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Amy Oestreicher

Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for Huffington Post, speaker for TEDx and RAINN, health advocate, survivor, award-winning actress, and playwright. She works individually with her innovative creativity coaching, business, speaking, and social media courses. As creator of her one-woman musical Gutless & Grateful , the #LoveMyDetour Campaign, which was the subject of her TEDx Talk, she's currently touring theatres nationwide, along with a program combining mental health advocacy, sexual assault awareness and Broadway Theatre for college campuses and international conferences. Subscribe to her newsletter for updates and free excerpts from her upcoming book, My Beautiful Detour, available December 2017. Get your free creativity e-book at amyoes.com/create and a free guide to getting a TEDx Talk at amyoes.com/discover.

The Jewish Plays Project Discusses Their Radical Approach To Theater

July 12, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

The Jewish Plays Project deals with the changing reality of what it means to be Jewish in America.

The Storytelling Showcase That Profiles The Longing Of Immigrants

June 14, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

Attending the Immigrants & Exile: Stories of Nostalgia & Longing Showcase gave Amy an opportunity to reflect on her own family’s immigrant story.

Is Memory More Important Than Facts In Holocaust Research?

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

In researching her grandmother’s past as a Holocaust survivor, Amy discovers a wealth of anecdotes and personal narratives from family members.

How Primo Levi Taught Me To Tell A Story

May 8, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

Primo Levi’s writings about the Holocaust remind us of the power and necessity of sharing our stories.

Dear Usher, You Called Me A Sick Girl, But I Am So Much More

March 8, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

A woman with severe medical conditions feels uncomfortable by the way she is treated by a theater usher.

How I Recovered From The Secret That Almost Killed Me

February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by Amy Oestreicher

Flashbacks of a terrible secret cause a young woman to become critically ill.

Write A Letter To Someone You Don’t Expect Will Ever Write Back

December 21, 2016 by Amy Oestreicher

It felt surreal to connect with a man who I had known in “another world,” a different time, a life where I knew nothing of ostomies, tracheotomies, sutures, and vitals every four hours.

29 Ways To Take A Spiritual Approach To Starting A Business

December 12, 2016 by Amy Oestreicher

With every year of my 29 years on this earth, I’ve learned lessons about what it really takes to make a difference in the world by doing what I love.

Why Breast Cancer Awareness Is For Everyone

October 26, 2016 by Amy Oestreicher

It’s October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But that awareness means so much more than most people realize.

From Patient to Artist: How I Put My Traumas Behind Glass Forever

September 28, 2016 by Amy Oestreicher

Never doubt that you can bounce back eventually. I didn’t believe it until it happened. But art gave me that hope.

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