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Art Saves Lives

Art Saves Lives

Written by: Stacey Chillemi
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Brett Ashby paints portraits while riding a skateboard, live, in front of crowds, on three continents.

Award-winning contemporary artist, cancer survivor, and speaker, Ashby has spent more than twenty years turning movement, fear, and lived experience into art, with subjects ranging from Barack Obama to Princess Diana and an audience of over 130,000. This series is for anyone carrying something heavy and looking for somewhere to put it. Creativity as a lifeline. Movement as therapy. Survival as purpose. Honest conversations about mental health, men's health, cancer, and the discipline of making something while afraid.

Follow the series.Copyright Stacey Chillemi Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Help Success
Episodes
  • Emotional Healing Starts When You Stop Holding It In

    Emotional Healing Starts When You Stop Holding It In
    Sep 8 2026
    Emotional healing shows up in the body first. The shoulders that will not drop. The stomach that will not settle. The tiredness sleep does not touch. You were taught to push it down and keep going, and you got good at it.

    Brett Ashby, an Australian performance artist and cancer survivor who paints portraits while riding a skateboard, was doing everything right on the outside when his body told him what he had been avoiding. What he did with what he was carrying is the part worth staying for.

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    CONNECT WITH BRETT ASHBY:
    🌐 Website: https://www.brettashby.com
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brettashbyartist
    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettashby/
    ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brettyashby
    🐦 X / Twitter: https://x.com/brettashby
    📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brettashbyartist
    🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brettashby
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    37 mins
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