Wendy Rosoff: Saying Yes to the Mess

In this episode recorded just before the holidays in December 2020, Lisa speaks with actor, singer, dancer, director, writer, choreographer and educator Wendy Rosoff .

Highlights include:

"Messy is so exciting, it's so alive. It's so human!"

"At a certain point I realized, for me, that it wasn't about accolades or the gig or the recognition or any of the shiny stuff..."

About the pandemic:

"It was the first time I didn't want to dance in as long as I can remember."

About needing time in her "cave" to create: 

"As soon as I get quiet - it begins."

About being a workaholic :

"My creative battery is infinite and then I need a big recharge."

Purpose:

"I have been put here at this time to tell stories."

Wendy Rosoff is an actor, singer, dancer, director, writer, choreographer and educator. On Broadway, she has performed in 42nd Street, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol and My Favorite Broadway. She has also performed Off-Broadway, nationally and internationally. In addition to her work in theatre, Wendy has appeared on television shows, such as Scorpion, Castle, Criminal Minds, Good Behaviorand Shameless as well as acting in numerous independent and feature films. Wendy is an award-winning theater director and choreographer who also directs in the digital medium. She is a proud member of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association, American Guild-Variety Artists and the prestigious Musical Theatre Guild of Los Angeles.

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Transcript

Lisa Hopkins: 0:23

This is the stop time podcast. I'm your host, Lisa Hopkins, and I'm here to engage you in thought provoking motivational conversations around practicing the art of living in the moment. I'm a certified life coach, and I'm excited to dig deep and offer insights into embracing who we are and where we are at. So my next guest is a stage and screen actress, singer, dancer, choreographer, director. She has appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award winning revival of 42nd Street, A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, the leading ladies at Carnegie Hall. She played Rita in the pre Broadway run of White Christmas, at the Orpheum in San Francisco, and Mrs. Claus in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She has appeared on television in Fresh Off the Boat, The Good Place, Criminal Minds, Shameless, Scorpion, Veep, Castle and Good Behavior. Since the pandemic, she has been busy creating digital content, as well as teaching an online series called the self tape love fest, which covers all of the technical nuts and bolts of the actor, singer, dancer self tape audition, ultimately concentrating on how to get the most authentic and unique storytelling experience possible. It is with great pleasure that I welcome her to stop time today, everybody, this is Wendy Rosoff. Wendy, welcome.

Wendy Rosoff: 1:48

Thank you so much, Lisa. It's such a pleasure to be here.

Lisa Hopkins: 1:51

Oh, my gosh, it's so great to reconnect with you. And so you are in Hollywood?

Wendy Rosoff: 1:55

I am Studio City to be exact.

Lisa Hopkins: 1:57

You know, you have such a diverse and impressive array of career experience. And so I'm super curious just to jump in and ask you, how are you able to balance all the hats you wear? You know, it's not so much that you have this great resume, although you have that as well, but rather, I'm really taking note of the idea that it sounds like you do a lot of things at the same time, you wear a lot of different hats. And I'm curious to know how you how you manage that?

Wendy Rosoff: 2:21

Well, that's a great question. And I think the answer is I don't know, if I do balance it. My I do always feel like I'm juggling. And I throw my attention on what needs attention put on at that moment. And I have a bunch of different things on the back burner. And then I just kind of rotate around as it's necessary. But for me, because I have so many different interests and opportunities, you know, one feeds the other, I guess is what it is. And so as I'm kind of juggling and rotating in the most wonderful and bizarre way, and you know how creativity works, something will feed another thing without me even realizing it. So I'm just I'm constantly working on the balance of it, to be honest.

Lisa Hopkins: 3:15

Yeah. I love that you said you know that they feed each other. Right? That they you know, they're not mutually exclusive. And it's not... you don't compartmentalize them. It sounds like it sounds like that you can flow you can flow through and around.

