https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/teacher-1 daily 0.75 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601176614651-98JESESOVB6HB3Y2PXHP/cartoongraduation.jpg teacher https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/about daily 1.0 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601174110665-8B8FP1B8HLQOC41KBOP2/covatar+portrait.jpg.PNG about - writer, teacher, mother…and more - (m)other. I love a good story. That has taken many, many different shapes over the years - I have been an actress, a reality tv producer (please don’t hold that against me), a teacher, and a writer — even the subject of a children’s book! But these different parts of me all have one thing in common: telling stories. I was raised in New York City by a single mother who was a radio broadcaster at 1010 WINS. I now live in Culver City, (where they filmed Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz — that’s important to my story). I live with my two sons, two dogs, two fish, and one husband. I write a lot about death and motherhood, you know, keeping it light. I love encouraging others to learn. I used to run regular writing groups for moms called Mommie Brain to help them document their experience of parenting. I had a newspaper column under the same name for a couple years. Currently my teaching looks mostly like coaxing my children to do their remote learning. I have plans and hopes (as most dreamers do) of creating a podcast, a bookstore, publishing house, and running writers’ retreats. Someday. And I still have the ever present (at least to me) little girl dream of singing and dancing on Broadway. Fairly certain, my tutu doesn’t fit anymore, but I am game if you are. There’s a blog in here too. That’s new, I realized not everyone I ever met and was on Facebook with wanted to hear every little minute thought I have. So I am launching She Blinded Me With Zients, because I always wanted someone to write an article about me and use the headline and since no one is writing articles about me at the moment, I’ll give myself the headline. I’ll chronicle whatever suits my fancy, but mostly my unschooling adventures, neurodiversity activism, and reading all of the books I can’t stop buying. I’ll focus on books by people I know. Proud of my friends and their accomplishments. Nothing I like more than tooting the horn of other artists. Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my story. Happy to share your story as well, be that as a teacher or as a reader. In fact, it would be my honor. https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/mother daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601841413409-YY9CXTYQT6XSMXFEVTJ1/logofiverr.jpg (m)other - (m)other. As a new mom, I found there were several classes offered where I could try to get my body back in shape. There were classes that were specifically geared for my baby or to teach me about parenting. But there wasn’t anything available where I could try to be creative and feed my brain while still focusing on my child…something I desperately needed from being so sleep deprived. So, Mommie Brain was born. Writing groups for moms and moms to be. Mommie Brain has been featured in Daily Candy, The Savvy Parent, What The Flicka and more. Mommie Brain as a class and column is currently on hiatus due to motherhood. (That’s a lesson in irony right there.) And while I don’t only always lead with my uterus. I do have a lot to say about the motherhood experience and I still write about Motherhood a lot. Selected writing on motherhood is below. Thanks for reading! Connecting Over An Order Of Fries Carried Away Ben, I am Your Brother: How Star Wars Saved Our Family “Mom!! You WROTE About Me??” Question of Boundaries and Ethics for Mothers Writing Home Free https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/writer daily 0.75 2020-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601871455435-6V74ZAFP0JG78Z7NBI8P/48048494-ac9e-4c52-a388-545c2bb1af18_max-400.jpg writer - Home Free The Manifest Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846348188-IKI7K34PERE5ZB9ZX3Q1/h-and-h-bagels-broadway-manhattan-new-york-peter-bennett.jpg writer - Nothing is Certain: Death and Bagels Mr. Beller’s Neighbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846915292-TIE7P18OBNZBPUZBNEAY/black+panther writer - Marvelous Midnights The Daily Drunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846581885-YPLCLEWKTSST7IJD020U/15efdf02-4fac-4400-81c3-579d0bb77858_max-400.jpg writer LA Times: LA Affairs: I was Having a Bad Case of the Moms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601847065002-NQIED14F9A4RV610XJPO/rainbow+blobz writer - Rainbow Blobz Sammiches & Psych Meds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1602348709771-P4A14F7JNGXV9ZGSX002/me%2Band%2Bmom%2Byounger.jpg writer - Jewish Women’s Archive Feed Your Child