What Actors Know, Self-With-Others & Other Writings
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Finding a Third Way
I was talking to someone the other day — a free call with a 30-something performer who felt deeply dispirited and wanted to talk. Like many of us, she’s struggling to find her way. Life is really tough for a lot of people right now. She lives in a country that’s struggling more than most.…
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An Old Story from Jazz
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Technical Feedback is NEVER Personal
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Technique’s not an end in itself
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The Right to Fail
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Listen to your Grandmother!
…but don’t believe what she says I call it your ‘Grandma’s Voice’. (It could just as easily be a grandfather I guess, or an aunt or uncle. It’s the figure who sits on the step of a small Greek village and dispenses wisdom to younger people — whether that wisdom is welcome or not. Before…
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Listening to Silence
I was a noisy child. I got punished for it. School taught me that speaking was dangerous. I became a silent adolescent. It wasn’t a healthy silence. It was a silence of fear, repression, self-doubt. As an adult, I learned to make noise again. Sometimes I got very caught up in my noise. That wasn’t…
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Self-With-Others
Beyond the Isolated Self is the Interconnected Self. Want to know more? Click here to access a free 8-week introduction to Self-With-Others Self-With-Others is a framework of thinking and action to help you rediscover interconnection. It’s a 360° reboot for how you live, connect and contribute. A blueprint for thriving in an interconnected world. We’re…