Take up space. Sometimes Iâm embarrassed that I have that written on a Post-it prominently displayed in my office. Itâs ridiculous that at 41 years old I need a reminder to take up space in my own life. At my own job which I do from a desk in my own house. If Iâm not taking up space in this environment, who is?
Iâve mostly kept these thoughts to myself, but I know Iâm far from alone. Recently, I was helping conduct mock interviews for young women applying for scholarships. On more than one occasion, we mock judges had to remind these young ladies of their own awesomeness. These are students who write and perform their own music. Students who pleasure read books on world religion. Students who have traveled to nearly every U.S. state and a good number of foreign countries. We had to remind them that they are awesome. The youngest applicant so eloquently put it this way, âI love to be myself, but sometimes it is really hard.â On the one hand, I fee
June 18, 2020 If you re ever making any piece of art, you ve gotta be challenging while you re doing it and making sure that it s not something anyone s seen before, otherwise you re wasting everyone s time. One of my favorite films from the 2019 Venice Film Festival was
Babyteeth, an exquisite Australian coming-of-age dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker
Shannon Murphy. Before she got into filmmaking, she was a theater director - starting her career on stage in Australia. She then moved over to television and has been directing episodes of shows like Offspring , Sisters , On the Ropes , and Killing Eve .
Babyteeth is also originally from the stage - it s a play adapted by its own playwright for the screen. And Shannon jumped at the opportunity to direct it, later ending up in the Venice Film Festival main competition selection as one of two female filmmakers chosen that year (the other being Haifaa Al-Mansour with
Many people sabotage their mornings by overusing their phones and giving into late-night streaming.
Instead of checking your phone immediately when you wake up, try instead to start the day with exercise or stretching.
Everyone loves to swap tips about how to make an epic morning routine, but when it comes to implementation, there are a few easy whoopsies that are far too easy to make. Hitting the snooze button, starting your day from the bed and sacrificing your morning productivity time for a late night Netflix marathon are all potential ways to sabotage the potential your mornings have.
And potential, indeed. A growing body of research is finding that mornings are actually the most optimal time for you to ideate or be creative. A study in the Thinking & Reasoning Journal reported that the perceived to be least optimal times for thinking and creativity (such as first thing in the morning, when you re groggy and still on your first cup of coffee) are actually the most optimal
Dec 19, 2020
Ned Lindstrom presented, “Power Pose Makes a Difference” at a recent Zoom meeting of Chautauqua Talks Toastmasters Club.
Lindstrom expressed the effects of a person’s emotional state and posture can have more of an impact than the words chosen in a speech. Posture of a Power Pose can set the emotional intention and then hold the confidence, making a difference in getting the results desired from a presentation.
Nancy Phillips, Toastmaster of the Day, manages the meeting, adhering to the agenda and ensuring that transitions between speakers are seamless and the session stays on time.
Christine Wolbert served as the Table Topic Master, given the opportunity to practice impromptu speaking with the topic of Music. Wolbert prepared questions to allow every member and guests of the club to speak freely for a minute or two.