The Conscious Actor: Snap Out of It!

I bet you have someone in your life who always looks for the negatives in most situations? Me too. In fact, the last time we got together for dinner and a movie, he complained that we wouldn’t find a good parking spot, would probably encounter slow service at the...

Transforming Yuck into Yum

It is Monday afternoon and your phone vibrates with a text from your agent – you’ve got an audition for a national commercial tomorrow morning. As you download the sides to start preparing, you’re starting to feel excited. Tuesday morning arrives and you get up...

The Conscious Actor

How you manage your fear has a direct effect on the quality of your life. If you spend lots of time worrying about future events, that may or may not happen and are out of your control, you’re creating unnecessary anxiety. An actor’s life is already filled with...

The Conscious Actor

The best protection against feeling like a failure is not success. Actors must work hard at developing their own sense of integrity and self-acceptance in order to keep the monster of external validation under control. They are susceptible to equating their self-worth...

The Conscious Actor

 Rejection Hurts 🙁 by Bonnie Katz, MA Actors are very familiar with the feeling of hurt that comes from being rejected.  They deal with it on a daily basis.  Unfortunately, the pain of being rejected doesn’t fade with fame or success.  When someone says, “No, you’re...