• Looking through Broken Mirrors: A Keynote about Eating Disorders, Body Image (Keynote)
• Healing Cleaning Up the World One Mess at a Time (Keynote)

Looking through Broken Mirrors: A Keynote about Eating Disorders, Body Image and Healing

Have you ever looked at the distorting mirrors at the carnival and thought, Wow, look how fat I am!? No matter how thin, Stacey always felt this way when looking in the mirror. Happiness was always just a few pounds away. Imagine living that illusion every day for over fifteen years constantly seeing yourself through the broken mirrors of your mind. That's exactly what happened to Stacey. In this keynote, Stacey addresses the progression of her eating disorder and treatment through her own personal story. Shell discuss the different types of eating disorders and the warning signs, and all the while, add a fresh, humorous twist to this serious topic. What are the effects of fad diets, crash diets, diet pills and over exercising? How is the medias intense influence on a slender body image brainwashing you? What is society's reaction to the media? How can we not let the media influence us? What is a healthy body weight and how to maintain it without obsessing, dieting and unhealthy eating patterns? These are a number of questions Stacey addresses. Stacey provides the tools to create strength and self-confidence in times of stress and how to avoid unhealthy eating patterns and disorders, and shows the audience how to find body acceptance in everyday life no matter what size you are. This is the perfect keynote for general health awareness, leadership events, Fraternity and Sorority Life retreats or first-year experience programming.

Cleaning Up the World One Mess at a Time

Young people today care deeply about the role they can play in saving our planet. Sustainability is the buzzword on many campuses as students nationwide put pressure on their campuses to reduce their negative impact on the environment. But, how can one well-meaning individual make a difference? Can college students truly lead our society through the complex process of reducing wasteful consumption? Students are finding answers to these questions from a most unlikely source. Stacey is cleaning up the world one mess at a time, and in the process, she is encouraging students everywhere to lead more sustainable lives. Whether it is having greener parties and sporting events or organizing large-scale fund raising efforts, students can truly make a difference in large and small ways, and Stacey provides a hopeful, encouraging voice for those working to change their communities in meaningful ways. Her adventures (and misadventures) to be a more environmentally responsible citizen have formed the basis of her hysterical television show, The Stacey Prussman Show, currently in development. In her campus keynote, Stacey uses many of the funny scenarios from her show to empower students to take action in their homes, residence halls, fraternity houses, in their classrooms, offices and in their campus communities. If you've been looking to bring the topic of environmental responsibility and activism to your students in a fun and entertaining way, consider Stacey!

Note from the speaker

Being an activist and creating some positive change in your own life is not as hard as people think it is. Its not about being perfect; its about making an effort in many small ways. Stacey's Bio

Stacey's earliest memories of her disordered eating patterns and negative self image where around age 10 after her big audition for the title role in Annie on Broadway. An agent told her after her audition, You have a great voice, but there are no fat Annies. You need to lose some weight. She was immediately put on a very strict diet and the next 15 years were filled with an array of fad diets, weight loss pills, periods of starvation, extreme exercise, depression, anxiety, and bulimia. Stacey was forever trying to lose that extra 10 pounds. After being sent to emergency room due to the effects of her eating disorder, she knew her only choice was to seek help. She fought with a vengeance for her own recovery and learned to set her own standards. Stacey is now is encouraging others do the same by telling her personal story with humor and brutal honesty. Stacey is now recovered from her eating disorder for over eight years and not only has she been committed to her own healing she has been committed to healing the planet. She is a professional stand-up comedian, actress, TV host, certified personal trainer, motivational speaker, environmentalist, animal welfare advocate, but most importantly an eating disorder survivor. Stacey feels has become a better citizen through her recovery and encourages others to do what they can to make themselves and the planet healthier. Stacey is a member of Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority and a graduate of the University at Albany. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and cat Snuggles

Testimonial

"On behalf of the Carruth Center staff and students at West Virginia University, we want to thank CAMPUSPEAK for providing Stacey Prussman as a speaker for Eating Disorder Week. She did an outstanding job last evening and engaged the students in a very challenging topic. Stacey provided information as well as personal testimony which helped students recognize eating disorders in a practical, real life manner. Thank you for providing us a speaker who understands the topic of eating disorders, young adults and how to present this important message to students."

• Catherine Yura, Ed. D., Director
• WVU Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services
• West Virginia University
• February 2007
• www.campuspeak.com

Comic Bio

Stacey Prussman is an uninhibited, native New Yorker that has become a major player in the comedy circuit after years of working professionally in theater, television and film. Stacey was well known for the lead role of Dori in the hit Off-Broadway hit Grandma Sylvia's Funeral. She has recently is in development of her own TV show "The Stacey Prussman Show", and had a starring role in the award winning independent film Glam-Trash. Stacey's numerous appearances on The Howard Stern Radio Show and the E! channel built her quite a following. Stacey has been headlining clubs and colleges throughout the United States and Canada. Her stories of her odd Brooklyn upbringing, her unique observations, her crazy love life, and her bizarre jobs accompanied by her infectious energy has kept audiences laughing and hanging on the edge of their seats. Stacey's jokes have been published in Judy Brown's books Squeaky Clean and Love's Funny that Way, Rosemarie Jarski's Words From the Wise, and in Jeffrey Gurian's new book Filthy Funny and Totally Offensive.