Art & Culture
The Jewish Plays Project Discusses Their Radical Approach To Theater
The Jewish Plays Project deals with the changing reality of what it means to be Jewish in America.
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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.
Interviews With Wise People Of Today
The Storytelling Showcase That Profiles The Longing Of Immigrants
Attending the Immigrants & Exile: Stories of Nostalgia & Longing Showcase gave Amy an opportunity to reflect on her own family's immigrant story.
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June 14, 2017
Inspiring People
Is Memory More Important Than Facts In Holocaust Research?
In researching her grandmother's past as a Holocaust survivor, Amy discovers a wealth of anecdotes and personal narratives from family members.
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May 30, 2017
Soul Writings
How Primo Levi Taught Me To Tell A Story
Primo Levi's writings about the Holocaust remind us of the power and necessity of sharing our stories.
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May 08, 2017
There's More To You Than You Realize
Dear Usher, You Called Me A Sick Girl, But I Am So Much More
A woman with severe medical conditions feels uncomfortable by the way she is treated by a theater usher.
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March 08, 2017
Compassion for difficulties
How I Recovered From The Secret That Almost Killed Me
Flashbacks of a terrible secret cause a young woman to become critically ill.
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February 14, 2017
Building New Identities
Write A Letter To Someone You Don’t Expect Will Ever Write Back
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...
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December 21, 2016
There's More To You Than You Realize
29 Ways To Take A Spiritual Approach To Starting A Business
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.
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December 12, 2016
Another Way Of Looking At Things
Why Breast Cancer Awareness Is For Everyone
It's October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But that awareness means so much more than most people realize.
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October 26, 2016
There's More To You Than You Realize
From Patient to Artist: How I Put My Traumas Behind Glass Forever
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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