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What’s acting got to do with it?

What can business people learn from what great acting is? Acting is all about communicating vulnerability, allowing the truth inside yourself to shine through regardless of whether it looks foolish or shameful. To open and give yourself completely. It is an act of...

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The Art of Gesture

"What is the difference between gesturing and gesticulating? Gesticulating means movement without control. The Art of Gesture, on the contrary, implies great control of your own gestures, total awareness of each limb, from hands to chest, to feet, all with great...

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How to have a good New Year – a farmer's perspective

One day, a talented writer friend of mine was discussing the evolution of my business with me.  He likened it to the corn farmer he met from Iowa who told him, “You can do anything in farming twice, except plant.”   And when my friend asked this Iowan “what makes...

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A single objective channels all our energy

A baseball batter rehearses his stance, grip, swing, and breathing; he studies the opposing pitchers; at the plate, he takes note of the wind and the position of the fielders. As he begins to swing at a pitch, however, he ceases to be consciously aware of all this and...

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"I got everything except for the words!”

We are sending off messages without words. In 2009, I read an article about the actor, Marcia Gay Harden, who won an Oscar in 2004 for her role in Pollock and was nominated for the award in 2003 for Mystic River. She lives in New York City and at the time, she was...

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Hello. I’m Martha. I coach and facilitate work where you communicate in your full Presence with great impact.

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