Physical Empowerment rather than Impediment, through Acting

I am so honored to have serendipitously met Robyn Hussa and for her to be producing our Peer Gynt Project. This theatre project came out of my artistic and personal relationship with Neil Hancock, a talented actor from Stratford, England, whom I met when studying Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. [...]

Celebrate Inner Beauty Through Arts

              It happens once a year… This year in New York City … for the first time, featuring live spoken word poetry by the brilliant Caroline Rothstein… Men and women alike come together to “celebrate inner beauty through the arts” … RESERVE YOUR TICKET HERE! Sponsored by Veritas Collaborative, “INSIDE [...]

Finding more of my voice through song

Graciously re-posted from Gurze Publications: Returned a few weeks ago from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) conference in South Carolina where I had the honor of presenting with Robyn Hussa and Jenni Schaefer. It was truly a “mountain-top” experience for me. One of our goals was to be sure to give the [...]

4 Keys To Improving Your Body Image

Graciously re-posted from Gurze Publications Whether we are in grade school, high school, college — or beyond — we can benefit from increasing our body esteem.  We know that negative body image contributes directly to an array of issues, to overall dissatisfaction and unhappiness, but also it is important to see that our bodies also [...]

Fat is the New Skinny

Are you one of those rare people who can see past the physical and recognize one’s inner beauty? Honestly? The other day I was searching the internet for real life “Beauty and the Beast” stories and came across the following: “When I was in high school-there was this gal–her name was Trudy Nussbaum–her father was [...]

Therapy vs. Therapeutic (Art)

There is a distinct difference between therapy and therapeutic arts. Art can be healing, art can be cathartic, art can deeply reinvigorate a wounded and traumatized spirit, but art cannot single-handedly eliminate trauma or eradicate its scars. That, is the work of treatment, rehabilitation, and help. Therapy can be an artist’s most sacred tool, most [...]

Baking Therapy

When I started my blog in February 2011 I was desperate for a new creative outlet. Being an actor in NYC, I often felt like I wasn’t really able to use the artist side of myself. So, I thought that creating something- anything would help. I wanted to wake up in the mornings and make [...]

Bullying Tackled Through Music

We are Time for Three and this is our story.   “this is our story — the story of so many kids who every day face challenges to who they are and who they want to be: their dreams, their ambitions, their identity. This video is for you guys. Be strong.  Stick with it. We [...]

Power of the P-ssy

“You will begin to touch heaven in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed is being there.”  Richard Bach It was late at [...]

No Belts For No Bullying.

Today, on our first belt ceremony day, no new belts were given out at the dojo. Instead an impromptu protest was staged and we have declared our dojo to be a “bully free zone”.  And we mean it. After a rash of dressing room events over the last few months– from the mysterious disappearance of [...]

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