This story sounds like a nightmare, but for Elma Linz Kanefield it was very real and life changing. She wanted to understand how and why this “stage fright” happens and what makes some performers succeed while others struggle.

Elma’s trauma inspired her to become one of the world’s only specialists in the psychology of the performing artist. She has shared how she empowers performers and restores their mental health in her new book Hamlet’s Mirror: Reaching Your Performance Potential Onstage and Off (September 2022, Original Trade Paperback, $15.99).

Elma defines Performance Potential as “being the best you can be and doing the best you can do based on what you know in the moment of performance.” This is an internal state when you are emotionally and mentally able to balance the challenges, fears, and insecurities that can come with entertaining others.

In Hamlet’s Mirror, Elma explores the performer’s culture: its challenges, the highs and the lows. Then she delves into the four performing personality profiles she identified in her work:

1. Problem-Ridden Performer
2. Pugnacious Performer
3. Promising Performer
4. Potential-Realized Performer

Each section of the book is accompanied by fictionalized anecdotes of real performers who worked with Elma throughout four decades of having a New York City psychotherapy practice exclusive to performing artists. Also included are questions and reflections for readers who will have an opportunity to identify what kind of performer they are. Finally, Elma reveals how to reach your performance potential and adds examples to support her points.

Hamlet’s Mirror is for anyone considering a life in the performing arts from young people preparing to enter the “real world” of professional artists to seasoned performers who feel they are not realizing their performance potential.

Hamlet’s Mirror
by Elma Linz Kanefield, LCSW with Dianne Conjeaud

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Jim Taylor, Ph.D., Psychology is an internationally recognized authority on the psychology of performance, parenting, technology, and popular culture.

Background

Dr. Taylor has been a consultant for the United States and Japanese Ski Teams, the United States Tennis Association, and USA Triathlon, and has worked with professional and world-class athletes in tennis, skiing, cycling, triathlon, track and field, swimming, football, golf, baseball, fencing, and many other sports. He has been invited to lecture by the Olympic Committees of Spain, France, Poland, and the U.S., and has consulted with the Athletic Departments at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Taylor speaks regularly to elementary and secondary schools, parent and education associations, and youth-sports programs around the country. He has worked with the Miami City Ballet, the Hartford Ballet Company, and the DanceAspen Summer School, and performing artists in many disciplines.

Dr. Taylor has also worked extensively in the corporate world providing individual and group training to executives and businesses throughout the North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He is a frequent speaker at Young Presidents’ Organization events internationally and a featured speaker for Natixis Global Associates, the 14th largest asset management company in the world.

Dr. Taylor blogs on sports, parenting, education, technology, and popular culture on this web site, as well as on huffingtonpost.com, and psychologytoday.com. His posts are aggregated by dozens of web sites worldwide and have been read by millions of people. Dr. Taylor also hosts three podcasts, From Crisis to Opportunity, Raising Young Athletes, and Train Your Mind for Athletic Success.

Dr. Taylor has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, ABC’s World News This Weekend, UPN’s Life & Style, and the major television network affiliates around the U.S.. He has participated in many radio shows. Jim has been a columnist for The Denver Post, and has been interviewed for articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, The Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, The Christian Science Monitor, The London Telegraph, The Miami Herald, The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun, The Denver Post, Skiing, Outside, and many other newspapers and magazines. His a columnist for Saturday Evening Post and Triathlete.

Contact

Dr. Jim Taylor

Tel: +1.415.322.8425

Email: jim@drjimtaylor.com

Website. https://www.drjimtaylor.com/4.0

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Rick Snyder, M.A. in Psychology and author of Decisive Intuition: Use Your Gut Instincts to Make Smart Business Decisions, argues that the rational mind, doubt, busyness, fear, and the ego often disconnect us from our intuitive nature and inner compass, which makes our life choices much more challenging to navigate.

However, these obstacles and deeply-ingrained filters can be overcome. Each of us is capable of being more present to what our inner signals are trying to communicate, allowing us to open our mind and body to a deeper guidance within.

