Ah… I love it when a pattern emerges. At this weekend’s amazing SMFA Retreat in Los Angeles, it was clear that a lot of actors have been told a lot of things about what they…
Are Reps Starting to Play Small?
I have a concern about agents and managers. It comes from a disturbing trend I keep hearing about. Agents and managers are providing their clients with a list of CD workshops the actors must hit,…
If I Do My Job Well, You Don’t Need Me As Much
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about resonance. When something resonates with us, it creates positive emotions. It’s right. We feel it in our gut. We just KNOW. We’ve done enough research to calculate the…
Starting Whole30 Tomorrow
Sooo… an update to my timeline for those who are curious. I’m starting Whole30 tomorrow. Why: Yesterday I had a ladydate (these *always* involve booze and cheese and lots of laughs) and that ladydate —…
The Sum of All Years: 45
Upgrades. NY, ATL, Seattle again… London, Alaska for the first time. Unapologetically first class. Deluxe balcony stateroom. Jammed with Abraham-Hicks and Oprah. Goodnight Brody, Actors Access. Faced crazy fear; didn’t regret doing it in public….
A CD Workshop Caution for My NY SMFA Ninjas
This post is a caution to my beloved New York-based Self-Management for Actors Ninjas and their friends. And a call-to-action for the leaders among workshop facility owners there. As y’all know, the casting director workshop…
Working on My New Book by Working in the Kitchen
So, y’all already know I don’t cook. Hell, I burn water. Or at least that’s the story I’ve always told. Because if I’m not immediately ridiculously successful at something, I might as well call myself…
What Shingles Are Teaching Me About Stress Management
It started Friday, June 3rd. Welp, it may have started before then, as I was finding myself quite fatigued in the last days of May. I was sleeping a lot — sometimes 10, 12, even…
“This Is Between God and Me.”
My first ever 100-day challenge was a very private and awesome one. I — without telling ANYONE — made my plan to move (back) to Los Angeles working backwards from the end of 1998. 100…
I Want You to Meet My Friend Bree
This is powerful. And personal. (And, yes, woo-woo.) In 2011, I was going through some stuff. I was evolving my beloved business after having built up our LA-based classes to three times per week (three…