I did something brilliant with my SMFA alumni master class in New York last month. It was cool. It was something I’d never done before, but the muse woke me up in the middle of…
Browsing Category Mindset
Caring Less about What Others Think
Notice I didn’t title this “Stop Caring about What Others Think.” There’s a reason for that. Even those of us who really care very little what others think will have moments in which we’ll feel…
Getting Emotional
Before I get to the getting emotional stuff, here’s three quick Facebooky things: Keep an eye on the SMFA Facebook group where Erin will soon be posting a leadership opportunity for our year-end free 11-day…
Trending Upward
Hello gorgeous! Holy cats, I'm back from New York! And while this was a truly spectacular trip with more Self-Management for Actors goodness packed into a week than I've ever experienced, there are a few…
Are You SURE It’s Impossible?
My phone blew up. I mean, if I hadn’t already been eagerly watching the Television Academy livestream of the Creative Arts Emmys, there was no way I wouldn’t know the news. Kim won. Kim Estes…
Hate vs. Love
“I think you should talk about it,” my lead assistant said to me in our team meeting. “It” is how we’re all feeling. As if there is *one* feeling we share. Hell, maybe there is….
Mercury RetroGRACE
No secret: I grew up in a new age household. My mom was a world-famous astrologer and when I got picked on by bullies at school there was never the typical, “Oh, honey, they’re just…
I’ll Know It When I See It
One of the many amazing things we do in our revolutionary 100-day challenge program is get super specific about goals. I mean like crystal clear, down-to-the-thread-count-of-the-sheets-you-sleep-in-on-the-morning-you-wake-up-early-because-your-phone-is-blowing-up-with-congratulations-for-the-news-of-all-the-nominations specific. Why is this important? Because in the many…
But I Want to Change More
Do you get fired up and take action or get fired up, lose your enthusiasm for that fire, go back to "normal," and bitch about the way it is. Here's what I mean. The last two…