The Empowerment Blog

 
You are not your thoughts nervous system Mar 19, 2024

if you are in a state of fear or anxiety in relation to your environment, your eyes will become fixed, you’ll stop hearing stuff, you’ll come out of your body, and now you are in a state of freeze.

Your mind, the meaning channel will start to try to make sense:

“You’re...

Continue Reading...
 
You cannot cheat "Embodiment" embodiment Mar 12, 2024

Actors, you cannot cheat “embodiment”

You can understand it all you like and you can read all the books.

I’ve seen 21 year olds speak to me as if they are Eckhart Tolle in how they explain what it is to be human.

Are they embodied? Nope.

You cannot cheat “Embodiment”

...

Continue Reading...
 
Slow down to include the body Feb 14, 2024

Actors, You need to slow down to include the body.

You can go quite fast if you keep “thinking” and “imagining”, and then you get burnt out because you didn’t bring your body with you.

But you have to slow down to include the body.

I want to watch an actor who’s...

Continue Reading...
 
Standing in the centre of your sense of self career relationship Jan 25, 2024

You all need to be at the centre and everything else goes around that however the entire career is built around the career being at the centre and then you disappear.

I promise you when you start to get used to putting yourself at the centre, the rest starts to actually come into a greater spiral...

Continue Reading...
A letter of Appreciation, Acting Class 2023! graduation Dec 05, 2023

What a pleasure it has been to be with this wonderfully gifted group of international actors.

Iykechi McCoy @iykechimccoy 
Deirdre Dunlea @deirdredunlea 
Regina Schneider @reginaschneiderofficial 
Lucy Jones @alittleluce22 
Aliyah Jamerson @soy.aaliyah 
Monika Miles ...

Continue Reading...
 
5 Minute Guided Practice on Making Moments Easier guided practice Dec 04, 2023

Guided Practice for when you are feeling overwhelmed

Rest & Digest

When feeling on edge or overwhelmed, resting and digesting, is a sign something is about to deeply shift and the system which has been used to other ways of doing might move into freeze out of fear of the unknown new...

Continue Reading...
 
Transforming your nervous system nervous system Nov 20, 2023

Actors, Your nervous systems are alert and alive to your environments, which is why your nervous systems pick up what's beneath what's being said.

 

You sense in a way that other people don't, the vibrations of emotions sensations, a kind of psychic field in a way the implicit, the...

Continue Reading...
 
If there is no rest and digest, there is no originality empowerment Nov 17, 2023

If there’s no rest and digest, there’s no originality

Our autonomic nervous system has this Fight, Flight, Freeze, rest and digest. So if we’re constantly in doing mode, there is no rest and digest. So if there’s no rest and digest, there’s no process. If...

Continue Reading...
 
Actors, it's all about relationships! acting relationship Nov 15, 2023

Actors, it’s all about relationships.

And your job is all about relationships and life is about relationships, that’s where intimacy lies.

Your job is intimacy in front of strangers. Intimacy with strangers. That’s what acting is. Public vulnerability.

Most people don’t want...

Continue Reading...
 
We're designed to be in relationship relationship Oct 30, 2023

You can do all the work you want on your own as an individual and you might feel really good alone.

But actually we’re designed to be in relationship, to interrelate and that itself is a practice.

And if we’re going to do that, we need people in our lives who we can evolve and grow...

Continue Reading...
 
The Art of Authentic Expression Oct 12, 2023

It’s the entire body that we believe.

It’s actually the nonverbal micro movements of the body that let me know this is an authentic expression of another human being, because I believe it in the small micro movements.

The tone and how you use your body, that’s where the...

Continue Reading...
 
Actors, It is not about being in a flow state! acting Aug 31, 2023

Actors, we are not looking for “flow state”.

Because that’s a kind of state of oneness and kind of calm and ease or I’m moving fluidly and easily from one thing to the other.

You’re human.

You’re not Gods or Goddesses or kind of made of fully water.

You are human...

Continue Reading...
 
Navigating the Intensity of the Film Industry nervous system Aug 10, 2023

 Navigating the intense demands of a career, especially in the film industry, can be overwhelming. It's particularly challenging when you're in a leading or supporting role, as the pressure can become immense. The rollercoaster of highs and lows often accompanies such endeavours.

To handle...

Continue Reading...
 
Communication is Relationship Aug 09, 2023

Communication is Relationship  Reflections will bring your sharing to a whole other level of meaning because we’re not just speaking to be heard and receive no response. We want to know, does it resonate? Does it land with you?  The same applies when we’re working...

Continue Reading...
 
You get to choose how you respond in any given situation Aug 08, 2023

You get to choose how you respond in any given situation

For the human voice, the more pleasure, the more comfort, the more ease, the more stability, the more enjoyment there is in that nervous system, the easier our entire vocal tract is going to be able to breathe with any given situation.

...

Continue Reading...
 
Your role as an actor is to be able to self-regulate and co-regulate Aug 08, 2023

Actors, this is how to stay grounded and creative

Your role as an actor is to be able to self-regulate and co-regulate.

Anywhere you’re going, your primary focus is, “Where is my self-regulation? My orientation through the senses?”

How do I get to the here and now? I get to the...

Continue Reading...
 
Reflecting the light so you can see more clearly voice Aug 08, 2023

Often, we find ourselves connecting with criticism, uncomfortable feedback, or negative reinforcement. This kind of feedback points out what’s wrong with what we’re doing and how we can improve, and we’ve become accustomed to it. Receiving criticism has become normal because we...

Continue Reading...
 
Self Regulation and Co-Regulation nervous system Aug 03, 2023

In times of intensity, overwhelm, and anxiety, self-regulation can be challenging. Often, we rely on co-regulation with others to find balance. If the people around us aren’t supportive in this aspect, seeking co-regulation from nature, like taking a walk or being near the ocean, can be...

Continue Reading...
 
Ego Strengthening...Strengthens Your Difference empowerment Aug 01, 2023

When we're in intensity, there's a negativity bias and there's a "what's wrong attention", which means that our senses - what we see, hear and touch, our thoughts, our images, our emotions - can lean towards morethe side that feels uncomfortable.

And in many ways, we have been educated to...

Continue Reading...
 
What is empowerment? empowerment Aug 01, 2023

Organic Intelligence® work brings us back to a more authentic way of being with ourselves and the world around us. It involves embracing our bodies in connection to our environment and the people we engage with in the present moment.

Accessing the here and now primarily relies on our senses...

Continue Reading...
1 2 3 4 5 6