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…
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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…
RTT (Rapid Transformation Therapy) Healed My Relationship with Pain
Healing is personal. Whether it’s healing from a physical wound, an emotional trauma, a long-held belief that isn’t serving you, or anything else, it’s PERSONAL. 🧘🏽♀️💫🦋 Last week, I underwent hypnosis for a few hours…
Are You a Guru Hunter?
It wasn’t like this never happened before, it’s just really happening a LOT since Sam Christensen died. The email goes, “Dear Bonnie. I like your book and I think your advice is solid. I see…
I Hope This Sucks!
That’s hyperbole. I don’t hope that anything I write sucks, of course. However, it’s illustrative of a point I made to a client last week that we agreed would be worth sharing with you here….
Ready for Oprah
15 June 2016 — Look at this page from my journal. I wrote this four months before I got sober. Two months before I started my Whole30 journey. 18 months before I’d start a year-long…
Leadership Is Lonely
One of the fundamental elements to my work with creatives is a shift in mindset. (Well, there are a few mindset shifts, not just one, but this one’s a biggie.) As artists, we’re all leaders….
Executing a Brand Pivot: Crutch vs. Cred
One of the things that’s been interesting about my career recently is that it’s been branching more and more away from my niche. As one of my mentors recently said, “You’re hitting your edges again.”…
Culture Shock
I remember the first time I went to Spain. I had just turned 18 and I flew from Atlanta to Frankfurt to change airlines and get to Madrid for my vacation. I had taken three…
Expansive Capacity Enters Beta
I’m writing this from my hotel room in London. It’s a glorious, gorgeous day that had been predicted to be quite rainy and grey. Nope. Sun is shining, streaming through, and I’m sticking to my…