Hi! Have we met? Click to see post at Instagram. I’m Bonnie Gillespie, Emmy-honored casting director, author of Self-Management for Actors (#CreatingTheHollywoodWeWant), and creator of Chart Harmony (as The Astrologer’s Daughter). Steve Silverman pulled this…
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What Are You Making This Mean?
I’ve always given credit to Brené Brown for this question, but the internet is not helping me confirm that attribution. So, let’s just say it’s a very Brené-Brown-like question: “What are you making this mean?”…
My Pisces North Node Journey
I was thinking about how I don’t send emails anymore (I did a weekly BonBlast from July 2011 to May 2021), how I am fully in the Saturn rule of my annual profection (and will…
Half-Hearted
I mentioned last month that I ghosted my mailing list this summer. Became absent from my blog. Stayed off social. Just kind of pulled away from a whole lot. Slept. As I’m slowly easing back…
It Might Not Be Get-Back-Able
This full moon in Aries uprooted some big emotions in me. Good. Seems I’d been holding onto a lot. Tamping it all down. Staying calm and carrying on. And today let me get ragey in…
The Reward for Boundaries
I’ve been making changes in my business recently. I’ve created more boundaries, changed my availability, increased my NO budget. I hadn’t noticed how anxious and obsessed and dark I had gotten, continuing to do such…
Wanna Smash the Patriarchy? Celebrate Joy!
Okay. Some stats. There are 5 primal human emotions. We come pre-wired with these from the beginning of time. Fear, anger, sadness, shame, and joy. That’s 4 negative and 1 positive emotions, if you’re counting….
How ’bout them apples?
Something I regularly clarify is the title of my most popular book: Self-Management for Actors. No, no, no, it’s not that everyone gets the title WRONG or something… it’s that the emphasis is on managing…
AFGO (Another Effin’ Growth Opportunity)
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…
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…