Feature in the 6-Minute Memoir: Women Talking – August 12, 2026

10 women. 10 stories.

Next 6-Minute Memoir happening on Friday, Sept. 25 at @thestaircase

So what, exactly, will these women be talking about?

Here’s a little preview:

@debralynnefriedman
How her brother’s death prompted her to leave her 36-year marriage and set out on a journey of sexual exploration.

@katiedelasol
A popular yoga teacher and studio owner, she shares her story of overcoming a meth addiction.

@lrandall22
How raising a feisty daughter on her own helped her find her way back to love.

Julie Charles:
How a party trip to LA became an accidental father-daughter road trip.

Madeline Rose @madceremony
As the child of a parent adopted out of their home community of Kahnawà:ke and intentionally disconnected from family, culture, and language, she shares how she has been working to reclaim her identity.

Scarlett Gillespie @scarlett4mayor
An artist and sex workers’ rights advocate, she reflects on her lived experience in sex work, tracing how stigma, resilience, and truth-telling shaped her path.

Terry Beninger @terrybeninger19
For more than 50 years, Terry, a nurse, kept her eating disorder a secret from everyone in her life — until a pivotal experience helped her come to see her value is not in a size or a number.

Sheila Murray:
An examination of the power of memories, how we create them and rewrite them.

@therealtriciawilliams
Tricia recounts her experience of a 17-hour date with a man with a pierced tongue.

Allyson McOuat Smith @allallyally
How a ghost in the house was spooky enough, but then scary things started happening in her marriage.

Tickets are SOLD OUT for the 7 p.m. show but still available for the 9 pm show.

$25. Live show only (no recording).

Proceeds go to @bodybravecanada – the community-based Hamilton organization offering virtual support to those impacted by eating disorders.

Get your ticket at link in bio.