Motivation 7/16

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 10, 20221 min read

Father Once Told Me…

… he believed my mother deliberately stuck me with pins while she was changing my diaper when I was a baby. Growing Up Not Quite Jewish...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 4, 20223 min read

What’s a 45?

When I was in my 40s, I mentioned to a woman half my age at the time that I had asked a friend to make music CDs from my 45s. And she...

Power Recipe No. 7: Upgrade Your Conviction

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 27, 20221 min read

Power Recipe No. 7: Upgrade Your Conviction

“Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality. Upgrade your conviction to match your destiny.” Stuart Scott

Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 19, 20221 min read

Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

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Hush Life: The Book Cover Matches My Shoes

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 13, 20221 min read

Hush Life: The Book Cover Matches My Shoes

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Back in the Day Vol 2: Happy New Year 2010!

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 13, 20220 min read

Back in the Day Vol 2: Happy New Year 2010!

McGraw Hill Coffee Break Podcast: The Business of Race

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 5, 20221 min read

McGraw Hill Coffee Break Podcast: The Business of Race

Nir Bashan, author of The Creator Mindset, talks with Margaret Greenberg and Gina Greenlee about their new book, The Business of Race:...

Back in the Day Vol 1: Play’s Still the Thing

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 28, 20223 min read

Back in the Day Vol 1: Play’s Still the Thing

Some call the journey I’m on “decluttering” or “downsizing.” I call it “reducing the content footprint of my home studio.” Everything in...

Truth Be Told Vol. 5: “I Was Just Young Enough to Believe Her”

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 23, 20221 min read

Truth Be Told Vol. 5: “I Was Just Young Enough to Believe Her”

“I was traveling with my mother to North Carolina. Usually, we traveled by car but this time we took the train [from New York City]. And...

Short Film Festival #5: Happiness by Steve Cutts

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 15, 20221 min read

Short Film Festival #5: Happiness by Steve Cutts

Prepare to have your mind blown.

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 7, 20221 min read

Learn to Make Yourself Happy

I decided to come back to Los Angeles and learn to live alone. I said, I will learn about me… You have three or four choices here that...

Random Thoughts: A Manhattan Native’s 15 Years Living in New England

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 29, 20222 min read

Random Thoughts: A Manhattan Native’s 15 Years Living in New England

Let’s talk town fair. Three giant beans on a placemat win a blue ribbon. A kid with a cow on a frayed rope. Walking it like a dog. Fried...

Truth Be Told Vol 2: Creativity and Misplaced Power

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 24, 20221 min read

Truth Be Told Vol 2: Creativity and Misplaced Power

“When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 17, 20221 min read

Diggin’ on James Brown

Ya know the more things change The more they stay the same It may be a different age But I'm on the same page Cause one thing that I've...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 10, 20221 min read

Superman

In my dream I was invited to speak about Superman. I was billed as the premier authority – to be clear about my professional status in my...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 2, 20221 min read

Truth Be Told Vol. 4: Time Will Tell

“Time will tell… whether folks want to point and stare at the Black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the...

Truth Be Told Vol 3: Your Anxiety is Not My Problem

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 27, 20221 min read

Truth Be Told Vol 3: Your Anxiety is Not My Problem

Not overfunctioning means not being a vessel for other people’s anxiety. That was my job in my family-of-origin. To absorb the psychic...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 19, 20221 min read

I’ll Be Back for You

I am standing on the platform of the A train in Manhattan. My mother is with me. It’s winter. I am 8 years old, and I’m wearing the navy...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 13, 20221 min read

Film Festival #4: AlphaGo

With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 7, 20223 min read

Recipe for a César Vallejo Poem

In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...