Wendy Rosoff: 3:27

Yeah, flow is one of my favorite words. And I'm always looking for flow. You know, listen, here's, here's what I've learned so far, about my journey as an artist, regardless of the discipline, and whether I am behind the camera or in front of it, whether I am directing and choreographing for stage or I'm on that stage, it's all about telling stories. And that type of creativity, regardless of what genre it is, requires a lot of the same skill sets. And so there is a simpatico, and there is a flow that happens when I allow it to.

Lisa Hopkins: 4:08

No, absolutely what gets in your way?

Wendy Rosoff: 4:10

M yself. You know, day to day things get in my way. I will say it's a very precarious thing, this creative beast inside and I do my best work when my personal life is in flow, as well. Because there's a zone, there's a real zone that I need to be in. And it's almost tangible for me at this point, the steps that it takes for me to get into zone. And also when I'm in zone, what it means to be pulled out of the zone, and how long it takes for me to get back in. I'm really, I'm an HSP a highly sensitive person, I'm an empath. I'm affected deeply by a lot of different things. And so in order for me to be in the zone, I really have to take care of my personal business. I would say that is what gets in my way more than anything else.

Lisa Hopkins: 5:03

Yeah, no, it's just fascinating to me because as as listeners or as you know, people looking in on other people's lives, we tend to refer to what we can see what is tangible, right. So when we when we look at them, we look at it we we see oh well. Oh, who is she? Oh, she's the one and yeah, we'll refer to you IMDb or, you know, Google or your resume or whatever. But all that provides us with is is the past Really. You know

Wendy Rosoff: 5:32

right.

Lisa Hopkins: 5:32

It's, it's what you've done. And, and I think part of, you know, my passion of talking to people is, you know, how are you doing? You know, how are you? How are you energetically creating? So you talk about the zone. And what stands out for me is this awareness that there is a zone, and also some tools, it sounds like you've created, that when you when that awareness is brought to you, that you can access in order to get back in the zone is that I hear you correctly.

Wendy Rosoff: 6:06

You did. I did say that.

Lisa Hopkins: 6:09

Yeah. So tell me more about what some of those tools are?

Wendy Rosoff: 6:12

Sure. So for me,I need a lot of quiet, I need a lot of alone space and time, I have a very, very, very rich inner life. I am an extremely social introvert, and my battery gets drained. So I think that that is probably the most important thing that pulls me from being in the zone. So I require an awful lot of space literally and figuratively, in order to plug in and let the magic swirl. As soon as I get quiet, it begins. So just allowing myself to get to that space. I'm a meditator, that helps me quite a bit, you know, without fail when I when I'm in a peaceful space, where I have loaded up on good feeling and quiet time for myself. Ideas are just endless. For me, it's a blessing and a curse. And so I have to create space in order for ideas to flow in and have enough quiet space on the other end of that, to kind of pick and choose which ideas I think I might want to pursue, and which are kind of percolating that will come back to me later on, which are kind of and some that are, you know, disposable.I tend to want to do too much. You know, I get excited about creative projects, I get excited about saying yes to things taking on too much. And so I have to be very watchful and careful of that as well. I'm a bit of a workaholic, I have to be careful of my my time, my space, my energy, my creative juices, finally had an epiphany after reaching peak exhaustion at a certain point several years ago, where I realized that my creative battery is finite. And then I need a big recharge.

Lisa Hopkins: 8:31

Mm hmm.

Wendy Rosoff: 8:31

and allowing myself to have that and knowing that I have to have that period of time, where it may appear like nothing's happening. And actually, that is where all of my monumental shifts happen. And making myself okay with that, because as you were saying earlier, you know, we perceive what's going on with a person based on the curated life that you know, we we all get our perceptions of others from, and if nothing appears to be going on, is it going on? And kind of grappling with that. And knowing that I Wendy as a creative being require space, where it looks like to the naked eye that nothing's going on. But that is actually my most busy creative time. W hat everybody is seeing is the aftermath. It's not the in time creativity happening. And that's what's so vital.

