by Shari | Mar 1, 2020 | family, Life in General, mental illness, parenting, therapy
Isn’t it interesting how many people have perfect lives? To judge from my relatives’ posts on social media, nothing happens but bringing home trophies, straight A’s and loving family gatherings. They like smiling and church and friends and their fabulous houses and...
by Shari | Apr 23, 2018 | depression, Life in General, mental illness
There is a moment in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” where Holly Go Lightly says she gets the reds and is corrected, “I think you mean the blues.” But she knows very well that she means the ‘reds’. I do too. It’s that muddy anxiety that starts with...
by Shari | Jul 24, 2016 | Acting & Experiences, Life in General, mental illness
This is about fear and loathing. Not that I have any, of course. Who would ever admit that? That would make me wrong, and don’t we all loathe it when that happens! Except…I’ve been working on some meditations lately to help get down to the...
by Shari | Oct 9, 2014 | acting, Entertainment, film, makeup, mental illness, movies, New Novels, schizophrenia
This image of me is a work of art featuring makeup by an incredible artist named Devan Weitzman. I realized when I looked at this picture, how my priorities have changed over the last trio of decades, and all I have to say is…what a relief! I spent my...
by Shari | Sep 11, 2014 | Acting & Experiences, creating character, creative inspiration, mental illness, writing
Did you know you have pathways in your brain? Learned reactions to physical and mental stimuli? Isn’t that fascinating? Here’s how it works. When your senses perceive something, (and perceive is the operative word, as we all perceive things differently)...
by Shari | Jun 30, 2013 | Acting & Experiences, Life in General, mental illness
This is one of my favorite quotations. As far as I know the author is anonymous, and this poem is inscribed on the base of a sun dial at a University. The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and...
