But First, Alignment

In today’s episode I share one of my favourite tools for quieting our overthinking, taking the pressure OFF ourselves and instantly increasing our self worth (and magnetism!) before we perform✨   From my heart to yours,   ENJOY x . . FREE Magnetic Performer Audition Masterclass ⬇️ https://omniform1.com/forms/v1/landingPage/698170bdee8c94389f6be94f/6981737e5ea7f35bd7ed55f6   Join the Instagram fam...

In today’s episode, I sit down with the incredible Michael Van Doorn— Australian dancer, performer, turned choreographer, turned international casting director—to get into the vital role self-worth plays in our performing careers and how he sees it turn up in the audition room.   We discuss: ✨The essential role our self worth plays in being magnetic in our auditions, as well as onstage and in hav...

Today’s episode is a deeper dive into an important pillar of manifesting our dream jobs - the energetic of holding BOTH our desire and our detachment from how & when it comes through, as we audition and move through our daily lives and careers. I share what has really ✨worked✨ for me over my 11 years of performing professionally, the importance of mastering these energetics in our manifestin...

Today’s episode is alll about codependency and how this commonly shows up for us as performers, navigating the industry. I break down: 🤍 how looking to others more than listening to ourselves affects our alignment and our magnetism - and therefore slows down the manifestations we’re calling in 🤍how it affects our self trust and our ability to be in our flow state when we're performin...

In this clip from my free training ✨Magnetic Performer Audition Masterclass✨ I share a powerful mindset shift that CHANGED my performing and auditioning (allowing me to be way more in flow when performing and led to booking my hearts desired jobs!)   Access the FULL free masterclass! ⬇️ https://omniform1.com/forms/v1/landingPage/698170bdee8c94389f6be94f/6981737e5ea7f35bd7ed55f6   I cre...

Today’s episode is all about how to protect our energy, mindset & focus from the myriad of ‘stuff’ we can bump up against on a daily basis in the industry, especially from others we’re working with, whether it be ego, inner child wounds, projections, triggers, stress etc - and not only put a healthy distance between us and what’s not ours, but to thrive in our car...

In today’s episode, I talk about the 3 main ways we get into our own way before we audition & perform (these are soooo normal for us as humans! BUT they have a HUGE impact on the quality of: ✨our performance ✨our energy and how it’s received by the casting panel and audience ✨OUR experience - often one of self consciousness, overthinking, anxiety and cringe.    I talk...

Today’s episode is inspired from a Gabby Bernstein quote I live by: 'Rejection Is Divine Protection & Redirection’, and that I have found to be profoundly true in my performing career. I share how I manifest my desires through rejections, and some personal audition stories of how things not working out at certain auditions ✨really✨ worked out for me 🪽 Including one of my first c...

Today we have the incredible Stephen Tannos sit down with us - internationally respected creative, choreographer and professional dancer, known for his innovative, unique and exhilarating choreography, his infectious personality and incredible work ethic - to deep dive into his journey of creating his career from his authenticity and how his relationship to self doubt, his intuition and trusting i...

Today’s episode is a deep dive into the meanings we assign to events - being cut in auditions, contracts not being extended, not being chosen for certain roles or gigs etc, and how this significantly affects our confidence, self concept, perspective and ability to manifest our career dreams. I share my 3 step method for transmuting experiences that we’ve derived negative meaning and se...

Today’s episode is a juuuiicy one, I share 7 common mindset and energetic distortions that keep us  stuck as performers and that push AWAY our manifestations — from hedging and fear of judgment to scarcity thinking and putting jobs or casting panels on pedestals. Buckle up for powerful ways to shift these ✨ and soulful tools to reclaim your confidence, stay energetically aligned,...

Mini Potent Alchemising Session - The  6 questions I ask myself to stabilise and spiral ✨up✨ after rejection AND to use it as a springboard TO my manifestations 😉💫   From my heart to yours,   ENJOY x   Join the Instagram fam 🫶✨⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/manifesting_with_grace?igsh=Z2o5bzhpanhsNWF6 DM for 1:1 mentoring  @manifesting_with_grace  . . Music from #...

Today’s episode is focused on one of our greatest resources - our energetic decision. AND backing it to create our desires from where we stand - regardless what’s in our current reality.  Utilising our co creative power to get out ahead of our manifestations, regardless of the ups & downs of audition season, to align with our hearts onstage desires.  In this episode I tal...

Today’s episode is all about that feeling of being *on edge* whilst on a job, where your own deepest feelings of safety seem to be tied into how the people you’re working with perceive you & if your performance is ‘enough’… ’Is what I’m doing ok? Are they happy with it? Will I be hired again?’… - we’ve all been there… In this...

Today’s episode is a check in for your current career goals - do they FEEL magnetic to you? And are YOU magnetic to them? 🧲✨ (And how to get clear, aligned, LIT UP around your goals & in your magnetic frequency to receive them 🪄💫)   Magnetic Goals Check in Process: ✨Are your goals authentic to YOU? (Do they feel like a full body f**k yes to you?) ✨If you could have it ANY way...

Today’s episode is all about that low key feeling of desperation, people pleasing & anxiety that we can be living with - on the jobs we’re rehearsing on, the auditions we’re going to etc - when we’re putting people in the industry on a pedestal. Aka who are you making ‘God?’ (And for many of us this happens unconsciously).   I talk about: ✨What does it...

Today’s episode is all about when we are craving for people around us, especially authority figures in the industry, to compliment us/ approve of us/ affirm us e.g choreographers, the casting team, dance captains, colleagues etc in order for us to feel safe, seen & approved of.   - In other words, outsourcing our self esteem & inner child parenting to OTHERS around us…   In this episode I...

Today’s episode is a mini magnetic guided meditation & visualisation practice, to help you powerfully alchemise: ✨self doubt ✨low self esteem ✨feeling intimidated  ✨feeling wobbly in general in your energy Before stepping into the room to audition or onto the stage to perform & to magnetise in your career manifestations. It’s one of several potent tools I’ve lean...

Today’s episode is all about the energetics of not settling - when the Universe is testing you around the manifestation you’re calling in ✨   In this episode I talk about one of my own personal experiences with not settling -   turning down a perfectly good contract offer after a successful audition - (a DREAM offer for the me from a few years prior) because I had outgrown c...

Today’s episode is a short & potent tune up for your vibration and mindset and a hug for your heart.  Our BIG career & life dreams will often come with the ‘messy middle’ - where it feels like you’re taking aligned action, devoted to your inner work, energetic alignment & mindset rewiring, yet it feels like NOTHING is progressing in your reality.  This...

The things we desire the most, can be the things we separate ourselves from the MOST. How? One of the many ways out sneaky ego does this, is by putting our desires on a *pedestal*.   For anyone who feels that they need to have ‘x’ job or role etc to be worthy, or who feels inferior next to their dream jobs, today’s episode is for you 🤍   I talk about:   ✨How to i...

In todays episode of "But First Alignment" with your host, Grace Lenan from @manifesting_ with_grace, we dive deep into dealing with periods that feel like a standstill in your career, when it seems like everyone else is progressing - or even on fire. I share personal stories of feeling like it’s CRICKETS in my own career, and what I did to alchemise & shift my beliefs and energy to alig...

Welcome to the first episode of But First, Alignment! Today, I share my story of becoming a professional dancer & the soul initiations that I experienced embarking on this path (that I know are such a common soul assignment for many of us in this career). I share: -My intentions for this podcast & what to expect in future episodes -A little of my upbringing in Australia -Some of my experie...