Lisa Hopkins: 9:38

Oh, yeah. Yeah,

Wendy Rosoff: 9:40

going into the cave. I need a lot of cave time.

Lisa Hopkins: 9:43

You refer to it, you're sort of talking in the context of creativity, which I appreciate. Is there another cave where you go in and go out of just for you?

Wendy Rosoff: 9:54

I think what you're referring to is my my kind of personal life, my not my personal cave. I absolutely require that. And that's taken a huge amount of negotiation with my primary relationship, my partner and those around me who I'm deeply close to Yeah, it's what makes me function at my best and also be the most able version of myself in terms of communication, compassion, being able to be of service to others, which is part of my calling. I need to fill up. And I do that in my cave.

Lisa Hopkins: 10:38

Yep, absolutely. No, that makes perfect sense. You know, you've got to keep refilling your cup, literally, I mean, pardon a cliche, but it's so true.

Wendy Rosoff: 10:47

One of the big struggles for me has been dealing with people in my life, who don't need that, who don't understand that. And I have very, very strong boundaries. And so I'm very quick to build boundaries, perhaps sometimes too quick. And I'm very protective of my space. Yep. And I have had ongoing struggles with with a lot of folks in my life, who, who either resent that I need so much time by myself or want to spend time with me more, when I require time for myself, you know, I, I want, I want that to be peaceful.

Lisa Hopkins: 11:31

Mm hmm.

Wendy Rosoff: 11:32

I want that process to be peaceful for me, you know, and so I continue to redefine what my wants and needs are in all, in order to be the best version of me. And also, as I as I grow and shift and change, that does change. But some things say, you know, have stayed true. And, and what stayed true is that I absolutely need time in my cave in order to replenish.

Lisa Hopkins: 12:00

Yeah. And it sounds like you found the space to give yourself permission to do that.

Wendy Rosoff: 12:05

Yes, I have. And I have no guilt or remorse about that no struggle that you may be sensing or the energetic, you know, read that you're getting, I think comes from the grappling with my relationships with others, and having them recognize that it actually has nothing to do with them in any way, shape, or form. This is what I require.

Lisa Hopkins: 12:30

Yep. No, 100%. That's exactly what I'm hearing because you've given yourself the permission, I'm hearing that, you know, if there was one wish, you would wish that they would also just understand.

Wendy Rosoff: 12:41

Absolutely,

Lisa Hopkins: 12:42

yeah, I'm totally hearing that. That's beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. That's really, really super cool. So how is the pandemic itself affected your rhythm and energy?

Wendy Rosoff: 12:53

What a massive question.

Lisa Hopkins: 12:55

I know,

Wendy Rosoff: 12:55

I've gone through so many different iterations. So at the beginning, I was doing a show world premiere of a show. Very exciting piece, we got shut down along with everybody else. And as soon as the reality hit of what was going on, since we were just talking about, you know, the the way I love being in my cave, and, and kind of having all of this quiet space, I was I was like, Oh my god, I am going to rock this apocalypse. I am going to have all of this time and space and I'm going to get to deal with all of my piles of stuff. And I'm going to do so many projects, and it's going to be amazing. And I get to stay home in my pajamas while I'm doing it. And I don't have to do makeup and hair and Meow, meow meow. I mean, the first bit of it was just actually quite euphoric for me and I had to watch myself at the beginning because everybody was devastated. And I was like Tra la La. And then things started getting very hairy. So my beloved dog Bruno, he passed may 31. And that kind of was a line in the sand of when things really started to shift. You know, vets weren't letting anybody in and I wasn't able to be with Bruno and he passed and I'm, I'm still in a deep state of grief and working through a lot of aspects of how this all went down.And and that changed the entire color of my life. And, you know, with that time also came the first round for me of online teaching. I'm grateful to be doing that. But resume teaching and trying to teach other young artists in a virtual space has such a specific set of challenges that go along with it. And being in a place of grief and being an empath and feeling the pain of my students on the other end. I'm still grappling with although I'm finding more and more balance with that. I allowed myself to what I call, move through molasses for A giant chunk of time, just sludge. I just felt like I was moving through sludge. And I knew that I had to go through it. And I've had grief before, I've moved through incredibly sad and upsetting chapters in my life before and it's that sludge, and I'm like, Okay, here we go, let me get my galoshes on and start the sludge, moving through it really doing the work processing. And, you know, just in the last few months, I would say, this huge creative surge has, has started again. And, you know, during, during all of that time, I did start this new set of classes, which is called the self tape love fest, which has been a huge source of joy, and community. In my life during this time, that's, it's, it's been a light. And it's allowed me to be of service and also be with my community. And it's been very fulfilling. And so that that's been fantastic. You know, this week, I just shot my first TV gig since this whole thing began. And it was joyful and amazing, and a real glimmer of hope. And, and that was a gift to end the year with. So you know, that that's kind of where I am.

