Shelley Segal

Shelley Stolaroff Segal is a playwright, actor, composer, and essayist living in Greensboro, North Carolina. She enjoys wearing different artistic hats so long as it doesn’t interfere with raising her husband, twin teenagers, and three cats. Her latest play, My Son, is about autism and race, and premiered in New York City. It was presented as a TED talk at TEDx East in NY and continues to tour. Publishing credits include the anthologies, Voices from the Spectrum, Cup of Comfort/Autism, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Multiples Unlimited. Humor is a must in her home so in her spare time she guest blogs and posts on her own website, Shelltells. She’s been working on the same book for six years now and is hoping it will literally write itself one day.

What’s The Secret to a Perfect Marriage?

My husband, Jeff, and I recently returned from an ambitious trip abroad. Usually I turn down any long-distance or death-defying kind of experience because of my multiple neuroses, but this belated trip to Iceland and the Netherlands was both, necessary and unforgettable. I’m still dreaming about naked, pre-thermal bathing, and tulips. Anyway, while we were stumbling around in …

Managing Hot Flashes While Out To Eat

Shelley can be found at Shell Tells where she writes about family, society and dumbfounding human behavior. I’ve discovered there’s no good reason to excommunicate yourself from a fine dining experience just because you sweat like a pig in public. Menopause is at best inconvenient but it’s no reason to go hungry. I have a few tips that …