Reflections

Ever feel like stepping into your authentic voice is more awkward than it should be?  It can be messy and vulnerable - like Bambi learning to walk.  It can also be life-changing.  Nick Palladino-King called his awkward growth phase 'spiritual puberty' -...

Imagine …  You’re gathered around a table with your family.  Eating food. Drinking drinks.  When all of a sudden, the family friction starts to bubble up:       “Why aren’t you married yet?      “When are you gonna get...

What if the very things that other people called “too much” or “not enough” about you could save your life? Before even learning to speak, Candis sensed that crying wasn’t going to get their needs met, so they learned to be very quiet right from the start As a child,...

It’s okay to be different.  Not only is it okay that we're all different, it's actually vital that we're all different.  There are 8 billion people on this planet, with 8 billion different fingerprints, 8 billion different voices, 8...

My soul suckers made me yell at my mom! She was hard of hearing.  It was 2014 and I was visiting her for the holidays as I did every year back then.   Whenever my mother couldn't hear me, I would strain and push to be louder.  In other words, I...

What if how we hold ourselves back in one area of our lives is having a light-dimming ripple effect everywhere else? If we're not fully owning our power in a relationship, it's impacting how we show up on a stage. If we’re hiding our true nature on camera, it’s also...

“I feel like we just went from my Heaven to my Hell!” Twelve and a half years ago, during my leadership training program, I spoke those dramatic words. We were unpacking an exercise that had triggered a lot of sensation, emotion, and energy for me. I would not have...

In the speaking world, the performer gets the shaft! Here’s what I mean:  Speaking and acting are really similar in a couple of key ways. In theater and film there are three important jobs that most speakers try to do on their own and in isolation.  The...