Guest, Jane Marla Robbins, is a modern day renaissance woman: actress, playwright, author, poet, coach and speaker. After a stunning career as an actress on Broadway, off-Broadway, in film and on TV, she decided to stop being other people (the roles she played) and start being herself. Since then she has delighted in helping people 'act' in their everyday life in order to look and feel self-confident in difficult real-life situations. This is when her book, Acting Techniques for Everyday Life, was born. Want to overcome your self-consciousness? She's got an acting technique for that. Want to look younger? She's got an acting technique for that. Want to get over your fear of public speaking? She's got an acting technique for that. And more. Jane's learned how important humor is in life and she shares some of her poetry which reflects her playful sense of humor. Her 3 books of poems are: Poems of The Laughing Buddha, Dogs in Topanga and Cafe Mimosa in Topanga.