So what are you waiting for? Learn how to harness your gut instincts to make better decisions and live a fuller, happier and more purposeful life!

www.invisible-edgellc.com

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Influencing Our Day – Todays Behavior and the Way We Interact with Others.
As Autumn is a Time of Transformation we’re here with Rachel Herz, PH.D. And World Renowned Expert on the Psychology of Smell and Emotion. She is here to discuss the Importance of Fragrance and Emotion and Learn More about How Fragrance can Help Encourage Us to Step Out of Our Comfort Zone this Season.

Rachel Herz, PhD & Author Bio
Rachel Herz, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and leading world expert on the psychological science of smell. She has been conducting research on the sense of smell, emotion, perception, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990. Dr. Herz has published over 75 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants, co-authored several college textbooks, and is an adjunct professor at Brown University and Boston College. She is also a professional consultant to various industries regarding smell, taste, food and flavor, and is frequently called upon as an expert witness in legal cases involving olfaction. Dr. Herz is the author of two popular science books, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell, which was selected as a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books,” and That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion, which analyzes the emotion of disgust from culture to neuroscience, and has received numerous accolades from both popular and scholarly presses. Currently in the process of publication, Rachel Herz has a new book that explores how our senses and psychology govern our perception of food, and the experience and consequences of eating.
For more information see: www.rachelherz.com

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Harry Street Coffee presents Intentional Training author Eric N Quinn

Jersey City. NJ., Aug. 16th, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Harry Street Coffee is hosting a book-signing event with Eric N Quinn, author of the highly anticipated book Intentional Training on Thursday, August 25th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Harry Street Coffee is located at 695 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Released on August 16th, Quinn’s easy to read book combines Fitness training, Psychology and Mindfulness (or Bodyfulness) like Quinn calls it. Featuring research in human behavior and fitness, the book explores way a person can exercise in a more effective and efficient way. The author will be signing books that will be available for purchase, as well as giving a brief presentation and Q & A. Admission is free.

Eric N Quinn is no stranger to the fitness world. His successfulfitness and behavior career has been focused primarily on adult and exercise behavior. He’s a professional with more than 20 years of experience and has worked with organization like Adidas Latin America and professional sports teams.

As host of the event, Mr. Quinn says that while hosting a book signing in a coffee shop might seem somewhat unusual, is always good to be involved in the community. This event will bring different people together for a unique event to celebrate the success of one of our local community members. And, we want to remind people why the Jersey City area is such a great place to call home.”

For more information, contact Eric N Quinn.
Phone: 201.204.8019
Email: ericqn23@gmail.com

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Lee’s Journey…

Lee studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to and received a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture with a minor in Psychology in 1990. Interior Architecture is a combination of Interior Decoration, Interior Design & Industrial Design only; it does not include an Architectural degree. Lee has over twenty (20) years of experience in the Architectural and Interior Design industries in both Europe and the USA.

As a self proclaimed “learning enthusiast,” Lee has expanded her skill set to include: Aromatherapy, expertise gained at the Tisserand Institute in London; Reflexology, as studied in both Europe and the USA; and Feng Shui, having achieved certification at the BTB Feng Shui Masters Training Program in New York City under the teachings of the Grand Master Thomas Lin Yun. In 2013 Lee earned her accredidation from the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED Green Associate.

Lee now has a one-of-a-kind combination of expertise in corporate and residential design, plus the in-depth knowledge of ancient Eastern philosophies that create an extraordinary Holistic Interior Architectural approach for her clients.

Her boutique firm is located in Tribeca, where for the last decade Lee has cultivated a following of clients that value her unique methodology used in a range of projects, including full-gut renovations, smaller decorating challenges, and Feng Shui analyses of potential new properties. Lee and her team creatively and enthusiastically guide their clients through the design project journey in a way that is not only beautiful, but also insightful and fun.

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