“ᑎO OᑎE OᑌTᔕIᗪE OᑌᖇᔕEᒪᐯEᔕ ᑕᗩᑎ ᖇᑌᒪE ᑌᔕ IᑎᗯᗩᖇᗪᒪY. ᗯᕼEᑎ ᗯE KᑎOᗯ TᕼIᔕ, ᗯE ᗷEᑕOᗰE ᖴᖇEE.” Had THE BEST day yesterday with @go_om_yourself. We spent the day at Malibu laughing, singing, dancing, and enjoying the beautiful view! Check out their amazing tanks! They have amazing rock-and-roll style for the yogi in you! Now they have men’s selections too! I am grateful to be free from the bondage of self today. The bondage I carried around with me my whole life. What a gift to be able to be myself and to let you be yourself. Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo/Tank: @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world.” During this time, are you feeling creative and inspired? Do you have boundless energy to create and share and move your body? Or are you feeling stuck? Do you have limited amounts of energy? OR is it a little bit of both? Guess what? All of it’s okay!! We aren’t “supposed” to be doing anything other than what we are doing. No matter what social media tells us or what our ego says to us (usually in a not very nice way!). If you are feeling like moving and shaking… great! If you are feeling like you want to stay in and make your bed or couch your new place of respite, that’s good too! We are all doing our very best at every moment… think about that… OUR VERY BEST! The times are interesting. What are we “supposed” to be doing? For me, today, I am going to trust that whatever it is I am doing is EXACTLY what I am “supposed” to be doing- because i am doing it! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skincare @bensiskincare Hair: @cindycoif
“ᗩᑎIᗰᗩᒪᔕ ᔕᕼᗩᖇE ᗯITᕼ ᑌᔕ TᕼE ᑭᖇIᐯIᒪEGE Oᖴ ᕼᗩᐯIᑎG ᗩ ᔕOᑌᒪ.” It’s no secret that I am an animal loving advocate. I always have been and always will be. Spent the day at a horse barn in Malibu the other day – it smelled of horse and hay- it was magnificent. What is something you feel passionate about? Sending each and every one of you so much love! ❤️ Photo: @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare
“ᒪOᐯE YOᑌᖇᔕEᒪᖴ ᖴIᖇᔕT- TᕼᗩT’ᔕ ᗯᕼO YOᑌ’ᒪᒪ ᔕᑭEᑎᗪ TᕼE ᖇEᔕT Oᖴ YOᑌᖇ ᒪIᖴE ᗯITᕼ.” Sometimes that’s the hardest person to listen to. Yet, If I am not taking good care of myself, i will be of no use to you or to my fellows. How is everyone doing these days? How are you feeling? And more importantly, what are you doing to take care of yourselves? As we know, Love is an action. We are in such a weird limbo time. We’re back to work, but we’re not. We are in public yet we have to wear masks and stay away from each other. We are standing up for civil rights during this pandemic yet have no clear help from our “leaders.” It has all been a bit much for me these past few days. One thing for sure, I am always standing up for animals. Always. We must not forget them. It is Monday, after all. Are you willing to do NO MEAT MONDAY today? Yes. This a lot to post this early. And yes, I get it, sometimes we just want to keep it light. This morning this is what’s on my mind and i want to hear from YOU. What’s your strategy for taking care of yourself today? How are you showing up? Is there a way to put your focus on someone else today? That’s what I am going to do. I am committed to showing up in service for others, all day. I am sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skincare: @bensiskincare @bensimoncenter Hair: @cindycoif
🎼 “ᔕᑌᑎᔕᕼIᑎE, Oᑎ ᗰY ᔕᕼOᑌᒪᗪEᖇᔕ ᗰᗩKEᔕ ᗰE ᕼᗩᑭᑭY…..”🎵 Hanging out at the beach with @go_om_yourself was absolutely delightful. I love the sun.☀️ I love the beach.🏖 I love taking time to rest.🧘♀️ I can get going fast. I work hard (as I’m sure most of you do too!) and push myself. Sometimes I forget to practice self care. What do you do to slow down and take care of yourself? Sending each and every one of so much love. ❤️ Photo: @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare
ᕼᗩᑭᑭY ᒪᗩᗷOᖇ ᗪᗩY ᖴᖇOᗰ ᗰY ᗯOᖇK ᕼᑌᔕᗷᗩᑎᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗰE!! The greatest thing about being an actor is that we get to play. @eddiemcclintock and I have been the best of friends for over 20 years- now we are “a couple” during this pandemic for commercials! It’s amazing. These are some interesting times. We need as many good and loving people jn our corner as we can. A group of folks who we love and trust and respect. How can I show up as the best of friends? What can i do to create harmony In this world? Where do I need to be more compassionate and tolerant and where am I thriving? Love is ALWAYS the only answer. Sending each and every one of you so much love… today and every day! Skincare: @bensiskincare
