This spring I finished my MFA in playwriting, so have been thinking a lot about “Self-care” and how you close one door and open another. How can you be ambitious and move on to your next step while also…
May 20 2017
Benefit Concert for RYB!
Tonight! May 20th, 8pm: Concert Benefiting Realize Your Beauty at Ethical Brew in Teaneck, NJ. This is one of the best venues in New Jersey, and it's sure to be a wonderful evening of music. Our Founder/Executive Director will be making a…
Mar 15 2017
Call to Action - Sign Petition Today!: Book Teaches Young Children Body-Shame
A new children's book has been released, the content of which is extremely disturbing. "Don't Call Me Fat: A First Look at Being Overweight", by Pat Thomas is a book that is geared towards children ages 4-8. This book is…
Mar 7 2017
RYB Featured in PSA for NEDAW
RYB is so incredibly proud to have been featured in NEDA's Recovery Heroes campaign for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! Founder & Executive Director of Realize Your Beauty, Stacey Lorin Merkl, was featured in the videos below, as part…
Feb 18 2017
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week!
Realize Your Beauty is thrilled to be partnering with the
National Eating Disorders Association for this year's Awareness Week (NEDAW)
Feb. 24th-March 4th
We are very honored to have been interviewed for this important PSA:
The goal of National…
Dec 12 2016
Holiday Twitter Chats!
This year Realize Your Beauty is proud to be Co-Hosting two Holiday Twitter Chats! Topics for both will cover how to stay healthy and safe during the holiday season, which can be filled with triggers for those in recovery or…
Jul 7 2016
Doug Rosen Scholarship Fund
Getting personal on our blog today, and sharing a little about Doug Rosen, a dear friend & mentor who changed my life, as he changed the lives of countless others.
I met Doug the summer I turned 15yrs old. He…
I met Doug the summer I turned 15yrs old. He…
Jun 16 2016
Fun Self-Care Tips for the Summer!
I don’t know about you, but my summer just started and I am crazy exhausted! I just finished my second year of grad school for playwriting and I feel completely consumed by pressure, my studies and prep for going back…
May 14 2016
Body Positive Summer Theatre Camp!
Camp Realize Your Beauty
Sleepaway Camp: Girls 8-13yrs, July 17-22nd, Rocky Mountains
Early Bird Pricing Ends Monday!
Located in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, Camp Realize Your Beauty offers a very unique summer camp experience. Traditional camp activities- such as…
Apr 27 2016
RYB Day 2016!
Celebrations are underway for
RYB Day 2016!
We hope you'll join us!
Check out our page to find out how you can get involved!
(click here)
RYB Day 2016!
We hope you'll join us!
Check out our page to find out how you can get involved!
(click here)
Feb 27 2016
Enough is Enough: An Artist's Take On Body Image
Being an actor means a lot of things: adhering to a gypsy lifestyle, a lot of wonderful creative connections, creating work with different people, just to name a few. It also requires a lot of discipline, resilience, and time. Being…
Feb 5 2016
Special Announcement! We're Expanding!
We are thrilled to announce that Realize Your Beauty is officially expanding its programs to Colorado!
We will kick off our Colorado programs with Camp Realize Your Beauty, July 17-22nd 2016, Granby, CO.
Thank you to all of our…
We will kick off our Colorado programs with Camp Realize Your Beauty, July 17-22nd 2016, Granby, CO.
Thank you to all of our…