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…
Posts tagged embracing change
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…
2020: Both Glorious and Horrible
Real talk: In April, on the way to Pilates, I had a panic attack. Even though we were meeting virtually (me in the studio, my trainer on Zoom, guiding my workout on her equipment), I…
Circles of Safety
In our Expansive Capacity meeting today one of the beautiful masterminders asked, “How do we give ourselves permission to be our fullest selves in a world where there are people who want us dead because…
Getting Ready to Be Ready to Be Ready
Hello beautiful people! Today’s BonBlast is gonna be brief. (If you’re desperately craving more words from me, last week’s book-length post is here for you.) (Oh, and on that, THANK YOU for all the spectacular…
Creating the Hollywood We Want
Hello and welcome to all the new-to-the-Bonnie-Gillespie-experience folks (seems there’s something called “The Ava Effect” and our uptick in numbers (all over social) mirror the timing of getting regrammed by Ava DuVernay over in those…