren Eckhardt doesn't just write stories—she unearths the truths that change lives. As an award-winning, bestselling author and ghostwriter, she has an extraordinary gift that's becoming increasingly rare: the ability to truly listen beyond the words, hearing the profound story waiting to be told. Her uncanny ability to capture an author's voice is so authentic that readers feel they're experiencing the journey firsthand.

As the heart behind Burning Soul Press, Lauren creates a sanctuary where untold stories transform into powerful legacies. She has an intuitive genius for asking the questions that break open closed doors within people's hearts, helping them discover beauty in their darkest moments and purpose in their deepest pain. This gift for drawing out raw truth and crafting it into hope has made her one of the most sought-after storytellers for people ready to share their journey.

What sets Lauren apart is how she illuminates God's fingerprints through every story she touches. Her faith-centered approach has evolved Burning Soul Press into a movement where personal testimonies break chains and change lives.

The stories Lauren nurtures ripple far beyond the page. Authors discover their voice has more power than they ever imagined, as Lauren helps them craft their experiences into bridges of hope that unite people worldwide. In a world starving for authentic connection, Lauren Eckhardt is helping build a legacy of stories that reveal how God works through our lives to heal, inspire, and bring us closer together.

Every day, remarkable stories slip away untold. Stories of triumph, resilience, and quiet courage that could touch countless lives—if only they were shared. With your support, we can ensure these stories aren't lost.

Since we aren’t charging for the writing and sharing of these stories, your donation helps us travel to communities across the country, sit with people face-to-face, and give their experiences the time and care they deserve. Each story we capture takes roughly 10 hours to interview, write, and polish, costing about $500 in time alone. Your contribution, whether $5 or $500, helps us preserve these powerful moments of human experience for generations to come.

Support us in our mission to show that every life holds wisdom worth sharing, every journey holds lessons worth preserving, and every story has the power to change someone's world.

Help Us Capture Stories That Matter

Donation Terms & Understanding

By making a donation to Burning Soul Press, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms:

Burning Soul Press is a for-profit business, not a charitable organization or nonprofit entity. Therefore, donations made to Burning Soul Press are not tax-deductible.

Your donation supports our mission of collecting and sharing life stories, specifically covering interview time, writing time, and potential travel expenses. While a typical donation of $500 reflects the base cost of interviewing and writing one story (excluding travel), we welcome and appreciate donations of any amount.

Please understand that making a donation does not influence or guarantee inclusion in any of our books or publications. Story selection is based solely on editorial decisions and project fit.

By proceeding with your donation, you confirm that you understand these terms and are making this contribution voluntarily to support our storytelling mission. All donations are final and non-refundable.

Thank you for supporting our work of bringing meaningful stories to light.

Become a Collective Storyteller

  • Kenneth Nixon, Jr. - Award Winning Author

    “I am so grateful to have had the pleasure of working with Burning Soul Collective on my memoir. They took the time to understand and appreciate my story, as well as how I wanted it to sound. Their feedback was always honest yet professional, providing me with valuable advice that I could use to make my work even better. They gave me the ability to find clarity and purpose within my writing, as well as helped me hone my narrative voice and structure. Lauren’s editing skills and one on one coaching conversations have been nothing short of amazing. She helped me to develop my book in ways that I hadn’t even considered – her guidance and input were invaluable. She managed to show me a whole new outlook. Lauren has become like family to me, so she is stuck with me lol. I’m so grateful for the help she has given me with my book.”

  • Gina Defa, Award Winning Author

    “Lauren Eckhardt and Burning Soul Press made the journey of writing my memoir possible. She is a wonderful coach and encourager. The hundreds of hours we’ve spent crying and laughing together over the past year will always be some of my favorite memories.”

  • Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon, Best-Selling Author

    “As I look back I see so much I would never have thought of doing, and so much I would not have known how to do, were I publishing this book independently. I am extremely grateful that Lauren Eckhardt came into my life when and as she did, and helped me to feel the confidence that I could and should share this book with others. When a publisher can be businesslike and still leave no doubt that you are also a friend, you know you are in the right place. And I have been floored by the advocacy and support I have received from each one of Lauren’s team.”

  • Jennifer Hobbs, Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author

    “I’ve never felt so supported and taken care of in going all in chasing my dreams. Every single member of the Burning Soul Press team has made an impact. I want to thank Burning Soul Press for the support in helping me find avenues to reach out with this message. I appreciate you all very much.”

  • Dr. Susan Maples

    “I owe a lot to my book coach (and publisher) Lauren Eckhardt, CEO of Burning Soul Press! I love writing but it’s hard to see your own flaws as you go.  It was nice not having to worry about that. Burning Soul Press gave me line editing, book design and more line editing. Lauren and my other editors helped me prioritize what should be highlighted.”

  • Liz Witherspoon

    “Lauren and her team are helpful, knowledgeable and passionate about supporting writers to reach their goals and succeed. Lauren teaches the tools and skills to support your writing journey in a natural, accessible and truly inspiring way! Through the course, I made the necessary changes and recommitted to the book that I’ve been ‘thinking about’ and ‘dabbling with’ writing for a decade now – I feel confident that I’ll finish my book (and possibly many more) with the inspiration, support, accountability and structure that Lauren and her team at Burning Soul Press offer. I was so impressed by Lauren’s passion, which shines through her eyes and everything she says.”

  • Treavor Creaman

    “With this being my first venture as an author, I was 100% that person who would have questions popping up from other questions. This would have left me overwhelmed and possibly even caused me to quit. Thankfully Lauren and Burning Soul were there to guide me quickly and with all the help and resources I needed to stay on track.”