Practicing Presence: A Top Broadway Actress on Overcoming Fear & Doubt with Sandra Joseph

Summary: I'm so proud to share another powerful interview with another incredible person: Sandra Joseph. Sandra was the longest running lead actress in the longest running Broadway show, Phantom of the Opera. Sandra played Christine in more than 1,000 shows over the course of 10+ years. Despite her success, it wasn't always like that for her. Sandra spent years as, in her words, a "scared kid from Detroit" that lacked confidence and experienced setback after setback. Her "PIVOT" to a confident, composed leading lady, singer, and keynote speaker is truly inspirational and chock full of learning! Sandra is also the co-author of "Your Creative Soul: Expressing Your Authentic Voice" with Caroline Myss. Learn more from Sandra at <a href="http://sandrajoseph.com/free-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://sandrajoseph.com/free-resources/</a>.<br> <p style="text-align: center;">---</p><br> I woke up with this wonderful feeling of anticipation for incredible conversation. I'm assuming that everybody also loves great conversation, especially when other people's conversation translates into some opportunity for transformation for ourselves. I'm thrilled to be with somebody that has an incredible story. More than a story, she has a very inspiring life. It's just something that every time I've been in her presence, I've felt more conscious. I've felt happier. I'm trying to be present to what's come up for me in those situations. I feel joy in this person's presence. When it comes to these podcasts, our audience, our communities come to expect this from me. I don't do introductions anymore. To mean me they seem canned. They're always like, "Here are the great things this person did." I've been introduced and it's been a joy to be introduced all over the world, to speak, train and share things. When I get on the stage, I've always started by saying, "It's so great to hear all those wonderful things about myself. If you ask me who I am, I will say, first and foremost I'm a daddy, I'm a husband," and then I'll talk about my wife.<br> <br> The most important things always bubble to the surface, and those things are not about the fact that I practice law or ran a company or any of it, even though those are important things because they are credibility for sure to know that the person in front of you has some experience in what it is they're talking about. For sure, the most important things are life experiences and how it is that we navigate life in a way that is productive for ourselves and for the people that we get to serve. You are an elegant expression of that not just physically because you're absolutely beautiful, but more than how you physically appear and show up. I feel like there's an ease and a grace and a joy about your presence. That's a product of life experience and also of God too.