by Emily Branden | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
They say the hardest things in life, the things that almost break you are what make you. Driving twenty miles outside Scottsdale, Arizona late August and still 100 degrees, I listened to Matthew McConaughey’s book on tape. Seconding my belief in...
by Emily Branden | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been a life of catching up on summer. And Hemingway, and sunsets, and the way the light hits the pool and turns purple before dark. A season of camping and teaching in public again, and singing—on the lawn at el Rey, and Cowgirl patio, and listening to friends...
by Emily Branden | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you did the difficult self work of 2020, this summer may be the biggest transition of your life. I’m humbled by maintaining conversation and casual acquaintances knowing I already was narrowing my focus to a select few. It’s not that I don’t love humanity, it’s...
by Emily Branden | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yoga is acting. A born performer, I knew the moment I connected to my breath and moved my body in rhythm to it, I was experiencing the same high and Divine connection I felt on stage. It was a godsend because it meant I could live life without always having to be...
by Emily Branden | Mar 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
If I look back on my adult life…and the scariest of times, they were defining moments of my character. The decision to move to New York, for acting, when my parents wanted me to teach English. The decision to move to New Mexico, for art, when colleagues warned career...