“You’re very ummmmmmm different?” she said to me laughing. I responded confidently, “I agree!” A woman said this to me last week while I was cruising the racks at an upscale resale shop in New York City. Even though I took it as a compliment, she didn’t mean it that way. She was eluding to the…
Tag: live music
My business advice is to listen to Phish
Feeling super frustrated, I held myself hostage in my office. I wasn’t allowed freedom until I figured out what the next steps were in my business. Things were going slow and I was barely making a profit. I knew I had some awesome ideas that would change the world, but I didn’t know how to…
For the lovers, the dreamers and YOU!
There’s been something inside of you that’s trying to tell you something extremely important. It’s been talking to you since you were a kid and at one point you heard it and did what it said without much thought. And it was glorious! Until someone told you it was stupid and you shut it down….
How to Feel the Magic When Things Suck
You know those moments that happen in life when everything comes together and you feel so joyous that at any moment you may combust into a pile of dirt, sand and glitter? I have felt that way many times in my life. Once at my wedding when I looked around and saw my beautiful new…
A Little Inspiration from TheNEWDEAL’s Keyboardist Jamie Shields
Originally published in the Huffington Post TheNEWDEAL first began in Toronto in 1999, quickly gaining support from Toronto’s underground club scene as pioneers in electronica, recreating the DJ experience with live, improvised music. Soon the band brought their interpretation of Electro House, Trance, Breakbeat and Drum & Bass to the US, where they were embraced…
Famed rock-n-roll photographer Jay Blakesberg is a mentor for Rock Your Life Mentorship. Yay!
People often ask me what I do for “work” and one of the things I do that makes my heart sing is that I lead a virtual coaching program for live music fans called Rock Your Life Mentorship. The mentorship provides so many amazing things for its participants (like community, accountability, the tools to manifest…
I’m sad.
Many people come up to me and ask me how I’m happy and positive ALL the time. My answer is, “I’m not.” Even though I am a sparkly unicorn, I’m also a human being. As a human being it’s impossible to be happy and positive ALL the time. Being happy all the time is like…
The 3 keys to happiness by Trey Anastasio
Just in case you missed this in real life, the stream or in the many places it was shared online, you can watch the epic THANK YOU encore right here right now! Now that you’ve seen all that magic, did you notice how Trey’s speech pretty much summed up the keys to a happy life?…
Tuesdays with Taraleigh: Card Reading
I was at a rest area in upstate NY on my way to MayFest when I ran into a beautiful being. She stopped me and said something like, “Hi Taraleigh. I’m a huge fan of yours and I love your videos. They have really meant a lot to me and helped me to shift my…
What would the world be like without Phish?
Everyone was put on this earth to shine their lovelights, but for some reason so many of us allow our lights to be dimmed for one reason or another. It’s so much easier to place blame on someone for dimming your lovelight instead of taking responsibility for it. “It’s my boss’s fault. I get in…