WORKSHOPS + SPEAKING
Sam Paige teaches "We're All Perfectly Imperfect" Workshop at the Goals for Girls Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo courtesy of Laura Lee Images.
Last Cut Project founder Sam Paige was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age 21, and subsequently the BRCA 1 genetic mutation. They spent the majority of their 20s in and out of emergency rooms, facing crippling PTSD, chronic migraines, and debilitating panic attacks.
Following the birth of their daughter, Sam began taking steps forward in their life, undergoing a preventive double mastectomy with breast reconstruction and seeking help to unravel years of trauma. Thus began a period of “last cuts,” or significant life changes, to create a life that felt more like their own. Desiring to feel at home with their body and self, regardless of the aesthetic outcome, Sam elected to “go flat” and remove the silicone implants they’d elected with a preventive double mastectomy. Since, they have been vocal about that choice, regularly speaking on how best to navigate life's inevitable challenges and opportunities.
Last Cut Project’s mission is to shatter stereotypes and create a new paradigm for individual potential and growth. With Sam’s guidance, Last Cut Project has emerged as a positive, action-oriented, community dedicated to inspiring more connected, risk-taking, inclusive relationship to ourselves and others.
LCP cultivates this conversation both digitally through the LCP Storyteller initiative, Last Cut Conversations podcast, and in-person events. We are available for workshops and speaking engagements and have recently been a part of the Girlboss Rally, CYCLES + SEX, Get Lit Literati, and more.
For bookings & more information on speaking or workshops please contact hello@lastcutproject.com
Sam Paige teaches writing workshop to the Get Lit Literati at Get Lit-Words Ignite. Photo courtesy of Lisa Field.
Last Cut Project leads discussions and workshops including:
The Journey to Self-Acceptance
Body Positivity
Mental and Physical Health & Wellness
How Creating Content Heals
Reconnecting with your True Self
Sam Paige speaks at the inaugural Girlboss Rally in Los Angeles, CA. Photo courtesy of Girlboss.
RECENT WORKSHOPS:
Tower Cancer Research Foundation
"Self-care Starts Within Ourselves"
Identifying how we experience feeling disconnected and empowering
ourselves with tangible ways to support ourselves during challenging times.
(Ongoing)
The Mighty
"Reconnecting with Your True Self"
Identifying the experience of feeling like a stranger in your body,
and locating simple ways to reconnect with your true self
(December 2019)
Goals for Girls Leadership Summit
"We're All Perfectly Imperfect"
Busting the myth of one perfect body or way of being,
and building tools for loving yourself.
(August 2019)
Girls Rock Amplify Sleep Away Camp
"We're All Perfectly Imperfect"
Busting the myth of one perfect body or way of being,
and building tools for loving yourself.
(July 2019)
Girls Rock Amplify Sleep Away Camp
“Living Within Yourself, Outside the Box”
Considering key questions to help us become more aware of our internal and external worlds to build clarity, confidence, and community.
(July 2018)
Get Lit Literati
“How to Live a Life that Feels Like Your Own”
Using our stories to heal and inspire our art.
(February 2018)
Samantha Paige (center) with other "Breaking norms - Gender Apart from Genitals" panelists at CYCLES+SEX LA (October 2017). Photo courtesy of Kristen Chilstrom.