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Back in September when I was in New York, I asked the students (as I always do when I’m assessing a class) what they felt were areas in their work they still were developing. The answers, although different for each student, also were very similar. Like everything in acting, the things we most need toRead more

Back in April, I lectured about psychologist, Shawn Achor, and all his trailblazing work in the area of brain research connected to happiness. He developed a term called “The Happiness Advantage” that basically shows that when we choose to be happy in the present, all the learning centers of the brain are turned on andRead more

In her book, 5 Steps To A Quantum Life, Natalie Reid discusses how we all have binding agreements that we’ve created for ourselves that keep us from actually getting what we want in life. They’re tied to the past and keep us operating in our lives from blame, anger, being the victim, and not lettingRead more

Someone on Twitter recently posted to me after reading one of my blogs, “Unleashing that creative side after years of being bound by boringness is a beautiful thing.” Not only is it a beautiful thing, but once the feeling floodgates are open, we begin to realize how much of our life we’ve spent half asleep.Read more

Trust that you’re enough. Because you are. But we don’t. So we overcompensate for our ill-perceived sense of lack by working too hard. By pushing. By settling for less. By not realizing our own value. We mistreat ourselves and allow mistreatment by others because if we truly believed we were enough, we wouldn’t settle forRead more

There was a recent New York Times piece entitled, “Where does inspiration come from?” In it, the writer discovered that the genesis of inspiration and creativity isn’t as enigmatic as we once thought. It involves three stages: Step 1: Work. Step 2: Be frustrated. Step 3: Repeat. Artists and creators of many different mediums andRead more

Life is all about choices. And each of us meets certain junctures in our life where we realize our lives aren’t working as efficiently as they could. We don’t feel excited. Passionate. Hopeful. Alive. When we’re up against this sometimes uncomfortable realization, what if you shifted your paradigm so that you could see the worldRead more

Have you ever felt that everyone else in the world seems to have “it” and you don’t? That when God was passing out the skills for talent or beauty or ability or style or charm – you missed school that day? Have you ever felt isolated by your thoughts and thought that you were theRead more

At the Democratic National Convention a couple weeks ago, Elizabeth Warren took Mitt Romney to task. She said, “Mitt Romney’s the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, andRead more

There is a Sanskrit word that’s very popular today called Dharma. No! Not that 1990’s ABC sitcom, Dharma & Greg! Dhamma-vinaya. Which is one’s path. One’s journey. One’s work. There is a beautiful saying that if you’re searching for your path – you’re already on it! If you’re questioning and searching, then things will revealRead more