Reflections
Poetic. Practical. Quirky
2 Talks that Broke My Heart
Last month I watched two presentations that broke my heart. 💔 In the first, the host (we’ll call her Stefanie) shared a very clear, logical, well-structured presentation. Unfortunately she spoke purely from her mind, hiding her sensitive heart behind walls of...
The Below-The-Belt-Bastards
A voice in my head shouted “No one cares what you have to say.” Even after 16 years in business, this voice still yells at me from time-to-time. One day I’m on fire. Unstoppable. The next, it’s back to the depths of grief and shame. My Soul knows my...
The Imposter Monsters
Who do you want me to be? How do I need to play this role for you to cast me? What do I need to say for you to accept me? I spent a lot of my young life allowing questions like that to drive me. I’m highly adaptable, but that’s not really a good way to channel...
Controlling stage mothers
There I was, being whipped and flogged by the Controlling Stage Managers™, wondering where my passion had gone. I was a much more controlling person as a twenty-something actor than the me that you see before you now. Back then I’d show up to rehearsal on day one...
The Nervous Nellies
The Nervous Nellies had me by the throat … For years, people told me: “You should go LIVE.” “You should shoot short videos.” “You should be on video everywhere.”The Universe was speaking to me through them. Showing me my path. I dabbled, but...
Practice Makes Powerful
Hundreds of people stare at you from the sea of angry red audience chairs … Your throat goes dry. Your voice shakes. Your back sweats. Your legs tremble. Your words fall on deaf ears. And then you wake up. Whew! If that’s your...
The Humpty dumpty of Groups
My body screamed and my throat closed as they held me down on my front lawn - rubbing grass all over my body and shoving it down my throat. I was intensely allergic to nearly everything at that age - especially that freshly cut grass! My middle school “friends”...
Are you a style rebel?
Are you a style rebel at heart? Years ago, someone I met in the “bro-speaking” world gave me this speaking style advice: “You need to look like money.” I didn’t follow it. I’m a style rebel at heart. (Most sensitive visionaries, ambitious empaths, and loving...
How to Birth your Masterpiece
It was the messiest birth. In the very first Core class of our very first quarter of our very first year in grad school, I got pregnant with the idea for my thesis performance: A silent one-woman show where I battled an over-sized scale and ended up completely naked...