Most of the folks I get the privilege to work with every day identify as creatives. We’re storytellers. Mostly actors. Many writers. Some directors and showrunners and even a few non-showbiz creatives too! We take…
Posts tagged embracing change
We Had a Good Run
Hello beautiful people of Expansive Capacity! It’s time once again for Superpower Sunday! 🙂 As always, this is all about how we can implement wee changes that may turbocharge our *existing* superpowers so that we…
Choosing Sobriety = Choosing to Be Present
On October 16, 2016, I woke up in a hotel room in Manhattan, no recollection of how I got there, and I texted the hubs the words: “I’m done.” I had said those words a…
Help! My Actor Brand Has Shifted!
Okay. So you know your brand is the umbrella under which all the types you can play live, right? [If the whole actor brand thing is a mystery to you, I have free training for…
About That “High Road”
In one of our membership Zooms last week, as we were discussing SHOULDS, the convo turned toward “taking the high road.” If this phrase isn’t familiar to you, it’s a should — usually uttered when…
Set the World on Fire
This stylish fella on the left is my grandfather, Edd. He’s the one I’m talking about when I mention “The Ducktown 8.” 💥 My grandfather blew up power lines and took part in other (sometimes…
Extinction Bursts: A Sign We’re Healing
There’s a pattern I’ve noticed — in my life and in the lives of those brilliant creative storytellers I surround myself with. And it goes like this: ~ have a recurring hiccup in a particular…
Everything Will Be Okay
In March of 2020, I found this “Everything Will Be Okay” printable out there on the internet, printed it (on the back of a page from a screenplay; we’re all about reusing the paper we…
How Committed to These Emotions Are You?
I’m all about hacks and shortcuts and acronyms and mnemonics and anything else that gets this programming and processing space we call a brain working the way I want it to. See, the brain on…
Next, build THIS!
Thread: For 10 days now, I’ve been undergoing an experiment. I do whatever the fuck I want. Let’s back up and let me provide context. I don’t remember a time — like, maybe back when…