Tales From The Lane
Living Your Best Life as Creative Artist
Category: rewriting the script
How to Reinvent Yourself This Year
This year, my life is going to look wildly different than any other, and I’m so excited. September starts this week, and with it, a brand new season. Whether you are a musician, an actor, an artist, a student, or a parent,… Continue Reading “How to Reinvent Yourself This Year”
Are Toxic Beliefs Holding You Back?
Richard Koch, who wrote The 80/20 Principal (great book, btw!) about how 80% of one’s results in both business and life come from 20% of their efforts, is about to come out with a new one called 80/20 Beliefs. Similar concept: That 80% of… Continue Reading “Are Toxic Beliefs Holding You Back?”
How to Succeed at Everything the First Time
Think of something you have been doing since you were a kid. Maybe that’s performing, writing, telling stories. Maybe it’s a sport. Do you remember the very first time you did it? Me neither. I played and performed on stage as a cellist… Continue Reading “How to Succeed at Everything the First Time”
Getting Through a “Spectacularly Busy Time” Like a Champ
The parent of one of my chamber music students texted me the other day to say that her daughter would need to leave our next coaching early in order to get to her school music concert. She was so apologetic–she knows that the group… Continue Reading “Getting Through a “Spectacularly Busy Time” Like a Champ”
How a Summer Project Can Lead to Your Greatest Success
Today, for my “in real-time” readers, is Memorial Day in the U.S. Memorial Day is first and foremost a day of remembrance. It is a day that we honor those who lost their lives trying to make this world a better place. On a… Continue Reading “How a Summer Project Can Lead to Your Greatest Success”
Fitting In
“The Opposite of Belonging, is Fitting In” -Brené Brown A couple of weekends ago, my husband Paul and I did a big charity walk. It’s the biggest walking event of the year, and on the 1st Saturday in May 2400 people walk from… Continue Reading “Fitting In”
How to Invest in Yourself at Any Price Point
When I moved to warm and sunny Bermuda from cold and dreary Boston back in 2016, I knew I wanted to do 2 things: 1) to bring more of my entrepreneurial side to my music career, and 2) to grow food year-round. I had… Continue Reading “How to Invest in Yourself at Any Price Point”
Where is the Line Between Self-Acceptance and Complacency?
Many of you know I’m currently working on a book, and the subject is Potential. Defining it, Striving for it, Reaching it. And it’s brought up a lot of questions for me. One of which is this: At what point does striving toward what… Continue Reading “Where is the Line Between Self-Acceptance and Complacency?”
The No-Yes Spectrum
When someone asks you to do something, and I’m talking about the whole gamut of asks, here: from “Wanna grab some dinner after rehearsal?” to “Mom, can I sleep over at Molly’s house on Friday?” to “Can you perform all 6 Bach Cello Suites… Continue Reading “The No-Yes Spectrum”
The Possible vs. The Impossible
I heard a story several years ago on a podcast about a kindergarten teacher who asked her students to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most of the kids drew pictures of doctors, people in suits, firefighters,… Continue Reading “The Possible vs. The Impossible”