Lisa Hopkins: 16:36

Yeah, no, absolutely. Are there any discoveries that you've made along the way about yourself? That kind of surprised you?

Wendy Rosoff: 16:43

I mean, I feel like I have discoveries every single day, Lisa. Resilience has always been a bit of an issue for me, overall. And I think this has forced me to look at it, and assess, and figure out better modalities for me to come back to me in a way that feels good and, and feeds my soul and also allows me my due process.

Lisa Hopkins: 17:14

Yeah. Well, I mean, yeah, I mean, there are limiting beliefs around who it is that we're supposed to be returning to.

Wendy Rosoff: 17:22

Yes, there are limiting beliefs.

Lisa Hopkins: 17:24

Mm hmm.

Wendy Rosoff: 17:26

And I think that that's something that I've really taken a look at. During this time, I've also taken a good look at my identity, my self identity, and also how others identify me, which has always been something that I've grappled with. I will tell you that the first giant chunk of this pandemic, the last thing that I wanted to do was dance. It was very interesting. I had this whole mourning process. It was the first time I didn't want to dance. And as long as I can remember, you know, that was interesting, and just kind of acknowledging and being gentle with myself going, Okay. I have no desire to do this. Well, you should Wendy you should. Mm hmm. Pull it together, woman.Get it together.

Lisa Hopkins: 18:11

Yeah.

Wendy Rosoff: 18:12

And I have to tell you that I just had no want or need. However, at a certain point. I had actually took me coming back to New York to find that. I get to that. And it happened in Central Park with some drummers. Hmm. It was such a gift. I had such a joyous experience there.

Lisa Hopkins: 18:29

That's amazing. I you know, I have this image of you. In Central Park with the drummer's It's beautiful, because, you know, you had said, You know, I didn't feel like dancing. And then you had that voice in your head saying, well, you should because that's who you are and what you do. And it sounds like when you heard those drums when you were in, Central Park that you found your why again.

Wendy Rosoff: 18:50

yeah. Oh, it was pure, unadulterated. You know, five year old Wendy twirling around the living room and jumping off the table. That's what happened. And I didn't know that it was in there.

Lisa Hopkins: 19:05

Yeah,

Wendy Rosoff: 19:05

I really started to go, okay, you know, maybe this is the way the chapter ends. Maybe this is it, you know, and and then that happened. And I was like, Oh, there she is. great. Don't push it. Just acknowledge this moment, live in the euphoria of that.

Lisa Hopkins: 19:24

So beautiful.

Wendy Rosoff: 19:25

See what happens next. It was so organic. It was it was tears of joy, because it was that extraordinarily pure moment that you have before you have fear, resentment, the joy of quote, unquote, success, achievements attached to what you do, and and then all of the complications that go along with that, you know, when you build a career, and so being able to plug back in to that child joy was, yeah, a gift is just an understatement,

Lisa Hopkins: 20:03

Mmm. Yeah. And it's visceral. I mean, I can feel it.

