Live Monday, February 23rd at 4 PM EST
This Monday, Stories, Soul Work & Substack welcomes Josie DiVincenzo for a conversation about artistry, reinvention, and growing where you’re planted—especially after being transplanted.
Celebrated for performances that blend power, vulnerability, and deep humanity, Josie is one of Buffalo’s most respected actors. After living and working in Los Angeles for three decades, she’s back on the East Coast doing what she’s always done best: bringing iconic characters fully to life with conviction, dignity, and heart.
Actor. Storyteller. Raspy-voiced, socially smooth.
Go Bills.
And yes—she once shared the stage with a six-foot boa constrictor named Athena.
This episode is about craft, courage, coming home, and blooming exactly where life places you next.
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About the Author
John Rinaldo writes Soul & Stories, a weekly publication centered on soul work, reflection, and the quiet process of becoming. He also hosts the live podcast Stories, Soul Work & Substack every Monday at 4 PM EST, where written ideas open into honest conversation.
He is currently working on The Hole: Forgotten in the Shadows, a documentary written and hosted by John Rinaldo and Hassan, telling the story of Italians who resisted and secretly helped smuggle Jews to safety during World War II.
John also continues his work through The Hard Truths, inspired by his book Earned, Not Given, where he explores identity, resilience, and the often-unseen experience of fathers.
Other Ongoing Series
Learn more about The Hard Truths, inspired by Earned, Not Given, exploring identity, resilience, and the erasure of fathers—and The Hole: Forgotten in the Shadows, a documentary series on Italians who helped smuggle Jews to safety during World War II.
Josie and I have been “attached at the hip” as it were, for decades. She’s smart, ridiculously talented and beautiful. I love her to pieces. Our viewers are in for a treat!
Love Josie. She is the real deal. Happy to call her a friend.