“I’m sick of it.” We’ve all said it. And many of us end up allowing that to become our mantra at some point in our lives when we feel stuck and powerless to change. It becomes the battle cry during rough periods in our career. Or while we’re in a rocky relationship. Or when weRead more
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Oh Thanksgiving. What a special time of year. So much to be grateful for and a beautiful holiday to reconnect with family. Utterly American. And it may be even more dynamic this year. Dynamic = tempestuous, nerve-wracking, maddening, stress-inducing and just plain messy. Passing the stuffing to Aunt Edna ”“ as she vocally gushesRead more
We all want to expand. It’s our nature to do so. But in order to do that, we have to move beyond our comfort zones which are put into place so that we don’t. Because expansion = change. And change, as we all know, is scary. So we shrink back into our safety net ofRead more
Judgment and motherhood. Two human states that don’t go great together. I can’t imagine a harder job than being a mom (whether that’s stay-at- home or working) and the constant feeling that every move you take and choice you make might f**k up the future of your child. Eeeeeek. Not easy to live withRead more
Oh, the mind. It provides so many reprieves from daily living. It allows us to travel in our imagination to far away places. Seize an inspired idea. Write beautiful poetry and compose lyrics to a song. In its brilliance, it comes up with solutions for the problems that face humanity. Vaccines and alternative energy technology; clean water resourcesRead more
Do you ever feel as if every other actor in the world has this magic DNA to be a “star” and that you’re somewhere in this reject pile of boring blandness? Incapable inconsistency? Loser laziness? As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to discover that besides talent (which I believe everyone has equal amounts of), success and a careerRead more
The conundrum of life. We want things. Love. Money. A hot boyfriend. A wedding ring. A nice house. A TV Series. A great agent. We think the things we want will fulfill for us the spaces in our heart that desire connection and fulfillment and joy and creation and love. And at one level they do, but atRead more
Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, Just Say Yes, Right here, Right NOW | 0 comment | 3 October, 2016 | 0
You can do it. You know how to do it. You are doing it. What keeps you from doing it fully are two sticky myths about creating that are hard to shake. 1). The “greats” are greater than you. We’re all human. We’re all talented and capable and brave and scared and strong and weak. The problemRead more
Mystery writer, Harlan Coben says, “The ugliest truth is better than the prettiest of lies.” That’s because the truth, no matter how funky and dark and ugly it sometimes appears, always liberates us into light. By facing it, you see that it’s not ugly at all ”“ but an amazing gift, that for some reason we were seeingRead more
Actors. Give yourself a break. Just for once. What if you tried that? No one does it all by themselves. Ever. It’s bullshit to think that you have to. It’s fiction. Let that myth go. Why is it in this profession actors get scared thinking that if they can’t produce something on their own (meaning, get toRead more