Wendy Rosoff: 20:06

Yeah. Yeah.

Lisa Hopkins: 20:07

So beautiful. And it actually segues us perfectly to the question of the day, which is what is your definition of living in the moment?

Wendy Rosoff: 20:15

For me living in the moment is being in the state of flow?

Lisa Hopkins: 20:18

Mm hmm.

Wendy Rosoff: 20:19

There's an awareness. It's not about yesterday, and it's Not about what could be tomorrow. But it's just the pure joy of what is happening right here. And right now, if you can allow yourself to fully invest in that moment, it's one of the most sure fire ways to get out of your damn way and allow nature to do what it does, which is alignment.

Lisa Hopkins: 20:48

Yeah. I love that.

Wendy Rosoff: 20:50

So that like delicious, yummy, smooth feeling of just, particularly I'm extraordinarily collaborative. There's nothing more than I like being in a room full of like minded individuals and making stuff. You know, when you're in the zone when you're in flow with other people that that is my definition of heaven.

Lisa Hopkins: 21:12

Amen. Yeah. That's beautiful. So one of the adjectives used to describe yourself was curious.

Wendy Rosoff: 21:19

Yeah. So this is an adjective that I love. And I think has kept me current in the industry, but also current in my mind, and always learning and always focused on what I don't know. And what I can learn. I am always and always have been on a quest for knowledge for understanding for, for deep understanding, not just apprehension, but deep comprehension. Regardless of of how tough this path can be, sometimes the the ultimate reward is the journey through to make the thing. Yeah, there's, there's nothing like that feeling. Yeah, having the kind of mind that I have is is such a blessing and a curse. And, you know, it's I've talked a lot about the quiet, but a lot of it is just because my mind is so busy. Yeah, all of the time. And I've thought about the the bliss of not having the creative noise in there all the time to the gifts that I've been given is also it's almost like an obligation. Sometimes I feel like -

Lisa Hopkins: 22:42

An obligation to self or?

Wendy Rosoff: 22:44

yeah, an obligation to these ideas.

Lisa Hopkins: 22:48

Okay. Yeah, that's interesting.And if you were to tie that to a value of and when I think of values, I think of like, what's really important, what our guiding principles are in life, right? That sounds like the obligation is definitely tied to some kind of guiding principle of yours in life of your contributions to life. I'm curious to know what comes up for you when you think about that, that that obligation?

Wendy Rosoff: 23:13

Yeah, that's a big question.I'm not sure I have a fully developed response to that. But at a certain point, I realized for me that it wasn't about accolades, or the gig, or the recognition or, you know, any of the shiny stuff. It really was about the fact that I have been put here at this time to tell stories to connect to humanity to help others heal, and to be transparent about a lot of the struggles that I've had in order to be of service to others. And every time I do that successfully, in turn, it elevates me. And I don't do it for that. But that is the circle that happens for me. So when I honor that, I feel I feel connected. That's it.

Lisa Hopkins: 24:02

Yeah. You feel purposeful?

Wendy Rosoff: 24:04

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. That has been a giant journey for me to tackle. And I also feel like it's one of the reasons why, you know, I have been drawn to create my own stuff is because you know what, it forces me to make a mess. And be right at home in the messy batter stage is what I call it, you know, I'm baking a cake. And I got to be in the kitchen with flour all over me and batter all over my hands and trust, trust process and not judge myself and also have no agenda. If others are judging me. That's not my business.

Lisa Hopkins: 24:40

I love that.

Wendy Rosoff: 24:41

You know, Messy is it's so exciting. it's so alive. It's so human. And it's so connective. and allowing yourself to be in that messy space and extract the shame from being in that space. To me is one of the strongest positions I can put myself in.

Lisa Hopkins: 25:06

What inspires you to get up in the morning?

