Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: this is what I wrote today. If you’re heading in the wrong direction, stop, close your eyes, and listen. The guidance is there. The path is there, but you need to listen for it, see it, and then embrace it. But that takes courage. It takes a lot of…
I’m reading Steven Pressfield’s excellent book, “The War of Art.” If you have any desire to pursue your art, run towards this book with open arms. So far, it’s amazing, validating, and oh so frustrating. Pressfield points out all the hidden places we run to keep ourselves from working on our art/craft. I’ve winced more…
In the previous post, we talked about proper posture when standing or sitting to communicate. To recap: stand with your feet hip-width apart (draw an imaginary line from your second toes, through the center of your ankles, the center of your knees and then up to the hip points [the parts that just out to…
This is why I teach people to sing. On Monday, I started teaching the first of the singing class series at Howard Community College. As part of the intro, I ask the students to tell me their names and their singing history. One of the students, an older lady (I’d say early 70s easily) told…
Today’s Tarot: Two of Rods. (I always love this card!) Bold, innovative, confident. To a vegetarian, the phrase, the world is your oyster might mean something different than to someone who eats meat. Having said that, I take it to mean pleasure, joy, success – are yours for the taking. And you can find hidden…