Virtual Programs
During unique times like these, it is important to take extra time to take care of ourselves. Amy is providing virtual programs, workshops, performances and speaking to provide hope, help, healing and even humor, to help people of all ages adapt to current events. All workshops, (see here) books, and talks are now available in a digital format.
Social Distancing doesn’t need to be lonely or stressful!
LoveMyDetour Programming: Mental Health, Resilience and PTSD Awareness
LoveMyDetour Five Modules for Resiliency are adapted to a series of Zoom webinars and interactive discussions. Learn more about Amy’s virtual mental health programs for students. As the SMART Recovery Project Coordinator for the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization (RBHAO), Amy has compiled a list of online resources for teens and young adults on coping during COVID which she shares in her Zoom three-component keynote speech, discussion, and Q & A.
Also watch Amy’s interview on healthy PTSD coping skills.
Creative Workshops
Amy is leading private coaching for creative entrepreneurship, online group art workshops, and zoom webinars on creating your own walking practice in her weekly group, Step Into Joy. Request an “Art-Making for Resilience for 2020 & Beyond” workshop based on her upcoming creative workbook, “Creativity and Gratitude: Exercises and Inspiration for a Year of Art, Hope, and Healing”
Read Amy’s Huffington Post article on the benefits of creativity.
Live-Streamed Performances
Amy is live-streaming her performances, concerts, plays, and her one-woman musicals Gutless & Grateful & Passageways to schools, organizations, theatres, and other virtual events. All performances are followed by a talkback, audience discussion, and Q & A.
See Amy’s talk with her musical, Gutless & Grateful here.
Author Discussions and Book Talks
Interactive author talks with Amy on her CT Press Club award-winning memoir, “My Beautiful Detour” are available in virtual formats, as well as book clubs zoomed into your own space! See upcoming talks on her event calendar and stay tuned for the audiobook.
Also view Amy’s interview on WTNH-8 on her book.
Creativity Connects: Healing Our Planet through the Arts for Climate-Friendly World
Climate change affects all of us, and the crises may feel overwhelming. But through creativity, we can all make a difference with small daily actions. In this workshop, Amy shares 5 creative tools that anyone can use to raise awareness for healing our planet, build communities that value sustainability, and find strength in our diversity to preserve our natural ecosystems. Learn how art can engage us, help us process the feelings that may come with our uncertain future, and take action in climate change. Become an environmental activist today - you'll be surprised by the changes you are capable of creating through the arts - no art experience required, just a desire to reconnect and preserve our planet!
Step Into Joy! Create Your Own Walking Practice For connection, resilience, and discovery
Cultivate your own creative walking practice, using the "Four Skills to Resilience" to navigate any uncertain Detours that may be ahead, and walk away with empowering strategies to use the act of walking as a way to connect with ourselves, build community, and heal our natural environment.
Active Hope in COVID: Protecting Our Mental Wellness, Physical Health and Our Future
You’re not alone in wanting to wake up in an age far beyond this pandemic. Now, we are facing a new year, one of renewed, but solemn hope. This is our opportunity to move forward toward a world of increased justice and renewal. Yet we still must face and overcome many obstacles, and we all carry wounds and scars. To bring about positive change, we must first be able to imagine it. In this talk and interactive virtual program, you’ll engage in discussions on conflicts you may feel at this time, internally and externally. How should we behave in the midst of COVID? How do we protect our bodies, minds, spirits and own true selves at a time where we may feel ethically or morally conflicted? Learn more here.
Interested in learning more about virtual programs? Send Amy a note.
Read Amy’s article on the importance of presence for self-care and compassionate healing from sexual assault.
See more of Amy’s art, and send a note to to learn more about her virtual creativity self-care programs!
Read Amy’s American Teen Magazine Feature or Starting College at 25