You can’t fall in love with someone if you don’t spend time with them. You need to get to know them. Learn about their strengths and their weaknesses, their quirks and their gifts. Build a meaningful relationship that is based on trust and respect. A relationship that can only be formed by spending quality time […]
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Life is busy. There are so many competing priorities. It feels like we never have enough time. When we finally find a moment for ourselves and our interests, we are tired and drained. It’s difficult to focus with all of life’s distractions, pressures, and demands. We lack the patience, energy, and attention after a long
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All transformation begins with action. I am an overthinker. No doubt about it. I love to think, ponder, reason, strategize, and ensure that logic is “fully engaged” before I make a decision to take action. I have an abundance of spreadsheets with ideas, thoughts, and creative possibilities with full risk-assessment considerations noted. Have you heard the saying,
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Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you get your fill of chocolates, flowers, and love notes today. Know that you are loved and appreciated. I am so grateful for your contribution to this amazing community of artists. I also hope that you commit to falling in LOVE with the “Artist Within” today. Give your inner artist a
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If you have been following along with me over the past few weeks I have been outlining the steps to realizing the true transformational power of the performing arts. Let’s begin with a recap. Self-awareness. Acknowledge and embrace the emotions, feelings and responses you have to performing and sharing your art with others. Practice performance.
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Community feels like a buzzword these days. Everywhere you turn someone is inviting you to join their community: brands, influencers and the corner coffee shop. Communities bring people together through shared experiences and values. As the world becomes more complex and difficult to navigate, we search for places where we belong, matter and feel genuinely
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If you know me you know I love order, systems and processes. Rooted deep down, I love perfection. I really do. I love everything to be in its place; neat, tidy, organized, perfect. Over the years I have had to learn to let go of perfectionism. It’s been a process, but bit by bit I
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It’s a snow day here in the GTA. Mother nature certainly has a sense of humour! The quiet and stillness of a Canadian winter storm is both peaceful and a bit eerie. There is a calmness in the air. A moment for pause and introspection. Performance is practice. Yes, I said it. I know there
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Congratulations! You survived the first week of 2022. Last week did not turn out the way I had expected with more province-wide restrictions and a return to virtual learning. Monday was a frantic day of unexpected communications, emails, organizing materials, delivering art kits and pivoting to online learning. But here’s the thing, two things are
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As the days, weeks and months go by, it is becoming harder and harder to find creative things to do at home. We have created a fun challenge for you: the Donais Studios Music Challenge Bingo. Each square of the card has a challenge that encourages a love of the arts, creativity, imagination, and community
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