I’m filled with emotion. I just saw a screening of a movie that I worked on last fall, called “La La Land”. It was amazing and is perhaps the best movie I have worked on in my career. The cinematography and art direction is beautiful, the story a universal story – that everyone can relate to and…
Category: Writing
‘No Longer the Quiet, Shy Girl Who was in Pain’
I never planned to be here. I never thought I would write this blog, write this consistently and live the life I am living. Today is my three-year anniversary of starting The Illuminated Voice. This blog started out as a goal for myself to practice being vulnerable. I was challenged to perform a solo show, by my voice coach, about…
When Did Consistency Become Novelty?
“Stephanie…” my friend, the novelist, got my attention as we sat at a large group dinner. He paused and searched for what he wanted to say. “You’re …” I waited for him to speak. “Consistent,” he said, though he was not sure that it was the right word he wanted to say. Consistent? I thought. “Yeah,…
Mindful Monday #137 – The Source of Our Greatest Strength
This past Friday I wrote a post titled “She told me to stay single.” The post is a real life account of a woman I met this year that kindly told me to stay single. She wanted me to counter the narrative of how she was raised as a Latin woman (and how all women…
Mindful Monday #120 – Love Takes Off the Mask
During my writing/ away time, I am also serving the community. For one day a week. I am co-teaching a mother -daughter / father-daughter writing workshop for teenage girls. This week kicks off the third week of the workshop. I am teaching this weeks theme on the topic of perceptions. I learned this activity from Awaken…
My Sacred Space
I’m currently in the “middle of nowhere” and I have been here for almost two weeks. I choose not to identify my location for a good reason. I took a mini vacation to Santa Barbara at the end of May. In the two days I was gone, several phone calls and text messages interrupted the peace. Each call…
Mindful Monday #114 – Instincts
“Consider that you know what is deeply best for you…”
Life in Full Bloom
This week was the best week of my life. Prior to finding my voice in the Fall of 2013, I set the goal at the start of that year to balance my life. I did not know what I was getting into when I made that choice. And I didn’t think the choice would change…
Mindful Monday #99 – Not Afraid
Working on location has been so insightful and it is one of the best things that I didn’t know I needed. I did not want to work on location for three years because I knew it would be more demanding. I was right. Work has been more demanding then I anticipated. However, so much has…
My Grown Up Christmas Wish
Why am I writing? Should I continue to blog? Does my writing matter? I have been blogging a little over two years and this fall I started to question my blogging. I started blogging to get comfortable (being uncomfortable) with complete vulnerability. Through this process I realized I love to write and want to pursue a career as a…
My Inciting Incident
This past Friday was my 5 year anniversary of moving to Los Angeles (LA). My move was prompted by my desire to further my career in the entertainment industry. In college, once I decided to actually pursue this career (versus dream about it), I knew LA would be in my future. The year before I…
A Note to the Readers
December 6th marks the 1 year anniversary of “The Illuminated Voice.” For those of you who have subscribed, read weekly or are reading for the first time, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This blog was created for one goal, to write weekly. I felt I lost my creativity somewhere in college and in 2013…
Say What You Need to Say
I am a writing advisor for a national writing program that is starting a new chapter in Arizona. This program is one of the reasons why I choose to stay in AZ for a few more weeks (which extended my month of writing). I had no intention to be an advisor for this program. I…
Great Expectations – Revisited
“I thought I’d be married by now.” “I thought I’d have children at this age.” “I thought I’d be in a different place in life.” We have all heard these lines before or lines similar to these from our friends, family and loved ones. As we get older, the frequency of which we hear these…
Grounded – My Month of Writing
This month of writing is taking on a life of it’s own. I found myself in conversations with authors, a mentor from college, my friend the fiction writer, my friend the spiritual intuitive, my friend the psychologist and my friend the yogi. If last week was about healing (Heal First, Write Second – My Month…
