Performers & Creators Lab

E7 Shake It Off: How to Turn Stage Fright Into Magnetism

Shake It Off: How to Turn Stage Fright Into Magnetism

Have you ever been so nervous that you choked up during a performance or an audition? Listen as Holly unpacks the surprising truth about stage fright and shares a revelation she discovered that no one else is talking about when it comes to this anxiety that plagues amateurs and experienced artists all the same. You’ll learn a powerful method for transforming stage fright into magnetism that you can use right away in this week’s Initiation Exercise. You’ll also hear from dance professional, H...

Power Games and Your Creative Career

Do you feel powerless over the success of your career? “Making it” can often feel like it’s defined by someone else and has nothing to do with how hard you work or how good you are. From casting directors, producers, people who hire you for a gig, to the audience themselves - there is often a sense of giving over your power to everyone else in hopes of being one of the “chosen few” in the spotlight. In this episode, Holly talks with Jeffrey Weissman, an actor for over 40 years about the powe...

E6 Power Games and Your Creative Career

Do you feel powerless over the success of your career? “Making it” can often feel like it’s defined by someone else and has nothing to do with how hard you work or how good you are. From casting directors, producers, people who hire you for a gig, to the audience themselves - there is often a sense of giving over your power to everyone else in hopes of being one of the “chosen few” in the spotlight. In this episode, Holly talks with Jeffrey Weissman, an actor for over 40 years about the powe...

How Do I Get Creative Without Pot?

“How do I access the stoned dancer when I’m not stoned?” Listen as Holly answers this question and coaches a professional dancer wanting to find a different way other than marijuana to access her creative genius when she choreographs. The episode covers insights into the way marijuana works with creativity, how to achieve a natural high, the four essential components in creating trance states without drugs, and tips for breaking bad habits. Includes commentary from a musician/composer and a ...

E5 How Do I Get Creative Without Pot?

“How do I access the stoned dancer when I’m not stoned?” Listen as Holly answers this question and coaches a professional dancer wanting to find a different way other than marijuana to access her creative genius when she choreographs. The episode covers insights into the way marijuana works with creativity, how to achieve a natural high, the four essential components in creating trance states without drugs, and tips for breaking bad habits. Includes commentary from a musician/composer and a ...

Be Afraid But Do It Anyway

What are you afraid of? And how do you persist in spite of it? In this revealing interview with Raz Kennedy, a renowned vocalist dubbed the "coach to rock royalty," Shaw's questions cut right to the core and we get a glimpse into the story of a living legend who persevered through early traumatic experiences to make his desire bigger than his fear. Learn about subconscious imprints, how to work through fear and more. Listen and discover - what is your "Love and Fear Cocktail"? And how can yo...

E4 Be Afraid But Do It Anyway

What are you afraid of? And how do you persist in spite of it? In this revealing interview with Raz Kennedy, a renowned vocalist dubbed the "coach to rock royalty," Shaw's questions cut right to the core and we get a glimpse into the story of a living legend who persevered through early traumatic experiences to make his desire bigger than his fear. Learn about subconscious imprints, how to work through fear and more. Listen and discover - what is your "Love and Fear Cocktail"? And how can yo...

E3 Sex and Sensuality: Onstage and In Show Business

In this fun and frisky interview with sensual researcher, Lucia Pavone and musician/music producer, Valentino Peeps, everyone gets vulnerable as they share bold opinions about the sexual harassment situation in Hollywood, tell tales on themselves of times they've accidentally stepped over what's "appropriate," and deeply explore how sexuality plays a part in creativity, art and the music business. You'll also discover how to use your natural sexual energy to put a little extra zing into your...

Sex and Sensuality: Onstage and In Show Business

In this fun and frisky interview with sensual researcher, Lucia Pavone and musician/music producer, Valentino Peeps, everyone gets vulnerable as they share bold opinions about the sexual harassment situation in Hollywood, tell tales on themselves of times they've accidentally stepped over what's "appropriate," and deeply explore how sexuality plays a part in creativity, art and the music business. You'll also discover how to use your natural sexual energy to put a little extra zing into your...

How to Quit Your Day Job and Become A Full-Time Artist

Ever wished you could quit your day job and pursue your dream career full-time? Vocalist, Briget Boyle is doing just that! Listen to her story and hear how she overcame years of fatigue and burn-out in order to strike out in 2018 as a full-time songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Get ideas, tips, and career hacks for how she is taking care of financial considerations, and creating accountability for herself so she can "go to work" every day with her music. Discover how she "spo...

E2 How to Quit Your Day Job and Become A Full-Time Artist

Ever wished you could quit your day job and pursue your dream career full-time? Vocalist, Briget Boyle is doing just that! Listen to her story and hear how she overcame years of fatigue and burn-out in order to strike out in 2018 as a full-time songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Get ideas, tips, and career hacks for how she is taking care of financial considerations, and creating accountability for herself so she can "go to work" every day with her music. Discover how she "spo...

Perform Like a Shaman

Listen as Holly Shaw explains how performing artists are the shamans of today, leading the world on an emotional journey by using entrainment, channeling and ecstasy in order to invoke the creative movement that the planet is calling for. Exploring examples from her own orgasmic experience on stage, to that of other artists like Tori Amos, Gabrielle Roth, Mickey Hart, Emily Dickinson, and Rainn Wilson, Shaw shares her vision for the Performers & Creators Lab Podcast. Actor, Jeffrey Weissman ...

E1 Perform Like a Shaman

Listen as Holly Shaw explains how performing artists are the shamans of today, leading the world on an emotional journey by using entrainment, channeling and ecstasy in order to invoke the creative movement that the planet is calling for. Exploring examples from her own orgasmic experience on stage, to that of other artists like Tori Amos, Gabrielle Roth, Mickey Hart, Emily Dickinson, and Rainn Wilson, Shaw shares her vision for the Performers & Creators Lab Podcast. Actor, Jeffrey Weissman ...