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I received an email from a fan of a recent Backstage blog (“Get Clear in Your Intentions and Get What You Want“) and she expressed the most beautiful sentiment. In part, she had an “Aha!” moment about her high school self. She was a chunky pre-teen and though she outgrew that “awkward” phase, as sheRead more

I was teaching at our New York studio a few days ago and had what I thought was a thunderous aha moment. In this amazing, beautiful, miraculous universe in this incredibly energetic, dynamic, wonderful city filled with so many creative people doing their things…why don’t we believe that what we want is possible? I mean,Read more

If you’re going to think thoughts you might as well think big ones. First off it’s free. Second it feels better to think in terms of possibility and creativity, rather than thinking thoughts that are tethered to our conditioned way of seeing things. That is, incorrectly. Third, that’s how science works. Scientists call their experimentsRead more

VIDEO LESSON HERE Confidence. What is it? How do we get it? Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 Hours Rule and that it takes around that amount of time until you become an expert at what you do. Just by putting in the hours, you will naturally become more confident because you’ve been doing it.Read more

  I was on vacation in Mexico last week and I swam in the ocean that was recovering from a west coast hurricane-like condition. The waves were massive. Formidable. The recent eruptions of Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano have been described as awe-inspiring and incredible. When we look at nature and respond to its power and force,Read more

We’re all not just trying to become better actors, we’re trying to become better people. (And when I say “better” I am not implying there’s anything flawed or messed up or wrong with you as you are now. The potential of who each of us is – the tiny seed of love and compassion andRead more

  In June, as NPR reported, something extremely rare was discovered. A previously un-contacted Indian tribe in Brazil made contact with civilization. In this day and age of technology and instant-information-gratification occurring at lightening speed, it’s thrilling to realize that even though we can get data from around the world in two seconds flat, thereRead more

Neuroscientist, Andrew Newberg has done research through brain scans showing that there is a word that releases more stress neural chemicals in our bodies than any other word. It seems obvious. The word is “no”. His research shows that even when we simply perceive that word – not just say it – “no” has aRead more

    What sustains you? What keeps you going when you want to stop? What re-inspires you when you start to question whether or not it’s worth it, or you’d be better off moving back to Montana or you feel as if you’re spinning your wheels? I had a student who had been called inRead more

    Elaine Stritch said this sometime before she died, “The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’mRead more