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Amanda Edwards - Changing the Industry as an Intimacy Coordinator

Amanda Edwards - Changing the Industry as an Intimacy Coordinator

Update: 2023-10-18
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In this episode, Jack Dawkins speaks with Amanda Edwards, an Intimacy Coordinator and a Mental Health Coordinator. Having worked with Jack on one his newest music videos, "Dear Future Lover", she speaks about the importance of advocating for actors and everyone on set.




Dear Future Lover Music Video: https://youtu.be/zC93tmHhPIA

ABOUT AMANDA EDWARDS


Amanda M. Edwards was born into the world of music, dance, and theatre thanks to parents in the performing arts. With a Masters degree in Counseling specializing in Somatic and Attachment healing and the Autonomic Nervous System, Amanda has worked for nearly two decades, providing therapy, case management, and support to women and children with trauma.

Intimacy Coordination brings together all of Amanda's creative and professional passions as she travels nationwide to serve onset for film productions. She is also pioneering the role of Mental Health Coordinator for stage and screen to ensure mental illness is portrayed accurately and appropriately and cast and crew feel safe and supported.


https://www.amandamedwards.com/


https://associationmhc.com/


IG - @mentalhealthcoordinators


TT - @amandamedwardsLPC

ABOUT JACK DAWKINS
Jack Dawkins is a storyteller, a rapper, and a poet. He also cooks good food and runs really far. His use of the English language has been compared to Michael Phelps’ performance on Saturday Night Live: Wildly entertaining for none of the reasons you would expect. He is, at his core, and in his music, deeply human, and a lover of excessive comma use. Most importantly, he loves you.
www.jackdawkinsraps.com/linktree

ABOUT STAGE DIVE
β€œThe stories behind your favorite artists. Stage Dive sheds light on the beautiful and precarious process of creating and sharing art with the world.”

πŸ€” Thoughtful Questions
πŸ₯Ή Vulnerable Answers
πŸ€“ Much Nerding

Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TMLeqJiL2WMPoAcWKhGZz?si=4e6748ab641b46bc

SHOW NOTES
0:00 Intro


2:05 Picking Favorite Shots


4:28 Childhood and Working on Sets


12:18 Professional vs. Personal Art


15:39 Intimacy Coordination & Mental Health Coordination


27:32 Challenges on Set


34:23 Dear Future Lover Shoot


37:16 Parenthood


41:50 Seeing Change in the Industry


49:43 Where To Find Amanda



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Amanda Edwards - Changing the Industry as an Intimacy Coordinator

Amanda Edwards - Changing the Industry as an Intimacy Coordinator

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