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“Fake It Til You Make It?” Nope. Wrong. Make It Yourself. That way, you don’t ever need to fake it. You Own It.

“Everyone sit down. Good. Feel the chair. Feel the floor. Feet. Cushion. Spine.Knees.” –Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight by John Kolvenbach Feeling overwhelmed? Stressed? Mind racing? Can’t concentrate? Struggling to be present? All of these things and more? Try this… First, breathe in and out. Do this a few times. Next, ask yourself thisContinue reading “What & Why”

  “Last year, foolish monk. This year, no change.” -Ryokan Taigu (Zen Buddhist monk) “You know when you’re walking in the woods on a dark night…and you see a light shining far off in the distance…and you think to yourself: even though I’m tired and it’s dark and the branches are scratching my face…everything isContinue reading “Plateau”

What if you thought of your “goals” as “projects”? This forces you to get specific and remove emotion, fear and being overwhelmed. For anything you want to do or accomplish, get out a pad and paper and start writing… What’s my desired objective? How will I measure it’s success? What are the steps necessary toContinue reading “Project By Project”

One of the more frustrating things about being an actor is that because it’s a collaborative art form, you only get to do the actual work when you’re cast in something. When you book the job. Outside of a scene study or other class, you spend more time looking for work than doing the workContinue reading “How Far Can You Take It Solo?”

Warning: another sports analogy…. Sometimes after a game, the winning pitcher gets interviewed and says he didn’t “have his best stuff.”  But he battled through and gutted out a win. That type of victory is just as impressive–if not more so–as throwing a complete game shutout when you’re on fire. For any passion project, anythingContinue reading ““Not My Best Stuff””

“An iceberg, sir.” -First Officer William Murdoch’s reply to Captain E.J. Smith’s question as to what the Titanic just struck “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” -Marcus Aurelius The greater the thing you’re trying to do or make, the greater the obstacles. They are real and shouldContinue reading “The Obstacles Are Real”

Let the good times rollLet them knock you aroundLet the good times rollLet them make you a clownLet them leave you up in the airLet them brush your rock and roll hairLet the good times rollLet the good times roll-ollLet the (good times roll) -The Cars, “Let The Good Times Roll” Good times, bad timesYouContinue reading “Letting Go Of Everything”

“To love is to will the good of the other.” -Saint Thomas Aquinas The more we realize our INTERdependency, just how connected we all are, the more we’ll think, say and do the right things. Take good care of yourselves and others. Cuz we’re all we got.

First I had they ear. Now I have they hearts. -Kanye West, “Never Let Me Down” “This isn’t champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone.” -Sam Shepard, True West Definition of Resonance (noun): –the quality in a sound of beingContinue reading “Resonance”