As I write this, it is two hours before a speaking engagement I have in Hollywood and I’m seated by the window in the 101 Coffee Shop. The first time I sat here (possibly in…
Posts tagged gratitude
Cast Your Life
So, I’m prepping for this phonecall with a producer. One of the things I always do before having a potentially conflict-filled convo is the same thing I did before every performance of my actor life:…
Caring Less about What Others Think
Notice I didn’t title this “Stop Caring about What Others Think.” There’s a reason for that. Even those of us who really care very little what others think will have moments in which we’ll feel…
Are You SURE It’s Impossible?
My phone blew up. I mean, if I hadn’t already been eagerly watching the Television Academy livestream of the Creative Arts Emmys, there was no way I wouldn’t know the news. Kim won. Kim Estes…
The Work: Ep. 0901 — Pick Your Hard
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0901 of The Work. Pick Your Hard: Bonnie Gillespie defines the vocab of Self-Management for Actors in this ninth season of THE WORK! Enjoy these quick trips through…
Turn Your GRRRR into Grrrratitude
So, earlier this month when we were prepping with the participants of our SMFA Retreat in LA, one of the new ninjas mentioned that she was too early in her acting journey and felt maybe she should wait for…
How Storytelling Heals the World
I have approximately four hundred and seventeen things to share about these life-shifting few days I've just spent in Canada. I mean, whoa. This soulful entrepreneur retreat was everything I had hoped it would be…
Six Weeks To LA (6W2LA) Scholarship Contest!
All right, lovelies. It’s finally time for me to reveal the details of our SIX WEEKS TO LA Scholarship Contest for 2016!! Hooray! Here… a vid with all the how-to [Bonnie Gillespie’s 6W2LA Scholarship Contest]:…
I Have No Damn Bucket List
In a recent flip-through of my Emmy Magazine, I read this little nugget in an interview with Oprah Winfrey: Is there anything on your bucket list that you haven’t accomplished? I don’t have a bucket…