“I want to feel like this all the time.” — Keith, at the end of this weekend. Yeah, it was pretty spectacular. Even still, I’m basking in the afterglow of our fifth SMFA Escape (this…
Posts tagged balance
You’re Half-Assing Things
I’m gonna take you with me to Pilates for a class. Two classes, actually. First class, Friday. There’s “that lady.” Now, I don’t know about you and your relationship with classes — whether it’s the…
Ponies for Everyone
I was going to write about self-care. Specifically about how unapologetic those at the highest tiers tend to be about self-care. About how leaning into unapologetic self-care *before* you’re at the highest tiers is required….
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…
Celebrating the Wrong
This post is gonna have a lot of awesome family photos. Well… one specific photo, recreated in some form or fashion every year. Click any thumbnail to enbiggen. My glorious stepson Quinn has been doing…
Unplugging 101
Recently at our Self-Management for Actors Facebook group, I mentioned going more and more off the grid. I was quickly asked to elaborate, as it seems quite a few folks fantasize about being less attached…
Ikigai: Finding Your Life’s Purpose
In my travels along the Internet, I bumped into this lovely concept called ikigai (your purpose, essentially) and of course shared it at our Facebook group. It was a big hit there. So… let’s take…
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…
It’s Not about Hustle; It’s about Aligned Hustle
A theme has been emerging in my Self-Management for Actors mastermind groups lately. Doesn’t matter if it’s an actor, a writer, a producer, a director, a fellow casting director, or a creative entrepreneur in the…