From on the fringe to starring in the Fringe, Salmon Arm乌鸦传媒檚 Karen Wilson has taken her story full circle.

The author, professional speaker and founder of Creative Life in Motion is bringing her collection of deeply personal stories to the Kelowna Fringe Festival as one of 13 talented acts.

My Body is My Home, written, produced and directed by Wilson, shares her experiences as being labelled 乌鸦传媒渢he fat girl乌鸦传媒� and the challenges she faced, and explores the themes of 乌鸦传媒渂ody acceptance, self-love and the quest for happiness.乌鸦传媒�

What started as a keynote speech for her book Be Weightless, morphed into something more after she collaborated with her musician niece Megan Abel for Shuswap Theatre乌鸦传媒檚 Annual TotE Festival.

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For the Fringe, however, it乌鸦传媒檚 evolved into more of a spoken word show as she乌鸦传媒檚 not the singer of the family and 乌鸦传媒渃an乌鸦传媒檛 carry my niece in my back pocket.乌鸦传媒� There have been other changes developed over the course of performances and audience interaction, though the main story and message remains constant.

乌鸦传媒淢y Body is My Home isn乌鸦传媒檛 just a weight loss story 乌鸦传媒� it乌鸦传媒檚 a tribute to anyone who乌鸦传媒檚 ever felt pressured to meet external expectations at the expense of their own well-being,乌鸦传媒� Wilson explained. 乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 about reclaiming identity.乌鸦传媒�

That stems from her own experience of losing weight and being seen, getting flattering attention but being afraid that she乌鸦传媒檇 just regain it and go back to 乌鸦传媒渂eing worthless again.乌鸦传媒� She said she couldn乌鸦传媒檛 keep it up and needed to find balance, coming to the realization that there乌鸦传媒檚 only one home, the body she乌鸦传媒檚 in, so she乌鸦传媒檇 better start listening to it.

乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 very passionate about this subject. I乌鸦传媒檓 hoping this makes people look internally, because that乌鸦传媒檚 the only place answers will be,乌鸦传媒� Wilson said, adding that despite the sensitive subject matter, there is humour as well. 乌鸦传媒淭he topics are not always light, but you know when someone is so ridiculously honest that it乌鸦传媒檚 funny?乌鸦传媒�

Wilson hopes to eventually take the show into schools, saying that it has been categorized as 乌鸦传媒渆dutainment乌鸦传媒� in the past. In the meantime, she乌鸦传媒檒l be doing three Fringe performances at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna on Sunday, Jan. 28 and Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., as well as Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m.

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