Summary: This week, I have a special guest: my friend, actor and author Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Her amazing new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Horrible-Wonderful-Tragicomic-Memoir/dp/1492664103/?tag=chookooloonks-20">Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss</a>, is the story of her heartbreak as she supported and loved her brother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Wittels">famous actor, producer and comedian Harris Wittels</a>, as he battled and eventually succumbed to addiction — all while dealing with grief and heartbreak in her own life. This book is a page-turner, for reasons not the least of which is her astonishing grace throughout the entire ordeal. Stephanie and I are new friends, and as soon as I met her, I knew I had to get her on the show. So please take a listen as Stephanie and I talk about loving someone through pain, resilience and finding meaning through grief, and those charming Dutch porn shops.<br> Links mentioned in this episode:<br> <br> * Stephanie’s book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Horrible-Wonderful-Tragicomic-Memoir/dp/1492664103/?tag=chookooloonks-20">Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss</a><br> * <a href="https://medium.com/@stephaniewittelswachs">Stephanie’s writing on Medium</a><br> * Stephanie’s theatre company, <a href="https://www.recroomarts.org/">The Rec Room</a><br> * Stephanie’s podcast,<a href="https://soundcloud.com/handsoffparents"> Hands Off Parents</a> (all about not sweating the small stuff)<br> * <a href="https://hspvafriends.wufoo.com/forms/z1uy6dr90wn1z9x/">The Harris Wittels Fund</a>, a scholarship for graduating seniors of the Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Stephanie & Harris’ alma mater)<br> * <a href="http://www.our-kids.org/Archives/Holland.html">Welcome to Holland</a><br> <br> (And don’t forget: if you have a question or a challenge that you’d like tackled here on The Make Light Show, simply email karen@themakelightshow.com, and you might just see your question answered on an upcoming episode!)<br> Sponsor Spotlight: Prep Dish<br> Prep Dish is a healthy subscription-based meal planning service. When you sign up, you’ll receive an email every week with a grocery list and instructions for prepping your meals ahead of time. After only 1-3 hours of prepping on the weekend, you’ll have all of your meals ready for the entire week — gluten-free, dairy-free or Paleo, if you’d like! And the best part is the founder, Allison, is offering Make Light Show listeners a free 2-week trial to try it out. Check out <a href="http://prepdish.com/light">PrepDish.com/light</a> for this amazing deal!<br> ______________________<br> Karen Walrond is a leadership consultant, speaker, bestselling author and award-winning photographer, whose work is all about leadership, self-determination and making light. You can learn more about her at <a href="http://www.karenwalrond.com/">KarenWalrond.com</a>.<br>
