Are your flaws actually gifts?

Are your flaws actually gifts?

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What if the things you think are your flaws are actually your greatest gifts? Your intuition Your quirks Your empathy — and everything in between! 20 years ago, I started crying during the first reading of a scene in Richard Seyd’s acting class. He immediately whipped...
Why We Cry in Groups

Why We Cry in Groups

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Why do we cry uncontrollably when we speak in a group? If you’re a sensitive visionary, an ambitious empath, or a loving rebel, you know what I’m talking about. A wave of emotion erupts like a tsunami from within. 15 years ago, during Fitzmaurice Voicework training, I...
Breath connects

Breath connects

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Breath connects. Breath connects our hearts and our minds. Breath connects our head to our toes. Breath connects our intuition with our rational mind. Breath connects us to the world around us. Breath connects us to the moment we’re facing. Breath connects one thought...
Nails on My Soul Chalkboard

Nails on My Soul Chalkboard

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It’s like nails on a chalkboard for my soul. Most of the public speaking conversation online drives me absolutely bonkers. If fitting into someone else’s cookie-cutter mold of a “good speaker” is your big goal … You might want to skip this video. If, on the...
The Truth about Opening Your heart

The Truth about Opening Your heart

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My theme for 2015 was Radical Open Heart. I started the year focusing a lot on backbends in yoga – the heart-opening poses. A few months into the year, I hurt my back. After taking it easy and approaching yoga as if I were a beginner again for a while, I decided...