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Episode 16: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone...Where the Magic Happens.
Category: Arts
Duration: 01:15:00
Publish Date: 2016-06-30 09:06:27
Description: This episode explores the different zones we live in: comfort zone, stretch zone and panic zone. Allison talks about her experience at dinner with new friends and how she complained the entire night. She realizes she ventured too far into her stretch zone and panicked. Misha Mehrel tells his story on the stage at Lip Service, a live storytelling event in Miami. The story is about his hairy ass. The story was written in his very first writing class in response to a prompt. Misha worked on the story for the stage. Misha knew he had to reveal something difficult in that first class in order to feel comfortable writing about any other intimate situations. Our teacher, Andrea Askowitz, tells her story about wanting to give birth to her first child on stage. She realizes that she’s not as comfortable as she thought having people witness her in such an intimate moment. In fact, she’s extremely uncomfortable with people watching her give birth. A new student in the class, Karen Collazo, reveals her struggle with drug addiction. For Karen, staying in her comfort zone is dangerous. She has taken over our Writing Class Radio blog for the next 90 days. Follow Karen on our website. The prompt for this episode: Tell us about a time you ventured too deep into your stretch zone and panicked? Time yourself for ten minutes, then record your story and email to info@writingclassradio.com. There’s more writing class on www.writingclassradio.com. Writing Class Radio is recorded at the University of Miami School of Communication. This episode is produced by Misha Mehrel, Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz with editorial help from Chaplin Tyler. Theme music by Adriel Borshansky (https://www.facebook.com/adriel.borshansky). Additional music by Misha Mehrel (http://www.mishamehrel.com/)and Ari Herstand (http://ariherstand.com/). Check out all our musicians on our website. Study the stories we study. Listen to our craft-talks. And don’t forget to follow Karen on our blog. There’s no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What’s yours? For anyone interested in Seeds of Peace, you can find them at http://www.seedsofpeace.org/ Misha is hosting a fundraiser called Bridges to Peace Walk on July 23, 2016. You can find that info on our facebook page.
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