Songwriter, Storyteller, Dancer, Director, writer, producer, host & coach
TRANSFORMATION - Inspire, Connect, Evolve!
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BIO
ORIGIN STORY
ORIGIN STORY
Katie Strand is a Songwriter, Storyteller, Dancer, Director, Writer, Host, Coach & Emmy-nominated Documentary Film Producer.
Strand's current project is:
a LOVE story told through
STORYTELLING,
MUSIC & DANCE
THE WIDOW LOVEMORE is a variety show about healing & transmuting grief through movement, connection, creativity and
Katie Strand is a Songwriter, Storyteller, Dancer, Director, Writer, Host, Coach & Emmy-nominated Documentary Film Producer.
Strand's current project is:
a LOVE story told through
STORYTELLING,
MUSIC & DANCE
THE WIDOW LOVEMORE is a variety show about healing & transmuting grief through movement, connection, creativity and love.
Additionally, Strand will soon be publishing the relationship book co-written with her late partner Marcus Lovemore, Lovemore Women - The Men's Guide to Relationships With Women," as well as several other music, mastermind and documentary projects.
In 2018 Strand Directed/Produced Rock the Vote with the WNBA and worked on a Deadpool 2 commercial. Strand's projects have been featured on HBO, PBS, NBC, MTV, Fox and over 20 national commercials including an HBO/Time Warner Super Bowl commercial.
Strand is also Creative Director/Partner for LiftBridgeSocial - a social media marketing & management company with a focus on healing arts, progressive causes, social justice, real estate, mortgages, on-profits and small businesses.
A modern-day renaissance woman, Strand plays piano, guitar, sings, sails, writes, practices MMA/Martial Arts, Aerial Acrobatics, Stand Up Paddleboarding, and dances Fusion, Swing, Tango, Salsa and Zouk. For the better part of 25 years, Strand has been studying & practicing personal growth and self-actualization via meditation, Kundalini yoga, and personal growth seminars, which led her to earn a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology in 2008 and become a certified Hypnotherapist in 2010. She earned a Bachelor’s in Communications/Film from UCSD, graduating with honors/ magna cum laude.
ORIGIN STORY
ORIGIN STORY
ORIGIN STORY
I was born in Duluth, Minnesota to a pair of demi-celebrity over-achievers. Both parents earned scholarships to university via academics and athletics and went on to become prominent teachers, coaches, leaders and members of their community.
My childhood was full of singing for every family gathering & school concerts, playing piano, guit
I was born in Duluth, Minnesota to a pair of demi-celebrity over-achievers. Both parents earned scholarships to university via academics and athletics and went on to become prominent teachers, coaches, leaders and members of their community.
My childhood was full of singing for every family gathering & school concerts, playing piano, guitar, dancing, and learning (yes, I love learning)! The third of four children, I had the opportunity to learn from my older siblings as well as my parents and teachers. Standardized tests reveled a proclivity for language and math, so at age 10, I was ushered into the nerd-club (SAGE) and learned brainstorming, advanced math (Fibonacci sequence is my first foray into the art of math), language arts, and given the opportunity to produce, direct, set-design and costume design two completely original plays. At the same age, I was assigned to be the AV-kid, another nerd-honor that gave me the opportunity to learn how to lace and run a film projector!... which turned out to be a fun foreshadowing for my career in film!
In high-school, I auditioned and applied for The Perch Center for Arts Education in the music department, a highly competitive, residential arts high school in Minneapolis, MN (home of Prince!). Only 10% of applicants are accepted.
For college, I ventured off to San Diego and put myself through college (teacher-parents didn't have the budget to cover college/living expenses) so I got many scholarships and grants, and worked as a personal trainer, pilates & yoga instructor from 1998-2002 to fund my education at UCSD.
When I returned to Minnesota in 2018 (due in large part to the loss of my 9-year partner Marcus Lovemore and produced the Catalyst Film Festival, my father actually coached 3 owners/managers of the 5 primary event venues. Both parents continue to receive thank you letters and accolades from past colleagues and students.
WIDOWING
ORIGIN STORY
WIDOWING
For most of 2017, I took care of and held the hand of Marcus Lovemore, my love & life-partner, as he transitioned at the early age of 45. He was a healer, health/fitness expert, sifu/martial arts teacher, mindfulness master/teacher and artist. But more significantly, he was my favorite person on earth, who was on my side and in my corner
For most of 2017, I took care of and held the hand of Marcus Lovemore, my love & life-partner, as he transitioned at the early age of 45. He was a healer, health/fitness expert, sifu/martial arts teacher, mindfulness master/teacher and artist. But more significantly, he was my favorite person on earth, who was on my side and in my corner for close to 9 years. His loss was devastating... but more importantly, transformational.
My solo storytelling & songwriting show, The Widow Lovemore, shares about the experience of Marcus Lovemore transitioning and how I felt connection and communication with him during his final hours and after his death. Every human will experience the death of a loved one... Grief is ubiquitous in every human life... it taught me how to do and be with the deepest depths of despair, transmute this intense sadness/loss and grief into creativity, connection and love through curiosity, vulnerability, processing and a willingness to feel and learn from grief... within the galactic heights of love, connection and inspiration.
Grief will transform us into the best versions of ourselves, if we let it... But it's also the most difficult thing beyond anything I could've imagined... And it's made me uniquely ready and qualified to coach you through life's biggest challenges and transitions so you find yourself being the very best version of yourself.