21 years ago today, I moved (back) to LA. (I had done the LA thing after college… just in time for the Northridge Quake to welcome me to Hollywood for real… then send me back…
Posts tagged embracing change
Gratitude, Then Goals
’tis the season… for talking about setting GOALS for the next year, right? I have a somewhat unique approach to goal-setting, and it starts with gratitude for exactly where we are RIGHT NOW. I call…
Self-Care at Jeff Walker’s LaunchCon
Priorities. The hubs and I are in Phoenix for LaunchCon 2019. It has been wonderful and we’ve learned a lot. It has also been exhausting and overstimulating, as any event with 1000+ people, way-too-loud music,…
Unfuckwithable Enoughness
I remember in early sobriety hearing something about how people begin to trust us more when we’re sober. I didn’t really understand that — or I thought it didn’t really apply to me — because…
How I Bought My Best Friends
In 2016, I chose sobriety. And I lost my friends. Early sobriety was some of the loneliest time in my life, and I was confronted with nowhere to go with the emotions I felt about…
Confidence As Enoughness
I’m fairly confident that all successful entrepreneurs have this in common: We’ve found a way to “do it scared.” See, we all feel the fear. From an evolutionary perspective, we’re wired for safety. So, being…
How to Beat Overwhelm
If you follow me on Instagram, you saw this little bit of gorgeousness over the weekend. Last week, I learned the word psychometrician and shortly thereafter, I put it out there in my Insta Stories…
Showing Up Differently
Taking a deep breath as I show up to the keyboard to put this together. It was *supposed* to be the “last chance to register” post for our six-week intensive called SMFA Online. But instead,…
Believe the People Who Believe in You
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…
Pushing Through Upper-Limit Problems
Today was hard. Not all of it, but parts of it. Tensions with the hubs as we talk through tech upgrades. Miscommunication with the extended team. Vendors showing up with too little too late. โ …