Tales From The Lane
Living Your Best Life as Creative Artist
Category: rewriting the script
The One Thing Keeping You From Thriving (and how to fix it)
My paternal grandfather, Ohan Kayaian, passed away when I was just 3 months old. I have no memories of him—just a faded photograph of a very old man holding a tiny little baby. So everything I know about “Pa” I know from stories… Continue Reading “The One Thing Keeping You From Thriving (and how to fix it)”
The Perfection Paradox
In my work as a coach–both with my group programs and in my 1:1 work, my clients have one huge thing in common: They are all seriously high achievers. Concert violinists, principal players in orchestras, department chairs at Big.Important.Schools. Doctors, lawyers, mathematicians, community activists–… Continue Reading “The Perfection Paradox”
How to Plan Your Most Successful Summer Ever
Congratulations, Friend, on making it through May-cember! For parents, educators, and artists alike, May is the spring equivalent of December–when every group, ensemble, class, and social club is required to have an end-of-year event, AND you’re trying to get your ducks in a row… Continue Reading “How to Plan Your Most Successful Summer Ever”
Course Correcting Part 2: Navigating Change
In last week’s blog post, we talked about what it feels like to realize your life or career has somehow gotten off track. We’re not necessarily talking about a majorly negative thing, here, though it could also be that. For most of us though,… Continue Reading “Course Correcting Part 2: Navigating Change”
Do What YOU Want: How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
I want to answer a question that comes up regularly for all artists. Actually, I’m fairly certain it comes up for all humans. Why is it that whenever we have an idea to do something–like, move to a new city, change jobs, take a… Continue Reading “Do What YOU Want: How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think”
Doing Less to Get More Done
I want to talk about something that comes up a lot both in the work I have done in Music as well as the work I do in life in general. It’s the idea of doing less, in order to get more done. That’s… Continue Reading “Doing Less to Get More Done”
How Will You be Remembered as an Artist?
At what point in our lives as artists should we start thinking about our Legacy? When we first started, walking into our very first piano lesson at the age of 5, or our first ballet class, or our first art class in summer… Continue Reading “How Will You be Remembered as an Artist?”
Taking the Leap: Your Guide to Success in Life and Career
I shared a quote in my IG stories the other day, and I have NEVER gotten so many responses so quickly. Here’s what it said (from @lawofambition) “Your success in life is directly proportional to the number of times you say: ‘Fuck it,… Continue Reading “Taking the Leap: Your Guide to Success in Life and Career”
Taking a Chance on Yourself: How I transformed my life (and my finances) over the last 7 years
Last week I had the pleasure of hosting my four-day mini-event, Thrive Fest ‘23: Planning for Optimal Impact, and we talked a lot about you can use this year to FINALLY launch some of your dream projects. A few of the things I… Continue Reading “Taking a Chance on Yourself: How I transformed my life (and my finances) over the last 7 years”
The 3 Big Myths That Are Holding You Back
About 6 months ago, I was invited to be a contributing author for a book about female entrepreneurs. Although my own full-length book was already in the works, Business on Purpose would be fast-tracked and would mark my debut as an Author (capital… Continue Reading “The 3 Big Myths That Are Holding You Back”