Bad, Bored, and Bulimic (Part 1)
Recovering from Bulimia by Christine Kane www.christinekane.com In my song The Way Clouds Do, there’s a line that says, “Back in Fairfax, Virginia, me and the girls grew up in homes they built on battlefields. In ponytails and panic, we were bad, bored and bulimic. […]
Image vs. Purpose
by Christine Kane www.christinekane.com Back before I had released a CD and had only written about six songs, someone told a booking agent about me. One day the agent called me at home. He was clearly tired and jaded from many years in the business, […]
There’s No Wrong Wall
I read Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People a few years ago. It’s a fabulous book. Among other things, it taught me how to think about my work in the world and about how I spend my time. There is, however, […]
Shine Anyway
I’m on tour with the North Carolina Dance Theatre. (They’ve choreographed a ballet to some of my songs, and I’m performing with them for a five-week run.) Our first show was at a theatre in Pennsylvania yesterday. A really great theatre. When we unloaded at […]
How to Prepare for a Business Trip
I’ve been traveling for my work for 12 years now. Even though I’m an artist and performer, it’s still business travel. And the worst part about business travel is getting ready to go. All I have to do is think about the MapQuest directions that […]
Discipline (Part 2)
by Christine Kane www.christinekane.com One of the biggest problems with the word discipline for me has been in its context. The people who preach discipline have always been a little scary to me. The Zig Ziglars of the world. And the surest way for a […]
The Essence of Self-Discipline
When I first began healing from 10 years of bulimia, I despised the word “discipline.” I thought that everything that had damaged me was due to that word. In a sense, I was right. When I couldn’t stop my bulimia on my own, I thought […]