It’s so hard in this modern, fast-paced world to stop. We resist taking space… Letting go…Completion… Grieving….Even writing the word grieve can be scary. It makes us uncomfortable. Yet here we are … 2018 is over. It’s complete. And for most of us, there are things to...

I don’t know about you, but it’s only December 11th and I’m feeling completely overwhelmed. I’m spinning and spinning and spinning…. It’s my 10th Holiday Season running my business. Every other year, you could hear a pin drop in December. I mean crickets. No new...

Last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in the United States. I’ve spent the past several years posting something I’m grateful for to Facebook every day in November. While I have posted some this year, I’ve chosen not to post every single day. I’m choosing instead to be...

I’ve been a little quiet for the past few months. I haven’t been writing as much. I’ve been understudying two roles at Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Nora and Anne Marie in A Doll"s House Part 2. When I took this on, many people thought I was nuts. Understudying is hard...

When someone asks you to tell your story, do you respond, "Who me?" Many of my clients were once convinced that they had nothing to offer. Their Soul Suckers would tell them that their story isn’t interesting and that no one wants to hear what they have to say. They...

It’s 3pm on Monday. By this time tomorrow I will have a photographer inches away from my face (and my arms, my waist, my butt - okay probably not my butt, but you get the point) taking photos. Something about a camera draws up all the shit. The Soul Sucking bullshit....

  A friend sent me this video. She said it made her think of me. The themes in the speech include using your voice, letting your life sing, and helping to bring harmony. The world is not in harmony right now. We are not in harmony when we speak. Two questions dropped...

Oh my. I’m in Philz coffee again before rehearsal. It’s been over a month since I sat down to write.  There’s a voice in my head saying I’m a bad entrepreneur … There are other voices that say I’m a good teacher, actor, coach, friend, partner … all the things I’ve...

I’m sitting in Philz coffee in Berkeley, typing away before my rehearsal tonight. In the midst of balancing theatre, my business and my life with my partner, I hear this thought in my mind’s ear… “I love my life now, and I love where it’s headed.” I remember saying...