Thank you for joining us for Episode 0901 of The Work. Pick Your Hard: Bonnie Gillespie defines the vocab of Self-Management for Actors in this ninth season of THE WORK! Enjoy these quick trips through…
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Creative HEARTBREAK
I know, this is already weird right out the gate with that subject line. I'm not usually one to focus on heartbreak or sadness or the pain of being a creative. But I *am* a…
Turn Your GRRRR into Grrrratitude
So, earlier this month when we were prepping with the participants of our SMFA Retreat in LA, one of the new ninjas mentioned that she was too early in her acting journey and felt maybe she should wait for…
KLT Is an Inside Job
I wanna talk about the "Know, Like, Trust" concept of getting ahead in any business. Including showbiz. If this is new to you, check out my spin on it here. The idea is that you…
Fancy Folks Ain’t All That Fancy
I had noticed a pattern. I was sending emails and texts to my closest friends and I was saying things that I don’t normally say. Stuff about how hard things have been. Stuff about the…
Dip Management
This time of year (yes, just a couple of weeks into it) tends to correspond with a dip in energy for a lot of folks. Resolutions have been broken, best intentions have been derailed, old…
Happy Life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I talk a lot about the importance of staying positive. I’m not going to apologize for that. I mean, what’s the alternative? Calling myself a “realist” but really using that label as…
Dessert First
Ah… I love it when I see themes emerging in my work with creatives all over the world. Several folks, recently, have been hitting the proverbial wall on their projects. Those projects range from the…
Summertime Blues
I’m betting very few actors reading this week’s column were around in 1958, enjoying the Eddie Cochran song “Summertime Blues.” But we all probably know the song: What is it about summertime that both thrills…
Pick Your Hard
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The HARD is what makes it great.” — Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own So, I had already chosen this week’s…