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Posts tagged woo-woo
Why JOY Is More Important Than Ever
Friday night, my lover took me to see my boyfriend. 😉 See, I have had a ridiculous crush on W. Kamau Bell for *years* (and he totally loves me back, see?) and like all good…
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…
I Want You to Meet My Friend Bree
This is powerful. And personal. (And, yes, woo-woo.) In 2011, I was going through some stuff. I was evolving my beloved business after having built up our LA-based classes to three times per week (three…
Medicine in the Ice Cream
One of the key elements to my work is making challenging concepts more palatable. I call it “hiding medicine in the ice cream.” I’ll write a column that — on its surface — is about…
12 Books to Read This Year
If you’re an avid reader, this book list may be old news, as most of these titles are not new (in fact, some were first published many years ago), but if you’re looking for a…
Feedback on Being of Service
Dear Bonnie, You may remember the words I told you in our first private: “You are a spiritual person.” Well this is strongly confirmed by your latest “Come from a Place of Service” column. Very…
Bonnie Archives Cure the Actor Blues
Hey Bonnie!! When I get the actor blues, I make a cup of earl gray and read archived Bonnie columns until I feel less shitty. Today’s were random articles, snippets of this and snippets of…
Deserving It
Are you an actor who believes if you work hard enough, if you train enough, and if you want it badly enough, you DESERVE to make it? Yeah? Well, then this week’s column is for…
Wanting It Is Not Enough
Every now and then, I’ll hear an actor say, “I’m going to make it because I want it more than the other guy does.” Nope. It doesn’t work like that. Sure, you may stay at…