by Martha Gelnaw | Mar 4, 2025
Sir Michael Caine’s memoir, “Blowing the Bloody Doors Off” might seem like an unlikely source of inspiring wisdom, but it contains some great advice. “You are always auditioning”, he says. ‘If you only think you’re auditioning when you’re in the room with the casting...
by Martha Gelnaw | Feb 15, 2025
Why bother to build rapport? At her husband’s holiday party, a friend of mine met her husband’s colleague who originally came from China. This colleague shared the story about his brother who’d been climbing the corporate ladder in his homeland, and he...
by Martha Gelnaw | Feb 7, 2025
I considered myself very fortunate to grow up in a town that had a roller rink, a bowling alley, and a lake that freezes over in the winter for ice skating. My hometown in northern New Jersey, formerly a farming town, was now part of the growing suburbs outside of New...
by Martha Gelnaw | Oct 30, 2024
“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” ~ Carl Jung...
by Martha Gelnaw | Aug 16, 2024
I had the great pleasure to hear from a woman who joined a Summer exchange program from her South African university with a New York City university. We had engaged with her fellow students in two sessions of learnings from Improvisation and Presence + Impact. Here...
