Y’all know I work with some of the most spectacular masterminders out there, right? Welp, one of these lovely people was recently struggling with the term “woo-woo.” (Insert whatever label you want, here, y’all. I…
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The Show I’m Targeting Was Cancelled! Now What?
I was working with a private coaching client on her badass targeting list. She's — like a lot of actors — spending a lot of time refining her agency target list using the Self-Management for…
Selling to the Pain
I was Montessori educated starting at the age of 30 months. Do they still measure age in months at that point? I never know when they stop using months and start using years. Whatever. I…
THE Best Comeback for Unsupportive Family Members
This time last year, I headed back to my hometown of Atlanta to appear as a guest speaker at a large celebration for the acting studio at which I had trained as a kid actor….
Whole30 Six Months Later
Ah… where to begin. How about with the punchline. Six months ago (after a really clear “I can’t keep living like this” moment that followed weeks of research about Whole30), I embarked upon my first…
Why Formulas Don’t Work (for Long)
Let's talk about why formulas don't work for long. We're innovators. We're creators. We're dealing with buyers who are looking to populate their storytelling landscape with our brilliance. All that. And as soon as something…
Help Me Decide: A or B?
Heya gorgeous! I'm a pretty dang decisive person. Always have been. Chalk it up to Libra moon and Libra rising. I'm really good at weighing out options, pros/cons listing like the best of 'em, and…
Feeling Overwhelmed? Here’s the Fix!
One of the things I see a lot of (like an overwhelming amount of, if I may be so on-the-nose about it) is the cry of, “I’m overwhelmed!” “It’s all too much.” “There’s so much…
Stop Calling 2016 a Sucky Year!
Seriously. Stop it. Stop the memes of "me at the beginning of 2016 vs. me at the end of 2016." Stop the complaining about treasured celebs who died or politics gone wrong. Stop the, "I…
Get in Gear: Two Weeks Away
NOTE: The below is an archive of an email sent out before our free year-end training series called Get in Gear for the New Year. So *freakin'* excited to start jamming with y'all on December…