I have been a fan of Eliza Dushku since her role of Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I am not done yet with my degree, but I was pleased to see our similar degree plan. Sure, it's not that we are the only two people in the universe earning such degrees. And would I react the same way if I learned that some one who had not worked in Hollywood has earned such a degree? Well, I would feel that connection but probably wouldn't make a post about it.
But when I went to her Instagram and saw that she had allied with Paul Stamets, who lives in Washington, just north of me, and was the focus of one of my favorite films Fantastic Fungi.
Seemed post worthy.
https://ew.com/eliza-dushku-begins-mental-health-career-8-years-after-last-role-11762253
Buffy star Eliza Dushku enters new career in mental health counseling 8 years after last role: 'True calling'
The former actress recently received a master's degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.
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Long after she won hearts by saving the day as a vampire slayer, Eliza Dushku is helping to save the world in a whole new way.
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum is gearing up for a new career in mental health counseling after receiving her master's degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month. Dushku, 44, recently took to Instagram to celebrate her accomplishment, sharing a video of herself walking across the stage to collect her diploma.
"Graduating with my master's degree (!!) feels like more than an achievement — it feels like a deep calling realized. True growth, energy, and passion — manifested," Dushku wrote in the caption of the post, which also featured photos of her in sporting a cap and gown alongside her husband, Peter Palandjian, their two sons, and her classmates. "After nearly a decade of inner work and building a new life, I'm so grateful for this moment in time."
The Bring It On star went on to express gratitude for the support she received from her community while continuing her education, writing, "And to my family, friends — new and old — my colleagues/classmates, professors/teachers, and community, I give thanks: for rooting me on, encouraging me day in and day out, and affording me the grace, strength, and space to step fully into these past years of clinical training."
She concluded the heartfelt post: "Today, I stand grounded and ready to support others on their journeys of becoming — through self-discovery, healing, and transformation. The connectedness I feel in holding safe, compassionate space for those who seek the undertaking is such lifeblood now. To possibility. hope, and healing, all."
Dushku stepped away from acting in 2017 to begin working toward her career in mental health counseling — her "true calling," according to a press release issued Thursday. She has become certified in psychedelic assisted therapy.
In a 2024 interview with Boston Magazine, she opened up about her desire to retire from acting in favor of her new career, revealing that at the time, she and her husband were funding research and clinical trials into the potential uses of psychedelics.
"I had the means to shift directions and choose a course in my life that focused on healing myself so that I could help heal others," Dushku said. "I would be remiss if I didn't now share the transformation and the peace and the passion that I have. This is just absolutely so clearly my real calling, my real purpose."
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Dusku left behind a memorable career of acting roles, including playing the slayer Faith on Buffy and spinoff series Angel and leading Fox's Tru Calling and Dollhouse.
In 2018, Dushku wrote a 2,300-word account for the Boston Globe slamming her former Bull costar Michael Weatherly, writer-producer Glenn Gordon Caron, and CBS after news broke that she was paid $9.5 million by the network after alleging that she was sexually harassed by Weatherly during her time on the procedural. (Weatherly did not admit to sexual harassment but apologized for his behavior toward Dushku in a statement to the New York Times, characterizing it as unfunny and inappropriate attempts at humor. He also denied pushing to have her written off the show.)
CBS canceled Bull in 2022, after six seasons.
In Dushku's interview with Boston Magazine, she recalled feeling "feeling so wholly unwell" from her past traumas — including her alleged molestation by a film's stunt coordinator when she was 12 years old — while using psychedelics, which ultimately helped her process the past.
"I wouldn't have been able to do all of that without this psychedelic-assisted therapy and healing that showed me that I was safe in my body and in my life, naming and telling the truth about things," Dushku said. "And it's all kind of catapulted from there."
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