Wendy Rosoff: 25:09

Hope, joy, connecting with other people. I don't know he's I feel a deep sense of sounds ridiculous. As I say. I feel a deep sense of peace. When I wake up in the morning. It's like a fresh start in the day, and I have an opportunity to learn to grow to do something new. I love adventure. I love surprises. I love discovery. And you just don't know. You know, I think it's one of the reasons why I was attracted to our crazy business. Yeah, it's so nonlinear. It's so insane. You know, you just never know. And I feel that way at the start of each day. It's it's actually been one of the biggest struggles for me during the pandemic, you know, I found myself for the first time ever really waking up feeling in the sludge. Hmm, I was like, I actually know what today's gonna look like. Yeah. And that's, that's been tough.

Lisa Hopkins: 26:10

What do you know will be true about you, no matter what happens,

Wendy Rosoff: 26:12

gosh, I know that I will be a good, grounded, honest and kind person. I know that I will always have beautiful people surrounding me. I know that I'm resourceful and will always land on my feet. And I know that my ability to see through people and connect will never go away. Never.

Lisa Hopkins: 26:36

But what's happening right now? Because it's so beautiful.

Wendy Rosoff: 26:38

What's happening?

Lisa Hopkins: 26:39

Yeah, what's happening? Like, I can see your energy completely...

Wendy Rosoff: 26:44

I don't know when you ask that question. For me. It was just very peaceful.

Lisa Hopkins: 26:48

Yeah, it was grace was like grace and motion. You know,

Wendy Rosoff: 26:51

Grace is one of my favorite words.

Lisa Hopkins: 26:53

Well, you embodied it right? At that moment, it was really, really beautiful. So how do you how do you want to be remembered?

Wendy Rosoff: 27:01

Wow, I would like to be remembered. I would love people to smile and laugh when they when they think of me and hopefully have beena balm for some of their pain. And to have helped even someone feel seen and feel.I'm getting teary just thinking about this.Yeah, feel seen, feel heard? Know that they matter.It's important. Yeah.

Lisa Hopkins: 27:42

Yeah. Why is it important?

Wendy Rosoff: 27:46

For a multitude of reasons. But you know, I think of the time and space that we're in right now. And the dehumanization, and the cruelty and the pain that we are inflicting on each other, it, it hurts my heart more than anything, and the lack of care, that we're, we're exercising with one another as a society. I think it's just dangerous. So it matters to me on that type of scale. But it also matters to me because it's right, and it's good. And I know that and I have gone through periods in my life, where I have felt deeply unseen, unheard, misunderstood, and, and with not a person to come and say, Hey, I see you I hear you. It's it's just deeply important to me.

Lisa Hopkins: 28:40

Yeah.Amazing, no, thank you for sharing that that was was really, really beautiful. I just want to quick, I don't want to keep you all day. But I just wanted to say one. One other thing based on that. You just said if that's okay with you,you have a very powerful energy. And you described yourself earlier as that stormy and sunny mix. I'm so curious to know if sometimes your power gets in the way of your, in your presence literally, of of people being open to receiving what it is. You've just so clearly illustrated. You want to give.

Wendy Rosoff: 29:16

Yes. The answer's yes. Yeah. I that's that's a super adept question that you just asked. And you know, I have gotten in the past many, many times that people are intimidated by me when they first meet me. I've even gotten scary, Nia all sorts of stuff that I just have had to take a really hard look at. I think there there are things that I bring to the table, unbeknownst to me. And so I have to kind of soften the palate, before I even launch in with certain people. And then there are other people that just bring out the soft, gooey, gooey side of me. It really depends, you know, person by person. But I will say that there, you know, just like anybody else, I'll meet certain individuals or I'll have partnerships with certain individuals that are very triggering for me. Really have to watch myself and how I deliver my messages. For sure. And particularly as a woman, I mean, I'll just tag it with that because I think it's it is important to acknowledge you know, being a woman and navigating in a place of leadership has its own have challenges that are real. Yes. And and that's something that I've had to also spend a lot of time looking very carefully at. Because I think that there is so much room for strong minded, strong willed, and kind individuals who happen to be women to take space and succeed. There are also people that are no matter how you frame it threatened by that idea. And so navigating that takes a certain amount of finesse. While staying true to yourself. Yes, that's a whole you know, we use the analogy of dancing before it's a tap dance.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:01

Yeah. Before we go, so I say what makes you and I say a word and then you just answer whatever you know, comes to mind.

