Thank you for joining us for Episode 0904 of The Work. Pace Car: Bonnie Gillespie suggests you identify someone who proves what you want to do can be done. Not someone super famous. Not someone…
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Do You Put an Expiration Date on Trust?
I was jamming with one of my brilliant Self-Management for Actors mastermind groups this week and the issue of trust came up. I asked this simple question: Do you put an expiration date on trust? And now…
What Words With Friends Has Taught Me
If you’ve never played me in Words With Friends, you should. It can be a religious experience. I was in the midst of another of my elevendy games going at once (while doing what you’d…
Think Like a Voiceover Artist
Y'know who gets it right? Voiceover artists. Specifically, audiobook people. Here's what I mean: Say you're thinking about getting into voiceover. You'd like to give audiobooks a try. You've been told you have the voice…
The Work: Ep. 0902 — Big Ol’ 5
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0902 of The Work. Big Ol’ 5: Bonnie Gillespie defines the vocab of Self-Management for Actors by explaining what it is to be a BIG OL’ 5 when…
Building Patience for a Creative Career
This week has been peppered with sessions in which I've gotten to jam with my absolute favorite coaching clients. The patient ones. (Now you know better than to think I *actually* play favorites. Besides, I've…
Let’s Say You HAVE to Deliver. NOW.
Y'all know I'm a research junkie. (If this is news to you, okay. Now you know. I'm a research junkie. I would stay in grad school forEVER if I didn't have this li'l empire to…
The Work: Ep. 0901 — Pick Your Hard
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0901 of The Work. Pick Your Hard: Bonnie Gillespie defines the vocab of Self-Management for Actors in this ninth season of THE WORK! Enjoy these quick trips through…
Cool Chick Stuff and Dispassionate Labeling
The other day — in an impromptu Facebook Live broadcast (yeah, I don't always plan these things) — I talked about dispassionate labeling. This is seriously one of my very favorite things. Dispassionate — that…
Creative HEARTBREAK
I know, this is already weird right out the gate with that subject line. I'm not usually one to focus on heartbreak or sadness or the pain of being a creative. But I *am* a…