​Leah Lax is: A word person. A people person. One of those creative sorts who has to try to walk around as an ostensibly rational person. (The pandemic has eased that problem.) A secret cellist. And a collaborator, perhaps because she thinks in terms of music she isn’t very good at making herself. Leah is also a refugee from extreme religion, who has seven grown kids. Leah’s memoir Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home is the only gay memoir ever to come out of the Hasidic world. It was on many “best of” lists, Susan Sarandon read it on NPR, and it is soon to be an opera by Grammy-nominated Lori Laitman.
Leah’s next book is Not From Here, about how she rediscovered America through stories told her by immigrants and refugees, and why that matters. Leah has written four major projects based on interviews with interesting people: a touring photo exhibit, a large scale opera (Houston Grand Opera), a spoken word performance piece (the Houston Symphony), and her book Not From Here.

Twitter: @LeahLax
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Leah's Website: LeahLaxAuthor.com

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Kaitlyn Barrett  and Cathleen Falsani are co-hosts of the Artist Care and Feeding Podcast.

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Dr. Angelica McCarthy, DAT, LAT, ATC (she/her/hers) is a Doctor of Athletic
Training, specializing in performing arts medicine. Her purpose is to guide
people in awareness and understanding of their bodies, through a holistic-based approach, to support longevity of health and well-being, movement, and life.
Her philosophy is to treat the whole person— mind, body, and soul—to get to
the root of the problem and focus on the solution through health and well-being
promotion and education, injury prevention, functional movement, and performance enhancement.

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Seth F. Barker is an AEA Stage Manager, certified Whole Person Coach,  and a certified Chopra Ayurvedic Lifestyle Educator. He works with entertainment industry professionals to honor all aspects of their lives "on and off" stage, to help them create personal transformation and healthy, sustainable lifestyles.

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www.BehindTheScenesCoaching.com

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