What are we all so scared of? Being seen? Failing? Not measuring up? Being rejected? Vulnerability? Thinking the rest of the world will see how badly we often think of ourselves? All of these qualities are part of being human and being brave enough to step out into the world with something to say.Read more
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A thing experienced is not a thing perceived. We so often are in our heads about what we think something looks like (a choice, an idea, a commitment to something) that instead of committing to that thing and having the experience, we second-guess it based on what we think the casting director is lookingRead more
What do you tell yourself when you don’t get the job? Be honest. Generally it follows something along the 5 stages of Grief. (Sometimes all within the same minute!) 1). Denial. “Ummm . . . What? They definitely don’t know what they’re doing! They’ll figure it out and when no one else does a betterRead more
You have to love yourself. End. Of. Story. What else is there really on this individual journey we’re all taking? If you don’t love yourself, how can you possibly love another and radiate that love to your work, creativity, the birthing of new ideas and bringing something tangible and worthwhile into the world? WhenRead more
Remember just how much you’ve already accomplished in your life. We forget that. Especially when we face constant rejection and hear endless “no’s” and begin personalizing and believing the negation means there’s something wrong with us or we’re untalented or flawed in some way. We start believing the illusion that this business is harder thanRead more
Fake it ’til you make it. That’s what everyone’s doing every day of their lives, but we don’t realize it because we’re so caught up in the myth that “making it” looks a certain way and is a final finish line at which we must arrive. In that illusion, we compare ourselves (and our struggles)Read more
Whenever I’m in NY teaching at our school there, I’m reminded of how much humanity is about . . . well . . . just being human. Maybe because LA is shaped by a car culture, it’s so easy to remove ourselves from life (from connection, from vulnerability, from having to confront life head-onRead more
Playing. That’s the thing. What happened to that? Since the beginning of time, that’s the real reason to be an actor. The ancient Greeks may have called their little skits “tragedies” but the word is a compound of two Greek words: “goat” and “to sing.” So, ummmm . . . they were definitely having funRead more
I had a sort-of meltdown at the Vancouver Airport’s Air Canada check-in counter this week. I missed my flight. No big deal. I’ve missed flights before. But for some reason – no not some reason – a specific reason – I was triggered. The trigger: We can’t control anything in life. We may deludeRead more
Because it seems to be all the rage these days (thank you Miley Cyrus!) we’re going to do our own version of “Twerking” it. But we’re going to learn how to “twerk” something emotionally and physiologically to increase our chances of getting what we want in life. It’s called Amplifying your frequency. If you thinkRead more