From on the fringe to starring in the Fringe, Salmon Armsa国际传媒檚 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.

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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 Theatresa国际传媒檚 Annual TotE Festival.

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

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

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Wilson hopes to eventually take the show into schools, saying that it has been categorized as sa国际传媒渆dutainmentsa国际传媒� in the past. In the meantime, shesa国际传媒檒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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