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 […]
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Robert 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingRemember this when things get wild
Wild times, my friend. Uncertainty abounds. Truth is uncertainty has always been with us. But today it is in full manifestation mode. What we must remember as artists and entrepreneurs… Bracing AGAINST uncertainty causes the body to CONTRACT. Having a contracted body hampers our creativity, generates pain, and keeps us listening to our mean chatterbox. […]
Continue ReadingIs there a problem? (Not really.)
What’s up with problems? Ya know what I mean? This is a problem, that’s a problem. What if there’s another way to look at them life “problems”? A way that keeps us out of angst and misery. I don’t know about you – but every now and then my mind takes me on a spin […]
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