Wendy Rosoff: 31:10

Okay. Yeah.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:11

What makes you hungry?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:13

I think about hungry in the larger sense of literally hungry, Lisa.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:17

what came to mind first?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:19

Well, hungry, because I mean, intermittent faster, and I'm hungry right now.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:25

And what would you eat if you could eat anything right now?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:28

avocado toast, hmm, twist some chili red peppers on top and roasted sunflower seeds. delish.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:34

Amazing. What makes you laugh?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:42

life, the reality of life makes me laugh.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:45

What makes you cry?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:47

cruelty,

Lisa Hopkins: 31:49

inspired?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:51

vulnerability.

Lisa Hopkins: 31:53

What makes you frustrated?

Wendy Rosoff: 31:56

Mediocrity

Lisa Hopkins: 31:57

motivated

Wendy Rosoff: 31:58

my inner creative beast.

Lisa Hopkins: 32:01

And what makes you mad?

Wendy Rosoff: 32:04

The state of the world.

Lisa Hopkins: 32:08

And finally, what makes you grateful?

Wendy Rosoff: 32:13

Ah, connections like this. Having the opportunity to have such amazing network of folks in my life and relationships for me that are so deeply gratifying that I may talk to you once a decade or I may talk to you every day. And because of the depth of our connection, it's it's like being able to pick back up and it's so authentic and lovely. And I continue to be grateful for all of the people in my life who I connect with.

Lisa Hopkins: 32:45

What are the top three things that happened so far today?

Wendy Rosoff: 32:48

I had my delicious coffee, which is like my favorite event of the day. I'm such a coffee snob. And every sip of that coffee is a delicious and yummy treat. I connected with my coach and had an incredible conversation with him and felt deeply fulfilled by that and made a date for ornament making tonight with my man.

Lisa Hopkins: 33:17

Awesome. Oh my god, you're gonna be over the top. And I bet I bet you already have a ton of ornaments.

Wendy Rosoff: 33:22

Oh, Lisa, huh? Oh, Lisa, I live in a Christmas Village.

Lisa Hopkins: 33:27

I know you do.Amazing. And so what are you most looking forward to?

Wendy Rosoff: 33:33

in general? Oh, gosh, like life wise.

Lisa Hopkins: 33:37

Yeah.

Wendy Rosoff: 33:38

Wow. I look forward to physically be in a same space with my people and just making magic. And I don't care what it is. I really don't care what it is. Whether it's you know, meant to be in somebody's living room, or whether it's a next big Broadway show. It's all the same to me. It's having that, that God magics sparkly fairy dust feeling of being in the room with other awesome artists who are just simpatico

Lisa Hopkins: 34:10

and may be very, very, very messy.

Wendy Rosoff: 34:13

Yes! Yes to the mess.

Lisa Hopkins: 34:18

Total. Wendy. I so appreciate you taking the time to be in the moment with me today. It's been amazing. Really. Thank you so much.

Wendy Rosoff: 34:28

It has been amazing. Thank you. I really appreciate the opportunity and I appreciate the opportunity to reconnect with you. I really do.

Lisa Hopkins: 34:38

Ditto. I've been speaking today with the amazing Wendy rose off. Thanks for listening. Stay safe and healthy everyone and remember to live in the moment and may every moment be messy. In music, stop time is that beautiful moment where the band is suspended in rhythmic unison, supporting the soloist to express their individuality.In the moment, I encourage you to take that time and create your own rhythm. Until next time, I'm Lisa Hopkins. Thanks for listening