ᕼOᗯ ᗪO ᗯE ᑕᕼᗩᗰᑭIOᑎ OᑌᖇᔕEᒪᐯEᔕ ᗯITᕼOᑌT ᗷEIᑎG ᗩGᗩIᑎᔕT OTᕼEᖇᔕ? That is the question I have. How do we continue to advocate for what’s right and true And not make others wrong? I am open to any and all of your input. I am willing to learn and to grow. Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skincare: @bensiskincare @bensimoncenter Hair: @cindycoif
“ᒪOᐯE ᔕᗩYᔕ ‘I ᗩᗰ EᐯEᖇYTᕼIᑎG.’ ᗯIᔕᗪOᗰ ᔕᗩYᔕ ‘I ᗩᗰ ᑎOTᕼIᑎG.’ ᗷETᗯEEᑎ TᕼEᔕE TᗯO, ᗰY ᒪIᖴE ᖴᒪOᗯᔕ.” Resting is the most important thing we can do. It’s also the hardest thing for me to do. I am so grateful when I can allow myself to sit quietly. No words, no phone, no Netflix , no worries. I practice meditation. My teacher @jeffkobermeditation always reminds me to sit for 20 minutes, twice a day. I always get in my first sit daily. It’s the second one that I am known to skip. That’s the one that is the game changer, he says. What do you do to connect to a higher source? To remind yourself that you are a part of something bigger – despite what the external circumstances are? Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare @bensimoncenter
#challangeaccepted. Thank you @charlottehemmings_actor for inviting me. I love you. Women of all shapes and sizes. Women who love big, who play big, who have lost and gained big. Mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunties… ALL of us! Sending each and every one of you so much love! ❤️
“I ᒪET GO Oᖴ ᔕTᖇᑌGGᒪE ᗩᑎᗪ ᗩᒪᒪOᗯ ᔕᑭIᖇIT TO ᗰᗩᑎIᖴEᔕT ᗰY GOOᗪ.” So… what does that exactly mean? If I let go of struggle, wont that mean I am giving up? Not really. To me, letting go of the struggle means truly to surrender to what IS. That is the best way to describe it. What if I don’t like “what is?” Then we adjust our course and go another way. Allowing the Spirit or Source to guide us. I have experienced both struggle and surrender these past couple of months. I don’t believe I am alone. On one hand, I know that setting and seeking and trusting intentions is the way to manifest. Then I am asked to let go. It can sound conflicting. So… just for today… I am going to set the most loving intentions. I will see the things in my life happening in the divine way that I think they will be. And then I will allow the day to unfold before me and I will be thankful for each step I take. Walking through that will be where all the magic is!! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skincare: @bensiskincare @bensimoncenter Hair: @cindycoif
“ᗯᕼEᑎ ᗯE ᑕᕼᗩᑎGE TᕼE ᗯᗩY ᗯE ᒪOOK ᗩT TᕼIᑎGᔕ, TᕼE TᕼIᑎGᔕ ᗯE ᒪOOK ᗩT ᑕᕼᗩᑎGE.” This remains one of my favorite sayings. I think about it all the time. I can focus on the problems or on the possibilities. I can choose to see connection and love or separation and discourse. My choice. I always have one. Today I am choosing to see everything as a gift. Even the doubts and seeming failures, I will see them as protection, not rejection. That can be a tall order. In any given moment I can slip Into self centered-ness and self pity. My teacher @jeffkobermeditation tells me Our birthright is bliss. How can I drop into that moment to moment. Please show me the way of love and joy and service today. Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo by : @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in your mind.” Ooh! I love that! How are all of you doing with your “calm acceptance?” When do you find your Patience start to fall short? And when have you been the solid rock that keeps things cool? When I was younger, I had no Patience. I was driven by fuel and short sightedness and often anger. Those things have drastically changed. It has taken a lot of work to grow up. Being sober for one thing is the key to a better life. But that wasn’t all… I have had the opportunity to do therapy and meditation, I have a closed mouth friend who I can be honest with, I share openly about things that are on my mind, and I seek to be better. Always. I want to always be growing. Please share with me what your experiences with patience Have been! I love to hear from all of you!! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skin care: @bensiskincare @bensimoncenter Hair: @cindycoif
