The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA ENJOY THE KISS, BUT HAVE A PLAN Crack open an actor when they’re wrapped up in a conversation about acting and you’ll find a great big smile.  Oh, they may not be so in love with their profession when competing for a role, trying to meet the rent,...

The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA  Sail Through Rejection With 5 Questions All actors experience rejection in their careers, even famous ones like, Marilyn Monroe.  In 1944, some putz at the Blue Book Modeling Agency said to Miss Monroe, “You had better learn secretarial work or...

The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA Smile at Fear If there’s one feeling actors would love to get rid of once and for all, it’s FEAR; especially when it gets in the way of their performance.  Fear can sound like a faint voice in the background causing you to doubt yourself.  It...

The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA Mindfulness Meditation: To Be or Not to Be What if I told you that it was possible to develop skills—for free—that could help you manage feelings of stress and difficulty with a sense of ease?  I’m talking about the ones that actors are particularly...

The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA Are you headed down the red carpet or the green carpet? Hollywood transforms into a smorgasbord of emotional highs and lows during Oscar week.  Breathtaking beauties dripping with baubles prance down the red carpet waiting to be gobbled up by...

The Conscious Actor

by Bonnie Katz, MA Like Is Not Love My heart is aching.  I just put my sister on a plane headed back to New York after a wonderful 10-day visit with me. It’s tough when 3,000 miles separates you from your family.  Actors understand this heartache very well.  They...