Perform: Desert Island
A theme in my life this week is the Inner Voice or that part of yourself that speaks about your dreams, your purpose. That aspirational part of yourself. This voice can be hard to hear because our days are filled…
Perform: Mirror, Mirror
Is Gina is really going to suggest that I practice in front of a mirror. Actually, yes. I would like you to practice in a mirror. Hear me out. When we use an accountability tool such as audio or video…
Perform: Instrument of Change
There is an instrument within you. I believe that your body is a creator of musical sounds, some of which are speech. That this voicing is utilized for precision work, connection, and communication. I believe that we use voice as…
Perform: Adaptation
This week several speaker friends of mine had the most creative performance challenges I have seen in a bit. From an audience placed so far from the stage, it was comical, to a room partially divided by a wall (and…
Perform: Voicing Identity
Today is the International Day of the Girl. It is also National Coming Out Day. That these two events share this day made me smile because they are both fundamentally about voicing One's identity. The fact is many of us…
Perform: No Sh*t, There I Was
Last week, I wrote about the stories we tell ourselves. This week I want to discuss how we craft and perform stories for impact. Last night, I had the privilege of judging a storytelling showcase hosted in Boston by Zephyr…
Perform: The Stories We Tell
Brené Brown (Dr of Social Work, author, speaker, and kickass human) talks about "the story we tell ourselves." In essence, how we are responding to a given situation based on our internal story. When we get up to speak or…
Performance: Just Not Feeling It
Somedays you would rather just stay in bed, with Netflix, and forget the outside world is there. Somedays you are actually feeling ill. Some of these days you still have to get out there and speak to humans, sometimes lots…
Perform: Respect Fear
I read a lot of well-intentioned fear bashing out there. It goes something like: "Conquer your fear" "Don't let your fear defeat you" and a recent favorite: "Fear wants to take away your faith" FEAR IS NOT AN ENTITY! Fear…
Performance – Play to Your Strengths
We are circus people. By that I mean, I am suddenly spending time in a circus school while my child learns circus things. While observing a particularly graceful and terrifying maneuver on aerial silks, I stated, "I don't think I'd…