“It’s comfort OR joy. Comfort leads to misery. Sit with discomfort. Land in joy.” Wow… so often I want to skip past the discomfort and go right to the “good stuff.” Today I will allow some things to not feel as comfortable and I will land in joy! Sending each and every one of you so much love. Photo: @ashleyjchavana Skincare: @bensimoncenter @bensiskincare Hair: @cindycoif
“ᖴᖇEE YOᑌᖇᔕEᒪᖴ. YOᑌ ᗩᖇE TᕼE OᑎᒪY OᑎE TᕼᗩT KᑎOᗯᔕ ᗯᕼᗩT ᗯIᒪᒪ ᗰᗩKE YOᑌ ᕼᗩᑭᑭY.” Some mornings I wake up and I need to remind myself of that. That nothing “out there” will fulfill me. Bliss is our birthright. It’s as simple as that! I’ll say it again… BLISS IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT. That’s a hard thing to remember sometimes. If you’re like me, you have moments of true joy and freedom. Then something outside of me can happen (that i will perceive as negative) and i will believe in the illusion that I am separate from… This is my daily work. There are things that I do to take care of myself: 1. gratitude (writing or acknowledging all the gifts that are in my life- no matter how big or small.) 2. Service to others (the simple question “how can I help?” Is the best way for me to get out of my small thinking) 3. Meditation (quieting my mind. My mind is busy and when it’s going 100 miles an hour, it’s hard to hear the message from a higher source) 4. Prayer (actually turning over my will to something that is greater than my ego) 5. Remembering that all i have is today, this moment. When i start getting into “what if?” Or “what just happened?” I’m not living in this 24 hour period of time. 6. Reaching out to my loved ones – from a safe distance of course! Letting the people I love know that I love them is always a way to get some joy and true happiness- especially when i am doing it without expecting anything in return! What are some of the ways YOU have found freedom and happiness? I would love to know… I am always open and interested in hearing about other people’s lives! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️ Photo and tank: @go_om_yourself Skincare: @bensiskincare
“OᑎᑕE YOᑌ ᑕᗩᑎ ᗩᑕᑕEᑭT TᕼE ᑌᑎIᐯEᖇᔕE ᗩᔕ ᗰᗩTTEᖇ E᙭ᑭᗩᑎᗪIᑎG IᑎTO ᑎOTᕼIᑎG TᕼᗩT Iᔕ ᔕOᗰETᕼIᑎG, ᗯEᗩᖇIᑎG ᔕTᖇIᑭEᔕ ᗯITᕼ ᑭᒪᗩIᗪ ᑕOᗰEᔕ EᗩᔕY .” I love this plaid shirt. I wear it all the time. I have others- but this is the one for me. I also love the beach and the sun and the hat and hanging out, taking pictures with @go_om_yourself. Check them out!! Sending each and every one of you so much love.❤️ Photo: @go_om_yourself @bensiskincare
“IᑎᐯEᔕT Iᑎ ᖇEᔕT” Kinda hard to NOT invest in rest these days! Sometimes it feels like groundhogs day. Some days it feels like we are living in the flow of the universe. All is well. No matter what we “do”with our days, as long as we show up in love and in service, we are doing our best. I am taking a good look at myself- God knows I have the time. Some of the things that have shown up for me are unpleasant. I have no distractions to keep me from feeling my feelings and reconciling my past. Others have been the gifts of pause. The sound of silence. The opportunity to rest. I hope you’re finding some peace and joy during this time. Sending each and every one of you so much love. ♥️
ᗷEᔕT ᖴᖇIEᑎᗪᔕ 🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾 Sometimes you need to grab your dear friend and @eddiemcclintock and take some pictures! Friends that become family are the best friends ever. Sending each and every one of you so much love. 💕
“TᕼE EᗰᑭTY ᔕᗯIᑎG ᔕET ᖇEᗰIᑎᗪᔕ ᑌᔕ Oᖴ TᕼIᔕ- TᕼᗩT ᗷᗩᗪ ᗯOᑎ’T ᗷE ᗷᗩᗪ ᖴOᖇEᐯEᖇ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗯᕼᗩT Iᔕ GOOᗪ ᑕᗩᑎ ᒪᗩᔕT ᗩ ᒪOᑎG, ᒪOᑎG TIᗰE” I played on the swing set the other day with @go_om_yourself. We laughed, we ran around, and we remembered that we are kids at heart. Do you remember what it was like to play outside when you were little? When we used to make believe towns and characters and talent shows? When we believed in the very best of the world? Today I am going to remember. The very best of this world. Sending each and every one of you so much love.❤️
