Let’s talk about STOPPERS, y’all. In showbiz, there are always stoppers: convenient ways to hand you your NO when the gig is not yours. We’ve heard them forever. “You’re too old,” “You’re not SAG,” “We’re…
Posts tagged embracing change
Bonnie Gillespie on Episode 23 of The Ash Taba Show
Y’all. I do a lot of interviews. A. Lot. I’m ridiculously enchanted by this one… a deep, meandering, brainy convo with longtime SMFA ninja Ashley Tabatabai, an international client who has put is money where…
Becoming Anti-Racist
GROWTH: Remember, it’s NORMAL to travel among these zones as we’re building the muscles for change. Click for Instagram. Click for PDF. Click for source. This infographic is from Drew Ibrahim (adapted from the one…
Doing the Right Thing When There Is No “Right Thing”
My life’s work is to leave Hollywood better than I found it. To help creatives live the lives of their dreams, telling the stories they were born to tell at the highest possible tier for…
White Privilege Means Having OPTIONS
I’m supposed to be going live right now to close off the SMFA Summit, remind y’all the free replays are available for a few more hours, announce the WINNERS of all our drawings (so! much!…
Always Bank on the More Creative Choice
During last week’s livestream on the joy of fitting out, I was asked about “the end of the co-star level role” in light of new health and safety requirements on set, as production (and everything)…
Micro vs. Macro: The New Rules
In general, adults have the awareness that we will have to disappoint in the micro in order to serve the macro. Meaning. Saying no to the inner voice demanding a cookie creates a better long-term…
The Part of Your Brain That Is Panicking Is NOT WRONG
The other day, when the hubs and I were walking around our little beach ‘hood here in Santa Monica, I said something that actually punched me in the gut as I said it. Like, I…
3 Zones: Fear, Learning, Growth
The other day I saw this awesome graphic by Mary Kokinda out there online. It depicts the fear zone, the learning zone, and the growth zone. Specifically, it lays out behaviors and mindsets that live…
The Real Enemy
In what feels like my elevendieth Zoom of an endless March-long day, I was sharing some methods I have found helpful in lowering the amygdala’s deathgrip on decision-making and stress regulation. (Specifically, EFT tapping, bilateral…