I help establish laughter yoga activity programs in substance abuse treatment and recovery centers to help participants manage stress and make healthier lifestyle choices through unconditional laughter. Our science-based approach emphasizes self-empowerment and self-reliance and is responsible for helping participants move away from addictions and toward satisfying lives.

Founder of Laughter Yoga Richmond, a healthy living support tool, we design signature laughter yoga wellness solutions, mental health hacks and workplace initiatives to help individuals and groups manage stress and make healthier lifestyle choices through laughter yoga.Since 2018, our laughter experts have worked with hundreds of organizations and helped over 10,000 participants live healthier, happier and more motivated lives. Our clients include: Hunton Andrews Kurth, Podium RVA, ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation, ChildSavers, SCAN Stop ChildAbuse Now, Parham Doctor's Hospital, MCV School of Nursing, VCU School of Business, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Heartfulness Institute, Richmond Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association, Firehouse Theatre, and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center.To meet our mission we maintain the standards set forth through Laughter Yoga International by Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder and creator of Laughter Yoga and Laughter Yoga University. We provide wellness and team building programs, free social laughter clubs, and educational opportunities throughout the city where participants can meet others who want to laugh, exercise, have fun, and relieve stress and use our social media feeds to announce: leader and teacher trainings, laughter meditation classes, Bollywood laughter dance, laughter flash mobs and other special events sponsored by area laughter yoga professionals.

The author of "The Bohemian Love Diaries," a southern coming-of-age memoir that chronicles what it was like to be raised by 8 artists and 1 teacher and my subsequent history of failed love relationships.

A personal perspectives blogger for Psychology Today, my blog “The Bohemian Love Diaries,” explores “How our quest for the L-word impacts our creative spirit.”

I write/perform/produce personal stories for the stage and television. This includes performing at storytelling festivals, universities, conferences, collaborating with educators and creatives, and advising and consulting to non-profit organizations. Clients include: PBS, TEDx, International Storytelling Center, NETA (The National Educational Telecommunications Association), National Holocaust Museum, Pete Seeger’s Clearwater Festival, and ADEC (The Association for Death Education & Counseling).

I am a frequent emcee, keynote and workshop presenter and was recently featured in the NPR series, “How Artists Make Money.” Topics include: storytelling with core values, corporate storytelling, storytelling and bereavement, commanding the audience and inspiring action through storytelling, the art of business, publicity, press and promotion and creative approaches to identity.RECENT APPEARANCES INCLUDE* National Holocaust Museum * Timpanogos Storytelling Conference* International Storytelling Center* Columbia University
* Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
* National Storytelling Conference
* The Daily Planet
* Virginia Center for Architecture* League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling

Slash Wednesday is a live show for artists who are seeking ways to take their creative careers to the next level. The show airs every first wednesday on the Slash Wednesday Livestream channel and takes place in NYC at UNDER St. Marks Theater. In addition to the live show and monthly MeetuPs and TweetuPs there is a series of 13 ebooks about the art of business for creatives available on the SlashWednesday website.

In 2006 with funding from the NEA, I created a public school curriculum entitled, “Healing Community: Helping Students Come to Terms with Tragedy, Loss and Violence through Storytelling.” Taught to over 50,000 teens, pre-teens and adults to date, the program culminates in a community fundraising event and has helped raise over $100,000 for non profit organizations including bereavement organizations, children's hospitals, churches and schools.