24th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
You've worked long and hard at developing and honing your craft. You've put your fears aside and went to audition after audition even for roles you knew you didn't have much of a chance of landing. You've struggled...
24th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Childhood is often referred to as a carefree and playful time enjoyed without a thought of responsibility. However, a more accurate look at the average youth experience reveals that children experience quite a bit...
18th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
What is risk and why is it something to be feared, to be avoided?
To risk is to be exposed to the possibility of a loss or harm. To be risk adverse is to say to yourself, "If I do this thing I might lose somethi...
17th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
As I was driving along the Malibu coast Paul Simon's "Fakin' It" blared through the radio. I had the volume cranked because I had the top down and was singing loudly and badly along with the song. It's such fun t...
17th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Life stinks.
If that statement bubbled up in your thoughts recently then you may be attached to life decaying garbage truck thinking. Simply put, if you stuff your mind with garbage you will create stinky outcom...
05th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
I love Halloween. It is perhaps the most empowering holiday of the year. For fun, think of the person you admired most when you were a child. It could be Spiderman (or any other movie character - animated or not)...
05th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
I was sitting at my table enjoying the pile of fruit on my plate at an early morning breakfast meeting when all of a sudden I recognized a Wizard before me. I was there to listen to guest speaker, Krista Vernoff, ...
02nd November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
I was not surprised to learn in recent interviews with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, former close confidante to Michael Jackson, that Michael lost the will to live. He was embarrassed to go out in public. He had mutilated...
28th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
HA!
That's often my first reaction when I open up the daily Calendar Section in the Los Angeles Times in the wee dark hours of each morning. This Monday morning's edition was no exception. Matea Gold reports th...
27th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Raison D'Etre is French for reason, or purpose, for the existence of someone or something. Each and every person comes into this world with a purpose, unique talents to achieve that purpose and the inner wisdom to ...
23rd October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Everywhere you look; in magazines, newspapers, online and televised articles and bios of people who face challenges are examples of people who have moved beyond their challenges to create extraordinary lives. Ther...
21st October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Your body talks to you all day long. What you feel in your body is an indicator of whether or not you are moving towards or away from achieving what you desire. Your gut instinct will tell you what steps to take, ...
20th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Fear is THE source that holds you back, how you get in your own way, from fully and successfully investing yourself in your creative endeavors. You may have found excuses and reasons that are external to you to exp...
07th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
If you are at all familiar with the story of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz you know that among Dorothy's fellow travelers along the yellow brick road to find the great and powerful Wizard was the Lion. The Lion want...
06th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Valery Satterwhite
Hardly a day goes by when I don't read or hear of some celebrity or politician publicly humiliating themselves in an unconscious act of self-sabotage. Some get up, brush themselves off, learn a few life lessons an...
