The word meditation often conjures images of one sitting in silence for hours at a time and being a yogi. But if we take the concept of what meditation really is – a way to connect to self, gain insight into our true nature, become more objective about our reality and how we react toRead more
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Some insects do it. Certain reptiles. And so do people. Molt. We outgrow our literal and metaphorical skin. As we progress on our journey in life, we evolve from one phase into another. Sometimes, that requires shedding old parts of ourselves in order to step into our new self. When we move from oneRead more
No matter how successful we’ve become or how long we’ve been at this game, we constantly have to overcome our fears to reach new heights of growth and discovery. Recently, I spoke to a stage manager who is working on a show on Broadway. He told me about a seventy-year old Oscar-nominated, Tony award-winningRead more
Thinking that we’re all alone in the world and that it’s always “us” vs. “them” or that everyone is our competition or a threat to our existence until proven differently, can be a very draining and negative way to live and respond to our environment. But what if we began to see things asRead more
Why are we doing this? It’s important to ask ourselves this question. For whom? Do you ever stop and ask yourself why you want to act? Or Create? Or live your life as an artist? Sometimes we lose connection to – or allow the business to contaminate – the original reasons why we wanted toRead more
The act of creation is born out of joy. We forget this because we listen to the ego conversations we have with ourselves, “Everything’s so hard,” “I can’t do it,” “I’m never going to make it.” When we get challenged by creative work, we falsely equate challenges with pain. When we get stuck or meetRead more
I was asked this past week to contribute to The Huffington Post’s “Healthy Living Section.” Here’s the link to that post or you can read the abbreviated version below. Do you ever feel like your brain just can’t possibly hold any more information? That it’s about to explode with all the sound bites andRead more
How do we move past our “Blurred Lines”? You know, the stuff that often makes us unable to see our emotional situations clearly. Well it won’t be by staying at the level from which confusion or blurriness is created. If you want peace, equanimity, clarity and access to wide-open spaces in your mind, youRead more
Last week I discussed not letting our reptilian vagus nerve get the better of us in stressful situations (like auditioning or asking Heidi Klum out on a date or parachuting at 10,000 feet) and thereby shutting us down from the potential of expressing empowered, authentic feeling that these experiences may evoke. But just likeRead more
We’re living in an exciting time where many of the major tenets of a spiritual and meditative practice, neuroscience and the art of becoming present seem to be on an amazing synergistic parallel course leading to the same place: living a more creative, abundant, fully expressed and joyful life. But in order to makeRead more