ALL SHOWS ARE WITH ON-DEMAND LISTENING 

Bella’s new memoir tells the story of her quest for health and happiness. Toward that end, Bella first adopted a 100 percent raw, vegan diet, and then obtained a masters in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica – a journey that dragged her kicking and screaming into a life of health and happiness, or “spiritual adulthood. Independent Publisher just named RAW an Indie Groundbreaking Book. Anxiety and a desire to heal it holistically—even before she knew what it was—is at the heart of this story, which reveals Bella’s struggles to face her fears, release perfectionism, surrender things beyond her control, and find validation within for her life and work. The book is divided into three sections—body, mind, and spirit—and it begins with Bella’s efforts to holistically cure herself. Bella’s poems, essays, articles, and short fiction have appeared in The Sun, mindbodygreen, Lilith, Literary Mama, and elsewhere. Her work has been anthologized in The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey; Grandmothers’ Necklace; and Writing Our Way Out of the Dark: An Anthology of Literary Acts of Brave.