Bela Lampert

Optioned Screenwriter / Yoga Instructor

Don’t Hold Your Farts In

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Don't Hold Your Farts In There is "stuff" inside you that needs to get out. Literally and figuratively. But too often we're afraid to "fart" because we're ashamed. Ashamed to be who we are, to let out what must go out, fearing the judgement (and...

It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] It's Always Darkest Before Dawn I love this line from "Batman The Dark Knight" although I'm pretty sure Christopher Nolan didn't invent the phrase. My interpretation of the phrase is that often things tend to get worse before they get better. The worsening is part of...

Do You Accept?

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Do You Accept? You can't control your environment. Or at least, almost none of it. But you can control your reaction to it. If someone is offering you stress (bosses come to mind, ...

Be Egoistic

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Be Egoistic Being egoistic somehow has become something negative. "Oh, he's so egoistic, he's only thinking about himself." We hear, "be there for others", "be helpful" and all this kinds of things. Yes, be all those things. But first of all, you need a healthy dose of egoism. And...

How to Fail Often And Fast

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How to Fail Often And Fast One of the things that holds many people back from real advancement is that they don't fail enough. Or not fast enough. Let me explain. On our way to finding out what works and what doesn't, what we like and what...

Getting Bad Notes

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Getting Bad Notes If you get back bad notes from a producer or publisher about your work. What does that say about you as a person? Nothing. As long as you don't identify with your work, that is. As in, connecting your self-worth with the opinion about...

How Is Your Digestion?

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How Is Your Digestion? Remember the last time you ate something bad, or too much? And your digestion rebelled? Everything that we swallow, be it food, thoughts, or emotions, stays in the body until we can get rid of it. In the case of food it's pretty...

Sometimes It’s Not About You

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Sometimes It's Not About You Sometimes It's Not About You Sometimes it's about another person. The other person who wants to share happiness, brag, maybe even say or do something that you might consider stupid. Even if you feel compelled to interrupt that person, to right that person,...

Are You Worth Your Time?

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Are You Worth Your Time? When you spend time with other people that's an honor for them. You are sharing a part of your lifetime with them. Are they behaving in a a way that makes you think they are aware of the gift of time...

The Things You Don’t Want

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Things You Don't Want The next time when you something you like and you catch yourself thinking, "I want that too", or "I want to be that too"...