Lisa Regina: Her Story Was Supposed to End That Night - It Became a Movement Instead
About this episode
Lisa Regina shares her transformative journey from surviving violence to empowering others through creative expression.
When actress, acting coach, and filmmaker/producer Lisa Regina met the man she thought she’d marry, she had no idea her life was about to shatter — and then transform into a mission that would touch countless lives. In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Lisa opens up about: Growing up in a blue-collar Italian American home with a dad who didn’t always understand her artistic dreams. Losing her mother at 18, and the life lessons that still guide her today. The day her engagement ended in a brutal act of violence - and how surviving it changed everything. The broken systems, the media frenzy, and the courage it took to rebuild her life when her life, health, name, and career were nearly destroyed. How she found healing through her beloved writing - and eventually turned her pain into the foundation for A Write to Heal, a nonprofit empowering trauma survivors and veterans through creative expression, filmmaking, and drone technology - and helping them heal. The extraordinary story of the first woman who helped find her voice - after decades of unspeakable horror - and how that act of…
People in this episode
Host: Vera Czerny
Guest: Lisa Regina
Topics covered
- trauma recovery
- creative expression
- nonprofit work
- filmmaking
- personal transformation
- violence survival
Keywords
- trauma
- healing
- nonprofit
- filmmaking
- veterans
- creative writing
- personal story
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: A Write to Heal, Heroic Episodes
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