Interview with actress Julia Cho: I am forging my own path
December 20, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Bullying, Creative Art, Dance, Empowerment, Exercise, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Wellness, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I am an actor, an American-born child of Korean immigrant parents, and a native of Los Angeles. I am also a founding member of Artists at Play, a theatre-producing collective based in L.A. that presents work by Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists. Can you […]
Interview with MTV Awkward Actress, Mahaley Manning: Happiness comes from within
November 18, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Creative Art, Featured, Role Models, Theatre, Volunteering
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Mahaley Manning has worked in Film and Television for almost a decade. Her credits include Screen Gems’ Easy A, NBC’s Our Show, Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush, ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager and MTV’s Awkward. She can be seen in the upcoming CBS FIlms’ movie The D.U.F.F., coming to theaters in 2015. Mahaley recently co-founded MaHolland Productions, […]
Comic Book Writer, Pat Shand, Says Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Story
November 7, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Creative Art, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, Role Models
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I’m a writer primarily known for my work in the comic book industry. I currently write Robyn Hood, Grimm Fairy Tales, and Charmed: Season Ten monthly. I also work as a playwright, producer, screenwriter, and college professor. I hope to add novelist to that list soon, […]
An Exclusive Interview with Feminist Patricia Leavy about Receiving a National Creativity Award
October 8, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Art Therapy, Body Image, Creative Art, Depression, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Mindfulness, Parents, Politics, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Patricia Leavy, Ph.D. is an independent scholar and novelist (formerly Associate Professor of Sociology, Founding Director of Gender Studies and Chairperson of Sociology & Criminology at Stonehill College). She has published sixteen books including the best-sellers Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice (Guilford Press, 2009, 2015) and novels American Circumstance (Sense Publishers, 2013) and Low-Fat […]
Interview: “In Parallel” With Actress and Filmmaker Sarah Lynn Dawson
September 1, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Creative Art, Featured, Film, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Role Models, Self Esteem, Theatre
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I’m a British actress and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Can you tell us a bit about any upcoming projects or events that you are working on? I have just finished writing a feature called ‘In Parallel’ which looks at two different Universes. This is based […]
Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2014 “I’m a Model and I’m Not Popular”
August 8, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Creative Art, Empowerment, Featured, Role Models, Self-Acceptance
We met up with Megan Ducharm, Miss Kentucky Teen, for a #RealDeal interview. It pisses me off that I have to be famous or naked to get noticed. Famous is unrealistic and naked won’t happen unless someone bribes me with an ever-regenerating Michelin Man made of sprinkled donuts. And no one would even want to see […]
Meet Actress, Dancer and Model Sam Aotaki
August 7, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Creative Art, Dance, Featured, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem, Yoga and Meditation
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? Hi! i am Sam Aotaki, I am currently 20 years old and I’m an actress, model and dancer Can you tell us a bit about any upcoming projects that you are working on? i have a couple music videos coming, I am actually directing one myself, […]
#RealDeal Catches Up With Eric Hennig
June 23, 2014 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Creative Art, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Featured, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Writing and Poetry
We caught up with Eric Hennig, actor and artist, who shared his thoughts on stress-management, beauty and … body image. ~Robyn Hussa Farrell, Editor #RealDeal Eric, can you tell us a bit about who you are / what you do and what got you interested in working in the arts / entertainment industry? What was […]
Finding the Artist within: Art Therapy and Eating Disorders
January 20, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Art Therapy, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Creative Art, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry
Art Therapy has been a powerful and effective coping skill that the eating disorder community has embraced for decades. Art therapy helps and challenges a person to create and to reflect on the process of the art making experience and the art work they create. This process is powerful especially for someone who is suffering […]
Feminist Scholar Blurs the Arts and Sciences: An Intimate Conversation
July 17, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Art Therapy, Creative Art, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Wellness
*This interview of Dr. Patricia Leavy was originally prepared for publication in the now defunct arts e-zine, HerCircle* I interviewed scholar and novelist Patricia Leavy for an UpClose Interview featured in February 2012 HerCircle E-Zine, about her passion for blurring the arts and sciences. Since that interview Leavy has gone from being a professor to […]
