Every episode of The Practice Parlour podcast ends with two parlour games. These final questions are inspired by real Victorian parlour games, as explained in this article.
The final parlour game “The Parrot” asks the question:
“If we were all your parrots, what would you teach us to say?”
Here are the Season One guests’ favorite quotes, words of wisdom, and messages of encouragement. These are the words they hope you will speak aloud, repeat back, and take to heart.
Read through this list and choose a phrase that resonates with you. Use it as a daily affirmation, write it in your planner for inspiration, post it on your mirror as a reminder, or pass the sentiment on in service to someone who needs a boost.
Season Two of The Practice Parlour begins this week. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and YouTube to listen.
Ep. 1 - Sarah Silver Manke
“Zoom out.”
Ep. 2 - Katrina Galka
“ The way you do anything is the way you do everything.”
SCFS Ep. 1 - Andrew Byrne
“Keep singing.”
Ep. 3 - Jeryl Cunningham-Fleming
“Strong and wrong!”
Ep. 4 - Lynn Kuo
“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
Ep. 5 - Heather Miller Lardin
“Be good to yourself.”
SCFS Ep. 2 - Jenna Pastuszek
"I'm here to get it right, not be right."
Ep. 6 - Steve Pacek
“Just do it.”
“Let fear be a compass that points you in the direction you know you must travel.”
SCFS Ep. 3 - Natalie Megules
“I'm only just beginning.”
Ep. 7 - Kenneth Overton
“Thank you.”
Ep. 8 - Stephanie Thompson
“You can't outrun your fork. Remember that the most powerful tool that you having in making dramatic changes in your health is your fork.”
SCFS Ep. 4 - Claire Galloway
“Breathe in and trust yourself.”
Ep. 9 - Sharon Aronofsky Weltman
“Don't throw away your shot.”
“Music theatre provides quotations for all circumstances.”
Ep. 10 - David John Madore
“F**k (Release) it!”
SCFS Ep. 5 - Alyssa Danielle Jones
“Get a calendar and thank me later.”
Ep. 11 - Tracy Friedlander
“Content is everywhere.”
SCFS Ep. 6 - Julia Radosz
“I am enough.”
Ep. 12 - Roberta Negri-Albert
“I can't teach you passion, but I can teach you how to express it.”
SCFS Ep. 7 - Analisa Leaming
“I am light.”
Ep. 13 - Carly Valancy
“Keep showing up.”
Ep. 14 - Rebbekah Vega-Romero
“Have courage and be kind.”
SCFS Ep. 8 - Rebecca L. Hargrove
“Yes, Queen!”
Ep. 15 - Richard Richards
“The best antidote for hunger, fear, and loneliness is Bach.”
“Be truthful, be gentle and be fearless.”
Ep. 16 - Mark Grisez
“I am not in this life to be productive. I am in this life to be more human.”
Ep. 17 - Carly Kincannon
“I am enough.”
“Right now, it's like this.”
SCFS Ep. 9 - Maya Kherani
“Know your self worth.”
Ep. 18 - Jenny Clift
“Become grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.”
Ep. 19 - Dana Ray
“What do you mean by what you say?”
Ep. 20 - Jen Waldman
“Activate your potential.”
Ep. 21 - Melanie Rivera Waldman
“Good, bad, who knows?!”
Ep. 22 - Ari Axelrod
This will be our response to violence - to make music more intensely, more devotedly and more beautifully than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
“What have you done today that reminds you you're alive?”
Ep. 23 - Lizzie Markson
“I am enough and magnificent exactly as I am.”
Ep. 24 - Suzanne Vinnik
“Be an MMB - A money makin' bruja.”
Ep. 25 - Christina Peña
“The world needs to hear your story.”
SCFS Ep. 10 - Alec Stephens III
“You are worth more than your weight in gold.”
Ep. 26 - Brad Gardner
“Mindfulness makes the world come alive.”
SCFS Ep. 11 - Gilad Paz
“Fearless performance, financial empowerment, and artistic freedom”
Ep. 27 - Keisha Gilles
“I'm okay and I'm enough.”
Ep. 28 - Shereen Ahmed
“Dream big.”
SCFS Ep. 12 - Randy Buescher
“I love you, man.”
Ep. 29 - Ian Weinberger
“What’s next?”
Ep. 30 - Lisa Neher
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” - Ira Glass
SCFS Ep. 13 - Tara Lynn Steele & Korra O’Neill
Korra: “Let it be easy”
Tara: "Only for those who are willing to fail, are the dangers and splendors of life." - Carl Sandberg
Ep. 31 - Erin Williams
“Do I lead with love?”
Ep. 32 - Becca Brunelle
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton
Ep. 33 - Matthew Carey
“You're not going to build an audience by accident.”
SCFS Ep. 14 - Lynne Gackle
“If it is to be, it is up to me.”
SCFS Ep. 15 - Crystal Sellers Battle
“My body is unique. My body is beautiful. And I am going to honor it.”
Ep. 34 - Jennifer Rosenfeld
“One must have a hard mind and a soft heart.”
Ep. 35 - Zachary Spiegel
“Your potential is not necessarily dictated by the history written on paper.”
Ep. 36 - Ivory McKay
“Do whatever you need to do to be you.”
“Live your life.”
Ep. 37 - Lili Torre
“If you can do anything else, do it also.”
SCFS Ep. 16 - Chelsea Camin
“I am worthy of self-love and appreciation of who I am regardless of technique, regardless of where I am performing, regardless of where my singing is today. I deserve acceptance.”
SCFS Ep. 17 - Lynne Gackle
“Keep singing.”
“Always keep a song in your heart.”
Ep. 38 - Grace Lamb
“Your circumstances do not define your mindset.”
SCFS Ep. 18 - Carrie Manolakos
“It happens for you, not to you.”
Ep. 39 - Laura Seipert
“You are enough just the way you are right now. You have something to give in the world.”
Ep. 40 - Kate Kayaian
“Assume the yes.”
Ep. 41 - Chazmond Peacock
“Shut up and stop second-guessing yourself.”
Ep. 42 - Billy Bustamante
“Let's eat!”
Ep. 43 - Patti Matty Blenko & Kristen Lane
“Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death.” - Mame
Ep. 44 - Gina Morgano
“Your voice matters.”
