Reflections

I’m grateful to be surrounded by so many people who regularly talk about things like “life purpose, values, and impact.”  My colleagues, friends, and clients can’t get enough of topics like these. It’s awesome! And yet, a wave of people in my world are feeling...

"Fear is excitement without breath." - Robert Heller Five years ago, after accidentally taking a five year break from acting, I returned to the stage with a bang. My return? The Theatre Bay Area General Auditions. It’s hard to convey the magnitude of these auditions...

Most speakers don’t realize they’re doing it. They’re talking.They’re moving.They’re looking at people. But they’re never actually staying. Let me explain. When we speak in front of others — on stage, on Zoom, in a meeting — many of us unconsciously avoid real...

(Where Thinking and Feeling Meet) Nearly two decades ago, a client of mine coined a phrase that has stuck with me ever since. Flinking. It was their way of describing what happens when thinking and feeling come together. Flinking = Feeling + Thinking It points to...

We live in a world that teaches us to live from the neck up. From a young age we're trained to value logic, analysis, and rational thought. The mind becomes the center of everything — especially when we speak in public. But something essential gets lost when we...

If you’re someone who feels the energy of a room the moment you walk into it, you probably know this experience: You step on stage…and suddenly it’s like running into a wall of human energy. Every nervous system in the room.Every emotion.Every expectation. For...