This past weekend I gave the faculty address at the graduation ceremony for the The Canadian College of Performing Arts. I teach a class there called ‘Connections’ where students combine acting, movement and voice in music theatre songs in a workshop setting. I love working with these young artists on developing their process as music… Continue reading
Posts by "Rebecca Hass"
The word game you need to play.
I started an ambitious project this January. With the shiny glint of the New Year ahead, I jumped in with my first video for YouTube-I called it 52 Weeks of Contemplation. Each week I post a new video where I offer the fruit I’ve gathered from contemplating a particular word. In week one it was… Continue reading
52 Weeks of Change. Are you Ready?
This year I will be posting a weekly video with an idea or word for you to contemplate. It will be short. And it will be simple. But not necessarily easy. Contemplation is the process of hearing an idea or concept or word and allowing it space to roll around your mind. Instead of fixing… Continue reading
New Years Resolutions-The Secret to Making them Stick.
We’ve all made resolutions and we’ve all seen them fade away before the end of January. If you want to make change for 2017, but feel uninspired at how to make it happen, I’ve got the answer. If you want a resolution to stick, you have to choose it not from today. Instead of setting… Continue reading
Still Good Advice for this New Year’s
Last year I wrote a blog on giving up on New Year’s resolutions. You can read it here. This year I’ll be posting on Friday my latest New Year’s column and this year I’m looking to the big picture. That’s right. Your life’s purpose. Every choice you make in the next 365 days impacts that… Continue reading
My Metis Journey
My latest radio documentary is “Culture in a Card” and airs on The Doc Project on CBC Radio One December 13 and 16th and is also available on demand here as a podcast. It is a deeply personal story. From my blog on The Doc Project: My dad died four years ago. Dad grew up… Continue reading
Negative Self Talk
Slaying the Enemy Within This month in my column on North By Northwest on CBC Radio One in British Columbia I talked to Sheryl MacKay about negative self talk. You can read and listen to that interview here This topic comes up in pretty much every meeting I have with a client as… Continue reading
Change for the better
Hear me on CBC Radio One’s North By Northwest podcast from October 14th, 2016. I appear monthly as a Life Coach columnist. You’ll find me at 31:50 on the Sunday show. Sheryl McKay and I discuss how to change habits or feel free to just keep reading…… Habits serve an important function. If we… Continue reading
Performers Coach
I’m so excited because this week I’m giving classes and working one on one with singers and collaborative pianists at The Canadian Opera Company. When I became a life coach almost 9 years ago I wondered who I would coach. I have enjoyed coaching people from all walks of life, but as a life long… Continue reading
Road trip
I’m writing this I prepare to close my suitcase. I’m off early tomorrow to begin my long awaited trip to Ontario to explore my Metis heritage. This is a significant personal story and I’m very excited to creating a radio documentary about it for The Doc Project and The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio One…. Continue reading