Self Worth: Why You’ll Never Feel Enough (Until You Stop Seeking Approval)
I often wonder why we so often place more value on what others think of us than how we think
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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.
The Power of Energetic Choice: Why “I Get To” is Better Than “I Have To”.
On a Sunday morning not too long ago, my friend Diane called me. Her glorious and much needed weekend away
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The Two-Word Shift That Will Instantly End Your Burnout
On a Sunday morning not too long ago, my friend Diane called me. Her glorious and much needed weekend away
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Mantras Don’t Carry Us Through. We Do.
I recently came across something in my morning reading that I really found powerful and I wanted to share with
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Embracing Darkness: A Journey Through Grief and Healing
Hey there. You haven’t heard from me in a while because I’ve stepped away and given myself permission to take
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What I Needed to Hear — and Maybe You Do Too
Hear — and Maybe You Do To What’s something that you need to hear right now that you wish somebody
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How to Stop Reacting and Start Creating: A One-Letter Shift That Changes Everything
I believe that we are all inherently creative. While some of us identify as creative professionals, you don’t need a
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How to Stop Reacting and Start Creating: A One-Letter Shift That Changes Everything
I believe that we are all inherently creative. I believe that we are all inherently creative. While some of us
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No More Toxic Gratitude: A Kinder Way to Be With Yourself
I just wanted to check in with you and talk to you a little bit about gratitude. Gratitude can be
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Tolstoy’s The Three Questions: A Timeless Parable About Slowing Down
I want to share one of my favorite classic stories. It’s a parable written by Leo Tolstoy, and it’s a
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Stop Blaming Yourself And Start Releasing What No Longer Fits
What are you tolerating? What are you putting up with right now that never used to bother you at all?
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The Bridge Between Fear and Flow: Find Your Groove Again
Groove has always been the password on my iPad. I’d enter it every day before class began to access my
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How the Assumptions You’re Making Are Shaping Your Life
Today I want to just kind of help you draw some awareness around something that might be holding you back.
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Kafka’s Traveling Doll: A Story About Letting Go
A little while ago I came across this short story, which has been attributed to Franz Kafka, and it really
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Breaking Free from Success Traps
I want to share a true story with you about one of my clients. I’ve changed the name for privacy.
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Breaking Free from Success Traps: Reclaim Your Power and Redefine Success
I want to share a true story with you about one of my clients. I’ve changed the name for privacy.
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Finding Freedom in Limitlessness: The Buddhist Parable of Fudo
I thought I’d share with you this parable from the Buddhist canon. It’s called the Hawk in the Sky, a
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Putting the Pieces Together: Life Lessons From A Jigsaw Puzzle
Let’s start with a few questions. What are you doing right now that feels too easy, or maybe too hard
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Ready to Stop Coasting and Challenge Your Comfort Zone?
If personal growth and challenge are not your thing, then you might want to hit pause or stop. But if
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The Artist at My Door: What I Learned from a Spider’s Web
You know it’s funny. I’ve been thinking a lot about intentions and gratitude. Obviously they come up a lot in
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Where You Come From Matters — And It Isn’t a Place
I was on the train a few weeks ago, returning from a lovely visit with my dad in Ottawa, and
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