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author: Arlene Seiden Leshtz
description: I am the mother of four grown children and a grandmother of seven. With a professional acting background, I now find acting a bit too stressful (those senior moments, you know! I cant always remember what I had for lunch!) So for sure I wouldnt be able to remember my lines anymore. Instead I have written plays and now I have written my first book, a slightly fictionalized Memoir because I also cant remember everything about my life! . Married for 23 years, then, suddenly a widow at age 44, with little money and needing to earn what I had always called a mans living! I went back to college where I got a degree in Psychology. Half way through a Masters Degree in Guidance and Counseling, I began working at a hospital as a Neuro-Psychology technician, and then became a Biofeedback Therapist, and later a Senior Research Assistant on a four year Stroke Study. My specialties were Recovery from Loss, Stress Management and Relaxation Training. I continue to work now, even as a very senior citizen. I do volunteer work and also have a private practice, mostly seeing cancer patients, their families and other clients with mental health issues. I am grateful to be a two time cancer survivor. One of my favorite games as a child was Hide and Seek but, I never wanted to be found. I also never would have chosen some of my life experiences. However, because somewhat like the game of hide and seek, I felt lost but I got found and my life has been richer because of some of those more difficult experiences. I continue to study my craft. I am a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists; I am a member of Off Campus Writers Workshops, and attend many lectures and other classes to learn and improve my writing skills. However, I simply write and write and write. I once asked if I could call myself a writer even if I wasnt published yet. The teacher asked me, do you write? Oh, yes, a lot, I answered. Then you are a writer, she said. I found my passion and it is writing!
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