Ep 23: ft. Amy Oestreicher on Creativity as Healing, Life Detours, and Transforming Trauma through Art

Amy Oestreicher is an Audie award-nominated playwright, performer, and multidisciplinary creator. Amy overcame a decade of trauma to become a sought-after PTSD specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, international keynote speaker, RAINN representative, and health advocate. She has given four TEDx Talks on transforming trauma through creativity, and has contributed to NBC’s Today, CBS, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen Magazine, The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, and MSNBC, among others. Her multi-award-winning musical, Gutless & Grateful has been seen in over 200 venues and she has recently published her memoir, My Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful.

In this episode, we go into her story and how creativity and art got her through, how to deal with life detours and the unknown, the importance of sharing your story and taking the proper time to integrate and process contrasted with today's culture of "instant sharing" on social media, and human connection.

Creative Resources Mentioned:

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone

If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Connect with Amy:

www.amyoes.com

www.amyoes.com/shop