This Week's Wellness Topic Energy and Immune Boosting for Show Runs For a live theatre performer, staying well is essential. Talking to casts as they go into tech week and show runs is one of my favorite things. 8 Tips for Wellness during show run: Handwashing Backstage, in dressing rooms, on stage you have a lot of contact with other people and surfaces, props, etc. Handwashing is the most important tool for keeping viruses at bay. Masks do decrease transmission of all viruses. You don’t...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
This Week's Wellness Topic Energy and Immune Boosting for Show Runs For a live theatre performer, staying well is essential. Talking to casts as they go into tech week and show runs is one of my favorite things. 8 Tips for Wellness during show run: Handwashing Backstage, in dressing rooms, on stage you have a lot of contact with other people and surfaces, props, etc. Handwashing is the most important tool for keeping viruses at bay. Masks do decrease transmission of all viruses. You don’t...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
This Week's Wellness Topic Smoking Marijuana and the effects on Vocal Cords It's "Wellness Wednesday" ! My posts and writing usually come out of issues that come out of clients and people I interact with that I think are important to address. Recently I have been focused on Vocal Health. So instead of talking about supplements or gut health this week, I want to talk about vocal cord health….specifically the effects of smoking ANYTHING on the vocal cords. Disclaimer: I am not a vocal...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
This Week's Wellness Topic Swings, Understudies and Double casts Spring has arrived! This week less science and education. More musings about Wellness in the Theatre industry. It’s been a busy last several months as the theatre world has slowly started working again. As the industry has opened up, I have been watching what has changes and what has not changed through the lens of a health coach eye. As theatres have opened and then paused for Covid running through casts, I am left with...
over 2 years ago • 5 min read
This Week's Wellness Topic Melatonin & Sleep Not sleeping well? Many people grab melatonin because is considered natural. However, most people treat Melatonin like a sleeping pill and completely take it incorrectly. Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone in the body. It is triggered by darkness. Melatonin is triggered when the sunlight fades each day. Melatonin is not like a sleeping pill that completely knocks you out. Rather, think of Melatonin as the wind down hormone or the “darkness...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Behind the Curtain with Nicole, Theatre RN The Newsletter is back! When I started the Newsletter 2 years ago we were well into lockdown of the Pandemic. Once the world opened up again I have had less time to write. My plans are to send you some educational content once a week that spans the entire Wellness wheel of Health and Wellness. Join the Theatre RN Newsletter What to Expect In the past 2 years, Mental Wellness has taken a much more prominent role in all our lives. So I will be putting...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
Behind the Curtain at Theatre RN; Summer Edition It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through the summer. Our dog Elphaba soaking in the Summer Vibes What's on my mind: Sacrificing your emotional or physical well-being for our entertainment As I write this letter, Simone Biles has stepped back from competition. I read this post on Facebook this morning (excerpt): “Today Simone Biles--the greatest gymnast of all time--chose to step back from the competition, citing concerns for mental...
over 3 years ago • 5 min read
Behind the Curtain with Nicole, Theatre RN June 2021 Newsletter Pride Month is here and so is Summer weather! Summer is my favorite time of the year. Summer is a natural time for mental hygiene; taking care of you. Happy Pride Month! Last month was mental health month but I can’t help thinking that Pride month is really all about mental health. A few words come to mind when I think about the LGBTQIA community: Fear, Acceptance, Confidence, Guilt, Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Love, Pride. All...
over 3 years ago • 5 min read
Behind the Curtain at Theatre RN March 2021 Happy March Reader! I hope this March is full of new beginnings after a long year of the Pandemic. Word of the Month: Balance As we all slowly creep back toward life that involves live performance, the word that comes up the most with clients is balance. We all recognize that the crazy lives some of us lived before the pandemic had us taking on too much, feeling like we had to say yes to everything, and running on empty all the time. While the...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read