Posts by Tiela Garnett

Tiela Garnett lives in Connecticut, although she spends several months of the year in Paris and is the creator of the website A Paris State of Mind. She has also written a memoir about her Hollywood childhood and is currently at work on her first novel.

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We Are More Than What We Do: Allowing Our Authentic Nature to Shine

By Tiela Garnett

“The light at the end of the tunnel is not an illusion. The tunnel is.” ~Unknown

In this society of ours, parents teach their children to do, to perform, to produce. We learn that to be adult, we need to be “productive members of society.” At social gatherings, more often than not, the first question among strangers is “What do you do?”

My first memories include identifying so deeply with my movie director father that when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always replied, “A writer and director.”

Then life happened, and I spent decades acting out the painful and abusive relationship I had with my mother.… Read More

The Power of Focus: Directing Your Life with Intention

By Tiela Garnett

“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” ~Maori Prover

Life is about lessons, would you not agree? If we’re not learning every day, all the time, then what on earth are we doing? Often, the universe speaks to us in gentle metaphor, and if we’re completely present in the moment, we can recognize lessons, delivered in poetic images.… Read More