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Associations: What I learned as an Actress about the Effect Others have on Our Thinking and Choices.
As a young actress immersed in full time classes and auditioning in Hollywood for many years the constant effects of studying and taking on disturbing character personalities in plays, movies and TV shows often affected me. It was personally draining particularly...
Manipulation: How Tech is Controlling Us?
The Democratic and Republican parties had their electoral conventions recently, and viewers watched and listened to influential leaders share their personal and political opinions why Trump or Biden would be the best President. However, many individuals didn’t watch...
God Space
Author, Leonard Sweet said, “the difference between the words “nowhere” and “now here” is a space. We need to leave space for God’s justice. We need to step back and be clarifiers of God’s words and not become truth-tellers. When we choose to be truth-tellers, we get...
Love Attacks: The Viral Language that Heals
One of the most difficult results of the COVID pandemic is how we are now having to restrain ourselves from hugging or even extending a handshake to someone else. Who can resist when the warmth of friendship and love is extended? Research is revealing that people...
A. R. and V. R.: What We Need to Know about How Their Usage Affects Us.
My husband and I enjoy watching old sci-fi films. The Fly, The Invisible Man, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon to name a few of the classics. Pie plates flying around to depict spaceships is part of the fun of watching these old films. Filmmakers had to do all...
You Can Do Magic: Living Fully in an Uncertain World
One of my favorite places to visit in Los Angeles is the Magic Castle. It is an iconic venue that sits mysteriously lit at night on a hill in Hollywood. You can only get into the Castle if you have an invitation from a magician who is a member and has performed there....
Get Going Because You Can
My three-year-old grandson has a mind of his own (as do all 3-year olds.) So, we play games. When I want him to eat, I tell him “don’t eat that!” When I want him to hurry up, I tell him “don’t run!” Today we don’t want to be told what to think or do either. Sometimes...
Sydney Patapoff INNER VIEW
Here is my interview from the Influence Women's Journal - August 2020. Not signed up yet for the bi-monthly journal? Sign up NOW! Bio Sydney Patapoff is a 2nd Assistant Director who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. After beginning her career on NBC’s “The Office”...
Confronted on Both Sides: How the Chinese Church Teaches Us to Be Warriors of Faith
Several years ago Cooke Media Group assisted in producing a docu-drama – The Insanity of God. It is the story of missionary Nik Ripkin whose 17-year-old son tragically died on the mission field. In His lamenting, Nik asked God, “Is Jesus worth it?” Is it worth the...