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Category Archives: New Video!

The #1 Thing That Gets In Your Way

The above video says pretty much the same thing as the post below, but with talking. (6 minutes) What’s the #1 thing that gets in your way? It keeps you from living the fully creative life of your dreams. It gets between you and the happiness you desire, between you and joy, between you and… Continue Reading

Tara Gentile: Visionary, World-Changer, Creative Business Maven

Hooboy, what a fun treat I have for you today! I scored an interview with creative business maven, Tara Gentile. Tara is a leader in creating what she calls “the You Economy,” redefining commerce as the creation and distribution of meaning, relationship and experience. How’s that for awesome? I highly recommend Tara’s ebook, The Art… Continue Reading

Battling the Resistance Demon (Part 1) [Video]

When I was 13, I stopped doing art. Not that I gave up on all creative pursuits. I played viola in the school orchestra, and at 16 I discovered dance, my first Bliss, which I pursued with a manic passion, until I was permanently sidelined by an injury a few years later (long story). But… Continue Reading

Impact? Or Balance? And is that even the question?

It’s the ever-present dilemma (or at least it’s seemed that way in my life): happiness or greatness? Is it better to sacrifice balance (ie, health, relationships, simple pleasures, sanity…) in order to achieve greatness and make an enormous impact? Or to send out smaller ripples, maybe even pass into obscurity, but live a humane, balanced… Continue Reading

Grooves, Ruts and Why I Dig Uncertainty

How do you know when you’re in a groove or a rut? How do you know when to hold, and when to fold? How do you know if you’re doing your art to feed someone else’s expectations, or your own? And when you figure it out, what then? What ruts have you climbed your way… Continue Reading

Are These the Lies You Tell Yourself?

I knew going to Jazz Camp West for a week would re-energize the music side of my creative life. What I didn’t realize was that it would also illuminate a lie I’d been telling myself. To be fair, I didn’t intentionally tell a lie. But still… Busted! Watch the video above for the full story,… Continue Reading