A Creative Mama’s Story

Hello. My name is Kirsten Olson. I am a Creativity Coach, a Mom, a Writer, a Theatre Director, and a Former Actress (who can still be coaxed onto the stage occasionally). I have a BFA and an MFA in Theatre Arts and Acting from Stephens College and Pennsylvania State University respectively. I am studying Life Coaching at CoachU and I am a member of the Creativity Coaches Association.

After working professionally in the theatre for several years, I went on a quest in order to discover a way to use my acting skills and theatre knowledge to help people live good, fulfilling, and happy lives. I discovered Psychodrama and the Psychodrama Training Institute in New York City where I trained for eight years and interned for three. I facilitate ongoing Creativity in Action groups focusing on creative and personal development in Columbia, MO.

I write fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry. I have a novel in progress entitled Earth Scorcher. And you can read some of my poems on this blog. I never go a day without writing. I can’t. It’s physically impossible for me to go 24 hours without a pen in my hand and a notebook in my lap.

I am a single mom. My daughter’s name is Emma. She is beautiful, precocious, stubborn, talented, loveable, smart-as-a-whip and six years old going on seventeen. We also take care of two mice named Fuzzy and Fuzzy. (We gave them the same name because we can’t tell them apart). We co-habitate with two cats named Desi and Phoebe. They let us sleep in the house. And we are also the proud parents of three goldfish – Goldie (as in Hawn), Zorro, and Pearl. My house is a zoo.

What does all this mean? It means I walk the talk. I’m living the life of an artist while being a mom. My passion is to help other artist moms get their creativity out there, experience artistic fulfillment, and live the fun, beautiful lives they are meant to be living.