Krista Verrastro - Drama Therapist

03/15/2026

During my morning hike in the woods I noticed tiny signs of spring being on the way. If I didn’t look mindfully, it would have been easy to miss them. It reminded me of how easy it is for people to miss their subtle signs of growth. I often point out to my clients subtle signs of growth such as:
- Noticing being able to pause more before immediately reacting.
- Noticing more dialogue between their parts, especially self-compassion chiming in more instead of just their critic dominating.
- Setting even small boundaries in their lives and being more assertive than passive, aggressive, or passive-aggressive.
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What subtle signs of growth have you been going through, maybe that you didn’t even notice until thinking about it now?
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03/14/2026

It was a chilly and windy but gloriously sunny day to be on a trail. Spring is in the air!
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03/12/2026

The past few days felt like late spring with how warm and sunny they were, and yet here we are back into full on winter mode. Oh Maryland, with your very extreme up and down temperatures! At least this snow is pretty and didn’t seem to stick to roads or sidewalks.
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02/28/2026

I enjoyed my first proper hike in the woods in over a month despite spots of snow and mud from all the recent snow melt. The temps in the 50’s felt lovely!
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02/28/2026

I’m a longtime patron and fan of , and the performance and talk I attended last night are a great example of why. I got to both see ‘s FANTASTIC new play, trinity, and hear her and discuss it afterwards. The play had themes like:
- Relationship with self, family, friends, lovers
- What love means and how we express it
- The impact of trauma on our relationships
- The process of healing and transformation, including through creativity.
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I’m glad I stayed for the talk to hear nuggets of wisdom like:
- It’s easy to hate someone who loves themselves and easy to love someone who hates themselves
- If you’re not willing to evolve, you don’t get to be in my orbit.
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If you’re in the Baltimore area, I highly recommend seeing this play!
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02/21/2026

I enjoyed the first weekend walk in about a month where there hasn’t been snow covering most of the ground, and I’m not happy that there’s supposed to be 4” more snow coming tomorrow into Monday.
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As much as I try to appreciate each season, I’m really wanting winter to be over!
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02/14/2026

I’m not big into Valentine’s Day, but of course I said hell yes when my partner said he wanted to book us a table at our favorite Baltimore restaurant ! Everything we had was delicious, as always: cookie butter latte (my favorite all time coffee latte), dreamsicle mocktail, Lights Out brunch pizza, and stuffed dates.
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02/14/2026

I spotted this heart shape in the branches during my walk this morning. Fitting for it being Valentine’s Day.
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This was the first time in about a month I spent time outdoors because it’s been too cold and messy after the big snowstorm we had. The temps are warming, the snow is melting, the sunshine was abundant, and my heart was happy!
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Wishing you a Valentine’s Day filled with love… whether self-love, platonic love, family love, and/or romantic love.
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02/05/2026

I’m always trying to spread more love and joy in the world, this time through a Valentine’s Day event my friend has been leading for the past few years. It’s kind of like a secret santa event, where we get assigned a person to send a gift to and someone else is assigned to send us a gift. This cute card is one of several little gifts that I bought for my valentine.
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01/26/2026

Sometimes when you feel powerless and at a loss about what to do about the constant harm happening in your world something good to do is actively be kind as a way of trying to combat it. My friend is giving people such an opportunity by gathering valentine cards to give to residents at a geriatric care facility. Here are the cards I’m sending to help spread love and joy. I encourage you to participate in this merriment mission, too.
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01/22/2026

Check out my latest magazine interview!

Check out my second interview with CanvasRebel Magazine. Learn about a risk I took, a time I had to pivot, and other aspects of my career.

01/22/2026

This bubble tea lover was compelled to buy these new bubble tea scented products from . It’s brown sugar boba body lotion and strawberry matcha hand soap. What a fun way to jazz up my body product needs!
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