Debra Cohen

Indie Artist/Producer/Author/Yoga Teacher

My dream life began as a New Wave singer/guitarist in Boston, opening up for Joan Jett in the 80's. She's still gigging - I'm not. I fell into sex-drugs-rock n'roll lifestyle and didn't quit this lifestyle until a drug overdose when I first seriously prayed to a God Whom I did not know to save me. I decided not to have children because of endometriosis, ovarian cysts, and my mother's words to me who said, "I hope you have a child like you someday so you can know what misery is." That did it for me. Plus, getting molested by my step-father sent me into counseling for PTSD triggers in the 80's (triggered by car accident). I tried to join a convent but got turned away, so became a Postmaster instead in 1990. I quit the band to get married (annulled). I quit my USPS job to move to Nashville in '94 and started a Blues band. Had limited success but fell into a depression. Tried a Pentecostal church (raised Catholic) and went back to college after an A&R guy told me I was too old to get signed. Studied The Bible in Israel and found out Jesus was a Jew, so I started studying the Book He taught: Torah. Graduated from college in 2005 at age 50 and was a fish out of water for the next 10 years as a public school teacher. Quit after 10 years due to PTSD triggers from the students. Spending the rest of my life putting myself back together again. Dabbled in aromatherapy. Full-time RVer. Married at 62. Converted to Judaism. Now in FLA with hubby writing songs, recording, released my first book and loving my life after 60 torrential years of searching for inner peace.