Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today I'm joined by the author of the new book,

Lose Your Mind, Josh Pice.

Josh is an accomplished actor, acting coach, and creator of the committed impulse training

method, a program that blends acting techniques with mindfulness and body awareness to help

people live and perform with greater presence, spontaneity, and authenticity.

He has appeared in dozens of films, including Teenage

Mutant Ninja Turtles, Music of the Heart, and Motherless Brooklyn, as well as on Broadway in the hit

I'm Not Rapaport. He's also the director of the 2002 documentary 7th Street, the street that

he grew up on in Alphabet City, Manhattan, that depicts various local neighborhood characters.

In this conversation, Josh shares how his method helps us lose our minds in the best possible way,

by quieting the chatter of self-doubt and judgment so we can connect more fully with the present moment.

We talk about the four access points that he teaches to bring people back

into their bodies, how anxiety can be transformed into creative fuel, and why authenticity isn't

about being polished, but about staying connected to whatever is true in the moment. As you'll hear,

this isn't just about acting. It's about life, whether you're on a stage or in a boardroom or

sitting across from someone you love. Josh shows us how to step into the unknown, embrace vulnerability, and tap into the aliveness that makes creativity and connection possible. Okay, now my conversation with Josh Pice. All right, Josh, here we are. Here we are. Thanks for coming to enjoy Canyon Life with me. I love Canyon Life. Yeah. I could do this one day, I think. You would fit in very easily to Canyon Life. Really? Like in what way? No, you have a brawny masculinity to you. This podcast is going so well right now. We could cut it off here.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

That was great.

Okay.

So lose your mind.

That sounds like something out of the DSM, something that you might not want to have

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