This used to be my morning. I woke up and rolled over to grab my cell phone. I checked my emails. I mindlessly scrolled through my Facebook feed. Eventually I rolled out of bed and made my way to my computer. I would start working right away still in a sleepy fog. I would half…
When I think of Les Claypool I can’t help but smile. He is so unapologetically authentically weird-wild-silly-light and dark all at the same time. I love all of those parts of Les because they are the essence of who he is to the core. Most of his bass driven music sounds a little like a freaky dark…
There is a new syndrome in town and it’s becoming a world-wide epidemic. It’s something you might be suffering from right now and it’s very serious. What it is? Check out this scenario and let me know if any of it sounds familiar? This weekend I consciously and intentionally decided to stay home and celebrate Halloween at home….
My boobs are too small. Oh wait! No. My boobs are too big. My butt is so huge and full of cellulite. I’m so gross! If I suck in my stomach really hard it will look ok. Ugh. It’s still not flat enough. My thighs are so huge everyone must be staring at them thinking horrible…
Yes. It’s true. There was a time in my life when a little boy who was in kindergarden had me visualizing throwing him down the stairs. After he crawled back up the stairs, I pictured myself spitting on him and throwing him back down the stairs. I obviously couldn’t ever imagine taking action on the vision, but…
Hello. My name is Taraleigh and I guide people who are in love with live music. I help them let the authentic expression of themselves that they let out at festivals show in their everyday lives, so they don’t have to feel like they’re leading a double life anymore. I teach them how to add…
A couple of days ago on Facebook I asked, “What’s the best thing you’ve ever done?” The responses were so great. They looked a little like this: Gave birth to my children. Helped to make my children. Went backpacking in Australia for four months by myself. Saved a couple of lives. Got into Phish. Faced…
Oteil Burbridge is one of the best bassists in the world. He’s a two time grammy winner who rocks out all over the world with the legendary Allman Brothers’ Band. When we first met it was at a music festival called Jungle Jam in Costa Rica where he was playing with Grateful Dead drummer Bill…
Last Saturday night I had a dream that I did an interpretive acrobatic improv dance on stage dressed in a cat suit with musician Marco Benevento. I texted him and told him my dream and he responded, “Maybe you should today!?!?” Here’s the text message: I said yes and then the nerves set in because I…
For years I was faking it. I thought I loved myself, but my actions didn’t come close to matching. I acted as though I was mediocre. I treated myself in ways I wouldn’t treat my worst enemy. The way I was acting toward myself was being mirrored back to me in all areas of my…