Many of you know I’m currently working on a book, and the subject is Potential. Defining it, Striving for it, Reaching it. And it’s brought up a lot of questions for me. One of which is this: At what point does striving toward what we perceive to be our peak…

When someone asks you to do something, and I’m talking about the whole gamut of asks, here: from “Wanna grab some dinner after rehearsal?” to “Mom, can I sleep over at Molly’s house on Friday?” to “Can you perform all 6 Bach Cello Suites in a private concert next Saturday?”…

I heard a story several years ago on a podcast about a kindergarten teacher who asked her students to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most of the kids drew pictures of doctors, people in suits, firefighters, ballet dancers…the usual. …

You know how “the experts” are always telling you to think about the thing that seems completely obvious to you, that other people aren’t doing, and then go out and teach that thing? Well, for me, one of those “things” is Time-Blocking. Clients sign up to work with me in…

The buzzword of the last few years has been “Habits” and I think we can all agree that we have James Clear, author of the #1 Best selling book (of all genres!) of 2021, Atomic Habits to thank for that. He goes deep into the HOW of habits. …

I was in a discussion yesterday with a very wise woman, who mentioned that perhaps the most important thing (and she really did mean The Most Important Thing) was to feel relaxed. Immediately, I thought of how musicians tend to feel right before we begin a performance, or actors when…

Last week’s blog post and ensuing social media posts and my weekly FB live session were all about “Getting past our fear of what other people might think” and one of the points I made garnered so many DMs, Emails, and comments that I decided it needed its own post: …

Happy New Year! If I could wave my magic wand and change one thing for all of my fellow creatives out there, it would be this: To banish your fear of what other people think of you. Or, more importantly, to convince you to ignore that fear. Because let’s face…

What would it look like if you were to reach your full potential? This, my friends, has been the question that has been eating at me for the past couple of years. …