From on the fringe to starring in the Fringe, Salmon Arm香蕉视频直播檚 Karen Wilson has taken her story full circle.
The author, professional speaker and founder of Creative Life in Motion is bringing her collection of deeply personal stories to the Kelowna Fringe Festival as one of 13 talented acts.
My Body is My Home, written, produced and directed by Wilson, shares her experiences as being labelled 香蕉视频直播渢he fat girl香蕉视频直播� and the challenges she faced, and explores the themes of 香蕉视频直播渂ody acceptance, self-love and the quest for happiness.香蕉视频直播�
What started as a keynote speech for her book Be Weightless, morphed into something more after she collaborated with her musician niece Megan Abel for Shuswap Theatre香蕉视频直播檚 Annual TotE Festival.
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That stems from her own experience of losing weight and being seen, getting flattering attention but being afraid that she香蕉视频直播檇 just regain it and go back to 香蕉视频直播渂eing worthless again.香蕉视频直播� She said she couldn香蕉视频直播檛 keep it up and needed to find balance, coming to the realization that there香蕉视频直播檚 only one home, the body she香蕉视频直播檚 in, so she香蕉视频直播檇 better start listening to it.
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Wilson hopes to eventually take the show into schools, saying that it has been categorized as 香蕉视频直播渆dutainment香蕉视频直播� in the past. In the meantime, she香蕉视频直播檒l be doing three Fringe performances at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna on Sunday, Jan. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., as well as Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m.
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