Acting for Non-Actors
I have been dreaming about teaching acting for some reason. I taught acting for about 30 years and thought I had had my fill of it. But last week, in a dream, I seemed to be auditioning to teach...
View ArticleFamous vs Great
Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as saying, “Not everyone can be famous, but everyone can be great because greatness is determined by service.” Does it seem to you that many of us in America are...
View ArticleTherapist Erika Hilliard on Shyness and Social Anxiety
On August 29, 2012 The Houston Chronical reprinted a Chicago Tribune article on shyness in people who are single and breaking the bashful barrier. The article states that behind shyness is extreme...
View ArticleAbe’s Honest Voice – How Daniel Day Lewis Captured Lincoln’s Voice
No one knows how Abraham Lincoln sounded. But history has it that his voice was high-pitched and nasal. While it was not pleasant to listen to, his sound was able to cut through the noise of large...
View ArticleSpeak Up, Speak Out and Speak About to Make a Difference in the World
The tragic news of our 2012 Holiday Season is the sad deaths of children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Much has been said and reported; and I don’t have anything...
View ArticleInspiration for a New Year!
As 2013 and the movie version of Les Miserables open, we can all use a little inspiration to remind us it is possible to fly and to spur us all on to new heights. No one did that better than Susan...
View ArticleSpeaking for Authentic Expression: Interview with Dr. Brene Brown
“Authenticity is a practice” says Dr. Brene Brown in a conversation with Oprah. You have to choose it every day. This applies not only in one’s personal life, but in business as well. In business,...
View ArticleCreating from the “Back of Your Head” as Suggested by JK Rowling
JK Rowling is celebrating 15 years of Harry Potter books this month. She sat down to an interview on Good Morning America August 27th to talk about how she crested her amazing characters. You can see...
View ArticleThe Power of Self-Expression for Transformation and Public Speaking
I have read in esoteric spiritual books that the most transformational activity for humanity is self-expression. I have spent my life testing that theory. In my early twenties, I was driven to...
View ArticleThe Power of Self-Expression
There is simply nothing that transforms your life as much as Self-Expression, because a profound shift in consciousness happens when you open yourself to share your truth. “What we say is important…...
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