The Aligned Actor

Being an actor is not for the faint of heart. The delicious high of booking your first co-star! The agonizing low of being left on the cutting room floor after you’ve told all your friends and family “your episode” is airing tonight! The delightful twist of getting a straight-offer because you’re a recommendation of a casting director who loves your work. The devastating turn of being told hours b...

Once again we’re exploring a letter I wrote a few years ago to Young Actor Amy who had just arrive in LA. This is A Letter to Young Actor Amy: Part 4 and our topic today is Create, Because No One Cares . Technically we’re combining two topics from my letter, but they go hand-in-hand, so this is perfect. Let’s read what I wrote to myself back then and see how this all holds up today. Create! Don’t...

It’s time, once again, dear friends to practice mindfulness together. One of my major goals with The Aligned Actor is to demystify mindfulness and make engaging in a regular practice as easy as possible for you. Remember, mindfulness is incredibly simple. Mindfulness is a special way of paying attention to the present moment with curiosity instead of judgment. You focus on your breath and you noti...

Welcome to more fun on The Aligned Actor PodTubeStack! I’m Amy Schloerb. I’m a professional actress and a mindfulness and mindset coach helping actors ride the roller coaster — all the ups and downs, twists and turns — of being an actor without throwing up. Once again we’re exploring a letter I wrote a few years ago to Young Actor Amy who had just arrive in LA. This is A Letter to Young Actor Amy:...

Hello friends! It’s time to practice mindfulness, again. I want to demystify mindfulness and make engaging in a regular practice as easy as possible for you. As a reminder, my definition of mindfulness is incredibly simple: Mindfulness is a special way of paying attention to the present moment with curiosity instead of judgment. You tune into your breath and just notice whatever you notice both wi...

Here’s your moment of mindfulness — right up top — so you can find it easily! Hello and welcome back to the Aligned Actor PodTubeStack. That's what I'm now calling this because I think it's fun, I like combining words, and nobody can stop me. Just as a reminder, I'm Amy Schloerb. I'm a mindfulness and mindset coach helping actors ride the rollercoaster of being an actor without throwing up — inste...

Hello friends! I’m adding a new element to The Aligned Actor PodTubeStack. We’re going to practice mindfulness together because mindfulness is a hugely important foundation of my work — I am a mindfulness and mindset coach after all — and one of my missions is to demystify mindfulness and make engaging in a regular practice as accessible and easy as possible for people. Mindfulness is incredibly s...

Hello and welcome back to the Aligned Actor Substack, podcast, YouTube video, wherever you have found this content, I welcome you. I'm Amy Schloerb. I am a mindfulness and mindset coach and I help actors ride the roller coaster of being an actor without throwing up. September is my "actorversary" — the anniversary of when I became a professional actor by moving to Los Angeles and starting my actin...

My mind tends to wander when I meditate and I bet yours does too. And really that's not a problem because it's just part of your present moment experience. Welcome to my Substack! I'm Amy Schloerb. I am a mindfulness and mindset coach. And, like I said, my mind likes to wander when I meditate. Sometimes it goes off into the future. Sometimes it goes wandering and rummaging around in my past. Somet...

How well do you know your breath? Have you ever REALLY studied it with wonder and awe? That’s what we’re going to do today. So settle in and prepare to observe your experience of breathing with mindful curiosity. Join me for weekly mindfulness! In addition to Monday Mindful Moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emai...

What are you putting up with in your life? 😒 The burned out light bulb in the kitchen. 🤪 All the clutter on the dining room table. 😩 The sink that never drains. How much better would you feel if those things were no longer present in your life? You will be amazed at the amount of renewed energy and relief you will get by getting “that thing” taken care of. Give it a try! Video Transcript I just...

When we practice mindfulness meditation we choose to place our attention and focus on our breath. Other things may be present in the moment around us and within us (thoughts, sensations, sounds, etc), but we choose to keep our focus on our breath. We don’t have to fight with those “distractions.” We can just allow them, notice them, witness them. And then choose to bring our focus back to our brea...

