This isn’t news to anyone who’s been at this acting thing for more than a minute: There’s great disparity between the “copy, credit, meals” stage of one’s career and the level at which celebs land…
Feedback on How to Deal with Criticism
I read in your “How to Deal with Criticism” article where you had three responses to haters and I was concerned. You stated: “There are THREE THINGS I really don’t care about: you, what you…
Strength, Flexibility, and Grace
So, I was Periscoping a quick hello from the studio before pole class (I know, there’s already so much HUH?!? in this sentence) and I mentioned that one of my first pole instructors, years ago,…
The Sum of All Years: 44
“I belong here” overcame all the bits of life that are too much. Masterminding, Get in Gear, Ontraport, Periscope, team changes, 10th anniversary, new tattoo, pole breakthroughs, New York, Atlanta, AIPA, BW, CTG, RUP, JFDI,…
Summer Insomnia
There’s something that happens to me this time of year. Keith had to remind me today that it does in fact happen *every* year and that made me wonder WHY. But then I remembered that…
Gift of Fear
My email address is on my IMDb profile and occasionally I’ll get “fan mail.” What is my responsibility to answer when maybe they’re not just fans but possibly pervs? There’s an older man who has…
Let Them Say It
One of the things I see creatives get obsessed with is how to craft and then use a logline, a pitch, even a proper age range. It’s not that the branding process is so difficult;…
Allie Costa: How to Be Yourself While Pretending to Be Someone Else
I was reminded recently that now and then it’s good to get back to basics. Sometimes we get so narrowly focused on specific goals or on targeted benchmarks that we forget the big picture. We…
Thank You for the Periscope Obsession
Hi, Bonnie! I just wanted to say that I was dubious about Periscope at first, but I gave it a try because you were so fired up about it, and it has been such a…
Clocking In
One of the most effective strategies I have in running my small business is “clocking in” for things. I compartmentalize. Because I’m balancing writing with touring and coaching with casting and public speaking with producing,…