ᗩ ᗯᗩᒪK Iᑎ ᗰY ᔕᕼOEᔕ Working with #nancytravis was an experience I’ll never forget. She is so generous and talented… So open and honest. Wow. I learned so much as an actor. We played the same woman in this beautiful movie. Thank you @philipwinchester @jacksonpace and #camerondeanestewart for your talent and open hearts! @john.jkhbiz … you are an incredible director and one of my most favorite people on the planet. @lveenker and @eryntracy – you two have always supported and helped me! Thank you thank you. 🙏🏽 I loved shooting this movie. LOVED IT! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️
TᕼIᑎGᔕ ᗩᖇE ᒪOOKIᑎG G ᖇ I ᗰ ᗰ This was shot in 2017 and one of the funnest jobs I’ve had. Morphing into a creature is not as easy as it looks! Thank you @mrgiuntoli and @mrsasharoiz for making me feel so welcome. Thank you @norbertobarba for your incredible vision on such an awesome show. Thank you @eryntracy, @lveenker and @ranielpants for your tireless work in the casting office. And thank you @option_talent for being the best agents in Portland! I love my hometown in Portland Oregon. So grateful. Sending each and every one of you so much love.
ᗯEᒪᑕOᗰE TO ᑭOᖇTᒪᗩᑎᗪIᗩ! This was shot almost 8 years ago now! What an amazing experience to work all 4 seasons of this amazing show. Working with @sordociego and @carrie_rachel was always a laugh a minute. They are generous, funny, interested, and talented actors who love to bring out the best of their co-stars. Thank you #jonathankrisel and David Cress for always making me feel welcome! I am a Portland native. Proud of my city. Grateful to be a part of something amazing. Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️
Setting intentions for the highest good for all concerned. That’s what I have been doing for the last few years. I set intentions. I have a vision board of joy and love. I see myself doing the things that I wish for or want – as though they’re already happening. I AM are the two most important words we can possibly say. They are the course setters. This little video is from 2 1/2 years ago. My dear friends @jenniferalysephotographer and @ian_d_stout put together this video together during an incredible photo shoot. I was getting ready to move from my home town Portland to LA. I had been seeing my success and living my dreams through my intentions and I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you that everything I dreamt of has come true! That’s not magical wishing or thinking. That’s the GREAT FACT. When we see ourselves doing what we want to be doing, what we know we are to be doing for our highest good, the universe responds in kind. Aa a teacher, I always hand out I AM sheets to all my students at the very beginning of a session. Some of them love them- some of them think they’re corny and useless. The ones who use them come to me later and marvel at what has happened in their lives! It’s pretty remarkable what can happen when we actually see ourselves living our Best Lives! What is something that you are seeing, knowing, believing in your life? Are you able to connect the desire to the reality? I am here to help. If you would like to have one of the I AM pages, DM me your email and I will email you back one of the sheets! I wouldn’t say this if it weren’t true- setting intentions draws toward us what we already know to be true- that we are successful, fabulous, God Centered, abundant, amazing creatures!! We can live whatever life we set ourselves up to have. Even in these uncertain times… the universe doesn’t judge. It is swift and powerful. I am sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️
ᕼOᗯ ᗰᑌᑕᕼ ᗪO ᗯE ᒪOᐯE @janethevirgin.cw! This is one of the first jobs I booked when I arrived in LA. What an absolute delight. Working with @jaimecamil, @evalongoria, @brookshields and my studio exec pal Juan Martinez was dream come true! I had the extreme pleasure of coming back for several episodes and loved every second of it. Thank you to the cast and crew for always making me feel so welcome. This is a show that will last all through the ages – even though the series is over, you can watch it on repeat over and over again and again! I am eternally grateful to @alysonsilverberg casting for giving me the opportunity to work with the best of the best! Sending each and every one of you so much love. ❤️
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