The People and Things that Feed my Soul.
Cristiane Northrup says, "One of the biggest gifts you can give the world is a healed life."
Being an artist sometimes makes me feel like I'm pretty much "on" all the time because I do and see everything through that lens. It takes a lot of energy. But I don't just strive to be a better artist, I strive to be a better human being.
Here are the ways in which I recharge my batteries, relax, reflect and let go.
"Family is not an important thing. It's everything."
-Michael J. Fox
People I love Working With
A Few of My Favorite Things
Things I enjoy when I'm not parenting, wife-ing, on a set, running a set, on a stage, reading a script, auditioning, self-taping, cooking, cleaning, or putting out fires in any of the above categories.
Books
Non-Fiction
. Finding me: Viola Davis
. Just As I Am: Cicely Tyson
. Becoming: Michelle Obama
. Daring Greatly: Brene Brown
. Stamped from the Beginning: Ibram X. Kendi
. The Color of Law: Richard Rothstein
. The Power of Now: Eckhart Tolle
. The Power of Attachment: Diane Poole Heller, PHD
. You are the Placebo: Joe Dispenza
. Miracle Morning: Hal Elrod
. Born to Run..: Christopher McDougall
. Wintering: Katherine May
. The Actor's Life by Jenna Fischer
Fiction
. The Godfather (of course!)
. Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach.
. All the Harry Potters (don't judge me).
. Silence of the Lambs
. The Harry Bosh Series
. Any mystery, crime or court drama
Movies & Shows
Series
. Atlanta
. The Bear
. Black-ish
. Dead to Me
. DTF
. The Great
. This is Us
. Insecure
. Killing Eve
. The Kominsky Method
. Law and Order
. Law and Order SVU
. Luther
. Ozark
. Peaky Blinders
. Severance
. Sherlock
. Slow Horses
. Succession
. Unorthodox
. The Boys
. Bosch
Movies
. The Godfather
. Color Purple
. Heat
. A Few Good Men
. Silence of the Lambs
. Millers Crossing
. Love Jones
. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
. The Help
. Easy A
. Sinners
. Black Panther
. Avengers (all things Marvel)
. Elizabeth
Random Facts
. I enjoy reading
. I'm kind of obsessed with The Godfather
. My ringtone is from The Godfather
. My text tone is a quote from The Godfather
. I have cannoli and a gun hand soap in my bathroom from...yep, The Godfather
. I love college football
. I love pro basketball
. I get pretty intense when I watch sports
. I'm into true crime
. I like to cook. I cook a LOT.
. I LOVE MUSIC.
. I play music everyday
. I love to dance.
.I dance in my car...all the time.
. I dance in my house every single day
. I prefer dancing to regular exercise
. I have an insect/arachnid phobia
. I HATE roller coasters.
. I love to sing even though I don't consider myself a singer.
. I love karaoke
. I have 2 cats: Miles Jack and Roxie Michelle
. My cats' middle names are always the last name of a friend