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in Expansive Capacity My Hot Bod on December 10, 2018 August 15, 2025

A year ago, I was walking home by way of Reed Park after Pilates classes, some of my 5 to 8 pole or Pilates classes per week. This was before my hip presented a “catch”…

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The Time I Had to Change How My Ankles Were Covered in the Airport

in Funnies on December 6, 2018 August 15, 2025

My weirdest airport experience came from being a Delta brat growing up. In the ’70s and ’80s, that meant you could fly pretty much anywhere, “space available,” free. And back then, “space available” was 95%…

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2018: The Year of Slowing Down

in Expansive Capacity My Hot Bod on December 4, 2018 August 15, 2025

So. Way before all this mystery pain/hospitalization/bedrest/mind-body healing stuff began, I had a dental consult because a bonded tooth was perilously close to another tooth in a way that could’ve been problematic down the line…

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Your Actor Logline

in Self-Management for Actors on December 3, 2018 August 15, 2025

One of the coolest moves I’ve ever seen comes from an actor who’d been training in Self-Management for Actors with us… who then got an audition from us… after submitting on a breakdown in which…

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Get in Gear: Three Weeks Away

in Self-Management for Actors on November 29, 2018 August 15, 2025

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.” Hey, hey, HEY! I’m so excited that we’ll start jamming…

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Make It a Good Day

in Mindset on November 26, 2018 August 15, 2025

So if you thought last week’s BonBlast was weird… let’s go for surreal today. Before I get into it, a quick share: My neighbor, Steve — a below-the-line crew guy specializing in multi-million dollar budget…

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Are You Ready to GET IN GEAR?

in Self-Management for Actors on November 21, 2018 August 15, 2025

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. Due to popular demand, we’ve made this email-based course available…

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Live Your Life

in Mindset on November 19, 2018 August 15, 2025

Hello you beautiful people! It seems I was just landing at LAX after all my gallivanting and I’m headed there again. Only this time, I’m just dropping off the hubs. He’s headed to Hawaii with…

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Culture Shock

in Self-Management for Actors on November 12, 2018 August 15, 2025

I remember the first time I went to Spain. I had just turned 18 and I flew from Atlanta to Frankfurt to change airlines and get to Madrid for my vacation. I had taken three…

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Expansive Capacity Enters Beta

in Chart Harmony Expansive Capacity JFDI Entrepreneurial Mastermind on November 8, 2018 August 15, 2025

I’m writing this from my hotel room in London. It’s a glorious, gorgeous day that had been predicted to be quite rainy and grey. Nope. Sun is shining, streaming through, and I’m sticking to my…

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