by Nancy Hopps | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog
As a cancer survivor myself, I greatly admire people like Jan Adrian who live with cancer on a day-to-day basis, continually making courageous choices in their personal lives while making significant contributions to the lives of many others. I first met Jan at one of...
by Nancy Hopps | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog
I’ve been studying and practicing the fascinating art and science of sound healing for many years now. Tom Kenyon and Jonathan Goldman are two of the leading pioneers in sound healing, and I’m fortunate to have studied with both of them. Tom’s recent documentary, Song...
by Nancy Hopps | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog
I recently spent a powerful afternoon with a team of powerful women — staff members and team leaders of the new LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program. They had just “graduated” their first class members, which was the launch of a whole new and...
by Nancy Hopps | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
Between Christmas and New Year’s, my husband and I worked many long, hard hours catching up on months of business bookkeeping that had piled up during busy months of travel and performances. Then we spent two and half days in silence, followed by two more days...
by Nancy Hopps | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
The second week of January, I slipped on the ice outside my home. I broke my wrist during my fall, requiring surgery. Every step of a journey teaches you something, and this experience was no different. Using the techniques I employ when working with others, I gained...
by Nancy Hopps | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
Speaking of definitions… (as I was in Part One of this blog post) One of the reasons I enjoy acting is that it affords an opportunity to step outside our normal self-definitions, wipe the slate clean, as it were, and create our character description from...
by Nancy Hopps | Jan 24, 2015 | Blog
I was in the foyer of our local credit union one day a number of years ago, when a woman stopped me to say she’d enjoyed my performances in several shows over the years. She then said, “But I haven’t seen you onstage in awhile – how...
by Nancy Hopps | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog
I’ve been in a very active cycle of life, as is evidenced by my lack of written communication – I’ve been too busy doing it to write about it! It’s been a wonderful time of self expression – bringing into being, in the outer world, things...
by Nancy Hopps | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
As I think any married couple would agree, marriage is a Life’s Work. It is a constantly growing and changing spiritual art-form. Your beloved serves as a perfect mirror for you And, like any mirror, sometimes the reflection you see is a lot more pleasing to look at...
by Nancy Hopps | Aug 10, 2010 | Blog
With all the Facebook posts, tweets and other social media stuff going on, I sometimes feel like it’s all too much. Just give me a real live human being with whom to converse while sitting in the shade of the redwood tree in my own front yard. No computers, no...
by Nancy Hopps | Jul 25, 2009 | Blog
This thought-provoking story made its way into my email inbox for the sixth or seventh time the other day. I re-read it, and it really struck a chord (‘scuse the pun!) with me. In fact, I wanted to learn a little more about the background of the story, so I...
by Nancy Hopps | Apr 19, 2009 | Blog
Does anyone else feel like things are really “heating up”? And while, yes, the days are indeed getting sunnier and warmer here in the Pacific Northwest, I’m of course speaking more in a metaphorical sense. This is really quite a time we’re living through. I’m finding...
by Nancy Hopps | Jan 20, 2009 | Blog
On this auspicious Inauguration Day, this day of renewed hope and Vision in our country and in our world, I feel moved to share with you a link to a simple movement to help bring it home… a way to bring these inspired ideals into action in our own lives, right...
by Nancy Hopps | Dec 31, 2008 | Blog
This holiday season, I have been given a most profound gift. In these past few weeks, I’ve had the unspeakable privilege of acting as a spiritual midwife for a beloved friend, Lisa, as she made her transition from this plane. Words cannot begin to describe the...
by Nancy Hopps | Oct 27, 2008 | Blog
I am in awe of Divine Synchronicity. This morning, I had the joy of singing a couple of duets – both beautiful, inspiring songs – at our local Unity Church. My daughter, Mieka, and Peggy, a dear friend of mine, were both at the service, and afterward, the three of us...
by Nancy Hopps | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…” FDR’s infamous words, spoken during the Great Depression, are ringing loud and clear today. It’s really pretty amazing to be living in these times of such accelerated change. Our political and economic arenas are...
by Nancy Hopps | Jun 6, 2008 | Blog
Spring represents a time of fertility, growth, blossoming…. and boy, is that apro pos for me these days! Semi-dormant seeds of creativity from my subconscious mind have begun wriggling their way up into the light of conscious awareness. Ideas and projects that...
by Nancy Hopps | May 10, 2008 | Blog
I recently achieved something I thought I’d never do – I completed not one, but two half-marathons within four weeks! It’s something I’m pretty proud of. And speaking of proud… The first race, I ran with my amazing daughter, Annamieka....
by Nancy Hopps | Feb 29, 2008 | Blog
In one of my favorite musicals, “Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye, a poor Russian milkman, is listening to an argument between his old villager friend and Perchik, a young revolutionary student. They’re discussing the merits of keeping abreast of political and social...
by Nancy Hopps | Dec 19, 2007 | Blog
I had a rather frustrating day yesterday, full of computer snafus that culminated in wiping out many hours of work I’d spent all afternoon doing. It took a number of deep breaths, and reminders to myself about the relative importance of life’s little challenges, in...
