In 2002, I nervously entered Du-par’s to meet the legendary author of Acting Is Everything, Judy Kerr. She had reached out to tell me she was a fan of my weekly column in Backstage. I…
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A Breakthrough About Our Enoughness Project
Ahh… I feel like I can exhale. 🕊 I’ve been facing mad resistance as I build the enoughness curriculum. Not because I don’t know what I want to teach, but because there’s so. much. of….
Creatives Are Leaders, Like It Or Not
One of the things I teach in our outstandingly badass 100-day membership program is that we — artists, creatives — are leaders. Look. I know “leader” is a word that makes some people cringe. Especially…
Free Actor Training from Bonnie Gillespie
Y’all. Bookmark this list. 20 years ago, I started in on a journey that would lead to this moment. Me, showing up in your life, sharing a list of all the free training we’ve done…
Self-Management for Actors: Rock the Meeting
Self-Management for Actors: Rock the Meeting Join Bonnie Gillespie as she jams with showbiz creatives about the 3 steps to ROCK the rep meeting! Now that you’ve been invited in, it’s time to see if…
Self-Management for Actors: Launch at 85%
Self-Management for Actors: Launch at 85% Join Bonnie Gillespie as she jams with showbiz creatives about launching at 85%! You can have all the talent in the world, but if you won’t get yourself OUT…
Mixed Messages
Ever have that feeling that something’s blocking you from your potential? You say you want to succeed at something but find you always fall short somehow? We’ve all been there and frankly it sucks. So…
Outsourcing Enoughness
As I write this, we are driving back from “my other office,” an oasis in the desert just north of Palm Springs that’s been a getaway for almost 12 years. We’ve concluded our 6th (and…
A Letter to Our First Member
I’m going through some pretty heavy-duty upper-limit problems, impostor syndrome, and enoughness fluctuations as we expand Brand Bonnie Gillespie beyond its comfy showbiz niche. What does that mean to you? Well… nothing unless you also…
The Myth of Enoughness
#tbt 🦋 Okay. Let’s break this down. I’m 15. Tenth grade has just begun. I’m in the drama club, show choir, literary club, yearbook staff, senior beta, and I’m about to nail a 4.0 while…