https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846118147-IS7AWI5TAW2WFIF0OJTN/author+pic+illustrated+no+line.JPG writer - writer. Once upon a time, I came to Los Angeles to be an actress. It may seem strange to tell you this on my writer page, but I start with it because when I really started writing (about acting no less for Backstage West), I accomplished more in 6 months as a writer than I had in my many years as an actress. Writing is where my heart is. Once I figured that out, I haven’t looked back. I wouldn’t necessarily say I love writing, but I love having written. There’s nothing better. Many writers will understand that. My work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Nervous Breakdown, The Manifest Station and many more. I had a column in The Santa Monica Daily Press for two years and I am currently at work on a memoir. My portfolio is below. Thanks for reading! https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/writer-1 daily 0.75 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846581885-YPLCLEWKTSST7IJD020U/15efdf02-4fac-4400-81c3-579d0bb77858_max-400.jpg writer LA Times: LA Affairs: I was Having a Bad Case of the Moms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1615239068492-CZ4ZOLIZ415JH7XN7TG2/waiting-rooms-main.jpg writer - Waiting Room Mama Angels Flight Literary West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601847065002-NQIED14F9A4RV610XJPO/rainbow+blobz writer - Rainbow Blobz Sammiches & Psych Meds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601871455435-6V74ZAFP0JG78Z7NBI8P/48048494-ac9e-4c52-a388-545c2bb1af18_max-400.jpg writer - Home Free The Manifest Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1606537793333-3YZSWUOGSGGJ8YAJ466H/safe_image.php.jpeg writer I got Pregnant at 48 video version Shondaland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846348188-IKI7K34PERE5ZB9ZX3Q1/h-and-h-bagels-broadway-manhattan-new-york-peter-bennett.jpg writer - Nothing is Certain: Death and Bagels Mr. Beller’s Neighbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1615238839983-5L8WUETG86F8PKEMVGYU/zients-1.png writer - He Blinded Me with Zients Modern Loss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1602348709771-P4A14F7JNGXV9ZGSX002/me%2Band%2Bmom%2Byounger.jpg writer - Jewish Women’s Archive Feed Your Child https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846915292-TIE7P18OBNZBPUZBNEAY/black+panther writer - Marvelous Midnights The Daily Drunk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601846118147-IS7AWI5TAW2WFIF0OJTN/author+pic+illustrated+no+line.JPG writer - writer. Once upon a time, I came to Los Angeles to be an actress. It may seem strange to tell you this on my writer page, but I start with it because when I really started writing (about acting no less for Backstage West), I accomplished more in 6 months as a writer than I had in my many years as an actress. Writing is where my heart is. Once I figured that out, I haven’t looked back. I wouldn’t necessarily say I love writing, but I love having written. There’s nothing better. Many writers will understand that. My work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Nervous Breakdown, The Manifest Station and many more. I had a column in The Santa Monica Daily Press for two years and I am currently at work on a memoir and a How to Write About Motherhood book. Thanks for reading! Click here for my full portfolio and explore some of my recent work below. https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/teacher daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601176614651-98JESESOVB6HB3Y2PXHP/cartoongraduation.jpg teacher https://www.rachelzschinderman.com/mother-mommie-brain daily 0.75 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f61708832603e40e4e36b56/1601841413409-YY9CXTYQT6XSMXFEVTJ1/logofiverr.jpg mother: mommie brain (Copy) - (m)other. As a new mom, I found there were several classes offered where I could try to get my body back in shape. There were classes that were specifically geared for my baby or to teach me about parenting. But there wasn’t anything available where I could try to be creative and feed my brain while still focusing on my child…something I desperately needed from being so sleep deprived. So, Mommie Brain was born. Writing groups for moms and moms to be. Mommie Brain has been featured in Daily Candy, The Savvy Parent, What The Flicka and more. Mommie Brain as a class and column is currently on hiatus due to motherhood. (That’s a lesson in irony right there.) And while I don’t only always lead with my uterus. I do have a lot to say about the motherhood experience and I still write about Motherhood a lot. Selected writing on motherhood is below. Thanks for reading! Connecting Over An Order Of Fries Carried Away Ben, I am Your Brother: How Star Wars Saved Our Family “Mom!! You WROTE About Me??” Question of Boundaries and Ethics for Mothers Writing Home Free