Challenging Comfort Zones and Embracing Life’s Potential
I want you to take a moment to consider a what-if scenario. It’s not meant to be fear inducing. It’s
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Lisa is an ICF Certified Professional Life Coach and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner at Wide Open Stages. She specializes in partnering with highly successful creative people who want to be challenged and inspired to become artists in all areas of their lives. A passionate creative professional herself, Lisa has over 25 years experience working in the performing arts industry as a director/choreographer, producer, writer and dance educator in NYC, nationally and internationally. She is dance faculty at Pace University NYC in the Commercial Dance and Musical Theater BFA programs, and is co-founder of New York Stage Originals, an internationally recognized theatrical production company. Lisa hosts the popular podcast STOPTIME: Live in the Moment and is founder of Wide Open Stages, where she coaches high-performing creatives in the performing arts industry.
An Invitation to Create: Lessons From the Lake
The other day I stepped outside with my coffee as I do most mornings, no matter the season and breathed
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From Scarcity to Abundance & the Power of Soup
Every so often I make soup. I don’t follow a recipe and the soups I make are never the same.
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When The Universe Winks: Growing From Life Lessons
Recently something happened in my life that even in my wildest of dreams I wouldn’t have worried about, because it
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How Are Your Perceptions Limiting Your Life?
I’ve been thinking a lot about perceptions and how we perceive things and I just wanted to come on in
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Entertainment Industry: Taking the Pressure Off of Flow
There has been an entire industry developed around flow. The word that once described a quality of movement – has
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Reclaiming Your Role and Directing Your Own Narrative
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone as passionate and stoic as the committed actor. I speak from experiences. I have
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Reignite Your Passion: Embracing Joyful Whimsy in Adulthood
I want you to think about something that has sparked your interest and that you thought about doing, or maybe
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Transform Emotional Pain: The ‘Taking It Personally’ Tip Jar Challenge
I’m willing to bet that, even if you aren’t taking something personally right now that you have held on to,
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What Lights You Up? Igniting Our Personal Power
We lose power every now and then at the lake, usually due to high winds or snow. I never really mind it, especially in the winter, because we crank up our wood stove and cook our meals fireside. It’s always a great reminder of what’s truly important in life, to what we actually need to live, and the darkness that accompanies a power outage shines light on how very grateful we can be that we have heat at all, let alone a roof over our heads, bottled water and food to put on the wood stove.
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Embracing Individuality through the Mosaic of Life
You know, you can’t go anywhere in the personal development or mindfulness space these days without being promised that there is some new life hack that is going to change your life, and nine times out of ten, these miracle tips are touted as being backed by science. It’s ubiquitous and, as far as I’m concerned, bordering on well disingenuous. There are no shortcuts to personal growth. There’s a reason why mindfulness is referred to as a practice.
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When Your Networking is NOT Working
So you’re at a networking event but haven’t spoken to anyone yet. The room is crowded and charged with energy,
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Unearthing Your Core Values: Living with Purpose and Intention
What are your three top values? Think about it. Core values are the cornerstone of well-being. Everything we do and
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An Invitation to Create/Lessons From the Lake
The other day I stepped outside with my coffee as I do most mornings, no matter the season, and breathed
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The Art of Perspective
I used to get so frustrated when people couldn’t see things the way I saw them, especially the people that
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The Journey Is the Thing
Twenty years ago, on the fourth floor of a steamy dance studio in NYC, I had just finished teaching my
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