HEADS UP MY FRIEND – there is a recounting of an intense violent story that happened many years ago in this transmission. I am telling it because there’s valuable insight for actors and public speakers included. I directed a documentary, 7TH STREET, about my experience growing up in Alphabet City, NYC. It was shot over […]
Continue ReadingLet the universe know you are ready for more
You ever achieved something, gotten a great new job, or had a sweet windfall? But then you had the thought, I shouldn’t share that. Maybe the thought was that someone would feel “less than” if you told them. Or maybe the thought was that revealing good fortune would make you prone to some kind of […]
Continue Reading2 films 2 series regs
I’m very happy about it. But what will make me even happier is to hear when the same is happening for you. After spending a couple years writing and then promoting my book (Lose Your Mind: The Path to Creative Invincibility) finally in January I was ready to get back to my first creative love […]
Continue ReadingRobert Duvall’s Invite
You probably heard last week that the great Robert Duvall moved on. What a master of the craft. I had the honor to work with him on the film A Civil Action, directed by Steve Zaillian. It was one of the first studio movies I worked on. As a young actor I wanted to learn […]
Continue ReadingTen Ways Home
I got something for you to try. Give yourself a couple minutes to nourish. Nourish your creative spirit. Ten steps to presence: Feel anything in your body. Receive a breath into that area to feel it more. Discover what is around you as if seeing it for the first time. Let go of ‘knowing’ what […]
Continue ReadingYa mean the pauper vs prince paradigm?
Y’know, one thing that comes up with some of my coaching clients is the pauper vs prince paradigm. The neighborhood I grew up in, Alphabet City, was a very impoverished neighborhood. People were living on the edge. There were many artists, like my mom, who could only (barely) afford to live there. There was a […]
Continue ReadingWhat if you felt this?
Your mind may be terrified about what might happen if you experienced every sensation that came along. Your mind might tell you that you would be out of control. That you would be inappropriate. Truth is, you would only be out of control from your mind’s point of view. But you would be in complete […]
Continue ReadingI gotta show ya this
Let me indulge ya for a sec. I got this email from a tremendously talented author, Kristin McCloy. It reminded me why I teach, and why I wrote Lose Your Mind. I wanna be a catalyst to light people up with their own power. When that happens – I get lit up too. And this […]
Continue ReadingAre you malleable?
We put a lot of energy into constructing what we call our identity. Having an identity gives us a sense of security. This is who I am. However, it is worth pondering if the identity we’ve constructed could possibly be limiting us. Like a snake shedding its skin, there might be parts of ourselves that […]
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