Скачать или смотреть Reweaving loss into memory: our responsibility as survivors | Amy Oestreicher | TEDxFSCJ

As a thirteen-year-old, Amy Oestreicher decided to throw a surprise birthday party for her grandmother, Hannah Stochel. Neighbors and relatives gathered about the kitchen table, but when Hannah arrived, she burst into tears, explaining that her friends were not there to join in—they had all died during the war. Shocked and unsettled, Oestreicher eventually spent years recovering the hidden threads of her grandmother’s life. As a Holocaust survivor, her grandmother was forever haunted by loss, yet she still found the strength to celebrate when times were good. That was the lesson Oestreicher needed to learn to survive trauma in her own life. Each of us, ultimately, has so much to learn from the lives of those we’ve lost, but it is up to us—to learn their stories, and tell their stories, reweaving loss into lasting memory. Sharing the lessons learned from trauma through her writing, original music, mixed media art and performance, Amy Oestreicher is a PTSD specialist, artist, author, writer for the Huffington Post, global speaker, health advocate, survivor, award-winning actress, and playwright. As the creator of “Gutless & Grateful,” her BroadwayWorld-nominated one-woman autobiographical musical, she's toured theatres nationwide and is part of a program combining mental health advocacy, sexual assault awareness and Broadway Theatre for college campuses and international conferences. To celebrate her own “beautiful detour,” Amy created the #LoveMyDetour campaign to help others cope in the face of unexpected events. She has contributed to over 70 notable publications, and her story has appeared on NBC's TODAY, CBS, Cosmopolitan, among others. Learn more: amyoes.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx