Setting Intentions for the New Year In 2011, I was introduced to a new way to start the year off right—using intentions instead of resolutions. By using New Year intentions, I have experienced more compassion, growth and self love. And bonus—I’ve enjoyed the review of each year as time goes on, instead of beating myself …
What if the Showgirl isn’t really dying? What if her true self, the Divine Feminine, is finally being revealed? I thought the Showgirl was dying I have written a couple of blogs about the Showgirl and how she is dying. One where I described a recent trip to Las Vegas and an oldie, but goodie …
What does it feel like to chase your dreams? In the beginning, it feels like adventure, excitement, expansive. Like being on a path to discover a new world that you are creating all on your own. It is exhilarating, life giving and feels like it is meant to be. Everything is aligned—your energy, the energy …
Not sure what to gift your glamour girl? Try on these options to make her feel extra, fancy or maybe just a bit more luxurious in her day to day. The following list of 9 gifts for the glamour girl is sure to please that fancy lady. Below are my best suggestions for gifts for women …
How do you use trust in your life? A recent conversation with my friend Christopher Childers from episode 013, revealed an element of being a performer that I had never really considered before. Performers use trust in their life. He said that we have been trusting everyone to do their jobs this whole time. The …
Permission doesn’t always come from outside of us A recent online training I took revealed to me just how much I have been holding myself back from experiencing the best that this life can offer. It wasn’t new information to me at all. It simply revealed a fresh layer of understanding and resonance that I …
The first time I noticed the Showgirl is missing from Las Vegas In 2018, I took a road trip with my family to LA to visit Disneyland for the first time as a whole family since 2008. It was always a road trip, as it is (supposedly) cheaper and my dad is afraid to fly—never …
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7 Ways to Use Your Alter Ego to Get What You Want Think that an alter ego is just for the stage? Think again. I have successfully used my alter ego, Gazella, to navigate through some of the #adulting tasks in life that most shy away from due to their insecurities or lack of self-confidence, …
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Embodying an alter ego There I was, sitting in my group coaching call on zoom, feeling insecure, unsure of how to move forward in my business and fed up with feeling this way. My coach was outlining the next module of her course and my ears perked up when she said alter ego. I already …
Turning up the dial on fun Last week, I shared all about that moment and how it impacted my mindset and my confidence. The moment that I realized that I get to want what I want and therefore create the life that I wanted to live and be excited about, was the moment that I …
“What do you want?” It seems like a simple question that a woman who thinks she knows who she is and what she wants would be able to answer, but I just couldn’t do it! Every week, in therapy, she would ask me, “What do you want?” And every week I would say “I don’t …
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What is a Brand of Sexy? Recently, I released a quiz to determine your Brand of Sexy. Take the quiz below to find out what your Brand of Sexy is and how you show up in love and life with feminine energy and archetypes. How I work with feminine energies In my effort to help …
Finding True Love I had no idea how our parent’s relationship affects our own relationships in life. I thought that I was supposed to find the same relationship as my parents when I first went out into the dating world. I wish I knew then what I know now—sometimes you have to kiss more frogs …
Why Dress up? As a #showgirlforlife, I sometimes forget that dressing up is a mystery to some people. (I live in Colorado, our “formal” is usually jeans and a button down.) I forget that dressing glamorously is not a normal thing that people experience except maybe 3 times in their lives: homecoming, prom, and weddings. …
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Finding the way back to me Going from Showgirl to Mother was a breeze for me. I have always had a strong connection to my inner Mother as nurturing and care taking came easy to me. Once I left Jubilee! I naturally flowed into motherhood and made it my focus. Raising two beautiful girls was …
Take a Proper Bow During a curtain call recently, I witnessed another performer fail to fully take their bow when their name was called. They just sort of half heartedly walked to almost center, feebly bowed and then sheepishly scooted back into line with the rest of the cast. She failed to take a proper …
What does it mean to be authentic? Have you ever caught the eyes of a small child sitting in the seat of a grocery cart or as they are fleeing full speed from their mommy and they smile at you with the biggest, most beautiful smile and then playfully turn away? It makes my heart …
Choreography tips for those who hate choreographing Choreography. It’s my arch nemesis when it comes to creating a new act. I have never been good at it, nor wanted to become good at it—that was the problem. I needed some choreography tips. Growing up, I never had the desire to create choreography for me to …
Laughing leads to confidence I have figured out how I continue to look younger than other women my age, and in turn feel more confident. Laughing leads to confidence and eternal youth. Read on to learn more. One of the things I have been talking about with my coaching clients and bachelorettes about is tapping …
What is Fake Confidence? Fake it ’til you make it, is another way to describe fake confidence. Read more to learn my experience with this confidence-building tactic that doesn’t really work. When I was a young dancer, about 14 years old, I had the fortunate experience to be chosen to be an I Love Dance …
How do you define success? Growing up, I was taught that success is how much money you have in the bank (or how big your house is and what kind of car you drive,) and how prestigious your job is. How’s that for a way to define success? My dad wanted me to be a …
The hidden power of ritual Recently, I have been assessing all the abundance and love in my life and realizing that I have so much abundance and love, and it comes in the form of so many wonderful things!! One of them is the power of rituals and how they transform my present moment. One …
The hard truth about burlesque performer pay It is infuriating to learn that burlesque performers are stripping for free. The truth about burlesque performer pay is that someone is making money, and it isn’t you. Sometimes it makes sense to work/perform for free or little pay, as in ballet apprenticeships or any apprenticeship, for that …
How to add value to get paid more There has been a little bit of an uproar in the burlesque community due to a show pay poll and subsequent release of a detailed infographic recently. While I try to keep up with all the things going on, it’s difficult to allow myself to be sucked …
Connect with the Audience As a performer, you’ve probably heard of the “X Factor.” No, I’m not talking about the TV show. I’m talking about the essence of a performer that cannot be explained or quantified. The “It” or “je ne se quoi” quality of that one performer that you cannot take your eyes off …
