Let’s talk about STOPPERS, y’all. In showbiz, there are always stoppers: convenient ways to hand you your NO when the gig is not yours. We’ve heard them forever. “You’re too old,” “You’re not SAG,” “We’re…
Posts Published by Bonnie Gillespie
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Bonnie Gillespie on Episode 23 of The Ash Taba Show
Y’all. I do a lot of interviews. A. Lot. I’m ridiculously enchanted by this one… a deep, meandering, brainy convo with longtime SMFA ninja Ashley Tabatabai, an international client who has put is money where…
Character Study
Hello beautiful people. Have you hugged yourself today? This is a question I ask our members every time we chat because ever since 2020 went sideways, I’m finding we’re not getting nearly enough of the…
Becoming Anti-Racist
GROWTH: Remember, it’s NORMAL to travel among these zones as we’re building the muscles for change. Click for Instagram. Click for PDF. Click for source. This infographic is from Drew Ibrahim (adapted from the one…
Mercury in Our Charts
Hello beautiful people of Expansive Capacity! Happy Woo-Woo Wednesday, storied ones! This month, we’re gonna play with Mercury… the planet of communication, intellect, how we learn, how we speak, the technology we use to communicate,…
Doing the Right Thing When There Is No “Right Thing”
My life’s work is to leave Hollywood better than I found it. To help creatives live the lives of their dreams, telling the stories they were born to tell at the highest possible tier for…
A Letter to Members of the Dojo
I’m putting the final touches on our monthly membership page for the mind-body mastermind that is Expansive Capacity. As I’m editing and tweaking — my own focus this weekend has delayed the usual "go live"…
White Privilege Means Having OPTIONS
I’m supposed to be going live right now to close off the SMFA Summit, remind y’all the free replays are available for a few more hours, announce the WINNERS of all our drawings (so! much!…
Creatives Create
HOW KEWT ARE WE?!? I don’t know when this photo was taken, but I’m gonna guess 2010? When we launched Somebody’s Basement (our distribution entity) at Hollywood Happy Hour (our networking behemoth)? Here’s the deal,…
Quarantine Keepers
Hello beautiful people. First things first: If you are not experiencing the totally FREE SMFA Summit, you are missing out. Full stop. I can’t even wrap my brain around all the phenomenal feedback we’re getting…