Today I wanted to share something I’ve really been enjoying in my life recently. A quiet, mindful walk. But I don’t want to just tell you about it, but really share it with you by guiding you through the experience of a mindful walk for yourself. And if you enjoy this mindful walk experience, you should really check out my weekly mindfulness group, Mindful Creators . I guide two mindfulness practi...

The only way to get better at anything is to practice. Practice. Practice. Practice. That’s what we do in these mindful moments. We practice. We practice focusing. We practice noticing. And practicing here makes it easier and easier for us to focus and notice in the rest of our lives. And speaking of practicing… In addition to these Mindful Moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful C...

Mindful meditation is a beautiful cycle. Focus on your breath. Notice whatever you notice (without attaching to it). If you notice that your mind has wandered away from your breath and is focused on something else, gently guide your focus back to your breath. The full cycle is mindfulness, not just the part where you’re focused on your breath. You’re not “getting it right” when you’re focused on y...

It’s so easy to get caught up in our thoughts and miss the present moment. The process of thinking is of course part of our present moment experience, but today, we’re going to open ourselves up to our whole experience. And if you’re enjoying these weekly mindful moments, you should really check out my weekly mindfulness group, Mindful Creators . I guide two mindfulness practices for the group, an...

Gratitude is a great practice to cultivate in life. The more we pause to appreciate the good things in life, the more good things we tend to find. Let’s practice gratitude today in our mindful moment. Join me for weekly mindfulness! In addition to these mindful moments, I also host a mindfulness group called Mindful Creators every Wednesday on Zoom. The practices are recorded and emailed out the s...

This one goes out to all my actor pals. 🎭 But even if you’re not an actor, this video still applies to you. 🤗 I read a Martha Graham quote that at its heart speaks to the unique self expression that we were each born into this world to fulfill. And if you’re curious what the heck “ Self Tape May ” is, it is a free challenge created by Audrey Moore, host of the podcast Audrey Helps Actors . Each...

When you distill mindfulness down to its most basic elements, it’s just breathing and noticing. Noticing the breath, noticing the mind, noticing the body, noticing whatever is happening around you. Noticing your present moment experience. That’s what we’re doing in our mindful moment today. Enjoy! Join me for weekly mindfulness! In addition to these mindful moments, I also host a mindfulness group...

As you know, mindfulness is my jam. (I especially love it on toast! Ba dum bum. 🤣) Anyway, this video presents a fun twist on a mindful walk. I’ve been walking like this a lot lately and I’m finding it very calming and relaxing. If you’re looking for more calming ideas to help you manage the stressful world we live in, check out Accessing Calm . It’s my collection of super simple, fun mindfulness...

As I say at the top of this recording, this meditation is intended for your evening practice. It’s a bit of a follow up to last week’s session where I guided you to set an intention for your day. In this practice we are letting go of the day and setting an intention for a restful night sleep. Enjoy! Transcript Welcome to your Monday Mindful Moment. Today's meditation is intended as an offering for...

Today’s MMM was a request from a participant in my weekly mindfulness group. I am always open to suggestions for meditation themes or topics you wish me to explore in another way on Substack. Just let me know! Enjoy! Transcript Welcome to your Monday Mindful Moment. This is a chance for you to practice connecting to your breath, practice finding presence right here in this present moment, and it’s...

Transcript Okay, so this is a video for anybody who's in the midst of some kind of creative process and wants to f*****g tear their hair out. I am in that place. I am creating something and I feel like the whole thing is s**t. Everybody's gonna hate it. Nobody's gonna like it. It's not even gonna work. It's just garbage and all my thoughts are garbage. Everything about it is garbage. It’s unclear...

Quick side note: My kid was sick the day I recorded this, so you may hear him coughing in the background. You may also hear the occasional airplane flyover. I invite you to just be present with an extra sounds and observe them as part of your present moment. Transcript (00:00:01): Welcome to your Monday Mindful Moment. We're going to do something a little different today. We're going to connect wi...

Quick side note: My kid was sick the day I recorded this, so you may hear him coughing in the background. You may also hear the occasional airplane flyover. I invite you to just be present with an extra sounds and observe them as part of your present moment. Transcript Welcome to your Monday mindful moment. This is a chance for you to connect with your breath find presence right here in this prese...