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What can you do now that will make your next job, the one you have booked, so much better?  Focused effort today will pay off soon. The Production Lane, when we are actively rehearsing and performing, has the least amount of discretionary time. Use your time now, in the Booked Lane,  to free up your mind for the work you love to do. This is personal work, professional work, aspirational...

The Booked Lane is one of the best times for actors to work on our mindsets. We have the energy and the motivation to cultivate our next job, which we just booked, into a great experience. The Booked Lane is a transitional period , between Ready Lane and Production Lane. Basketball players of excellence know how important the Transition is - how they navigate the court between Offense and Def...

Your minds will determine so much about your next job. When you are in the Booked Lane, when you have some time before your next job starts, how you A pproach the job will affect how you Experience the job . We all can get stuck thinking So Much is out of our control. But our Thoughts, our super power , are almost totally in our control. Let's use this to make this next job meaningful and possibly...

Actors have more control than we think. We can shape the experience of our next job , our next Booked Contract, with the power of our thinking. If your brain keeps circling to thoughts of nerves, self doubt and unworthiness instead of joy, abundance and Let's Go... Here are some ways to align your thoughts with your emotional health. Let's make this next job as amazing as you are.

The Booked Work Flow Lane for Actors is a time of transition . You are moving from the Ready Lane, where you are available to work, to the Production Lane, where you are under contract. No matter the length of time between accepting the offer and starting work, and no matter the length of time of the contract, you will thank yourself many times over if you make some decisions now.. . And answ...

Amazing! You have accepted an offer for work. You are officially in The Booked Lane, one of the 3 Work Flow Lanes for Professional Actors. Ready. Booked. Production. This lane is High Energy. We get a natural dopamine hit, a beautiful energy surge, when we get an offer , and again when we accept it . These next podcasts are to support you as you travel in this lane, en route to Production. A beaut...

We can treat our memories as facts. But they are truly creative layerings, painted each time we revisit a particular memory. Different every single time. How can we use this for our emotional wellbeing? For starters, we can stop beating ourselves up for anything we did in the past. Think of these memories, the good and the bad and the boring, as the library of us.  Each volume open to in...

This is the 5th Podcast in a 5 Part Series about The Ready Lane - the work flow lane for professional actors who are Available for Offers . You are familiar with the 90 day Idea as well as some emotional tools and decisions you can choose to use if you want some support and guidance as you navigate this time in your career and life. The Horizon Line is still there. Whether you are in the Ready Lan...

This is the 4th podcast in a series of 5 for Ready Lane Actors. Here we dive into some ideas for those days where you seek more focus. And some of them, you won't want to do. That's where tenacity comes in. We do them anyway. Or at least, some of them. We will thank ourselves later. Possibly , you will find your time more rewarding, your days more structured, your calendar more focused. Possibly ,...

There are stretches in our Ready Lane lives when we feel a bit (or a lot) lost. If we are not auditioning, or are auditioning and not booking, for an extended period of time, our primitive brain wants to ring all of the alarm bells. Not helpful. What is helpful: Separating the facts from our 'story' about our work. Reaching out for help. And recognizing that we are the CEO of us . Most of the time...

This is the second in a five part series on the Ready Lane for Actors. This lane is one of three, Ready, Booked and Production, that all professional actors are in at some point. For actors that want a bit of structure to their Ready lane time - when Time is so abundant , and can get taken for granted - here are 2 steps to take that can give dimension and focus to your 90 days.   Your mind ca...

This is the first in a series of 5 podcasts  for Actors who are in the Ready Lane. Actors who are Available to accept Offers. If we have longevity in our careers, we will glide in and out of the 3 Actor Work Lanes.  Many, many times.  Never feel you are alone in this. We, all of us professionals, know the feelings of each lane. Ready.       Booked.     &nbsp...

We are in the Ready Lane as Actors when we are Available for any offer or contract. This can feel freeing, open, exciting. It can also feel overwhelming, fearful, scarce. There is help at hand in knowing that how we Think About our work in this Lane changes Everything. We need to ensure we feel Secure. Then we can lean into feeling Stable. And that leads to Sustained Longevity as an Artist. Which...

This is a tense time in the world. You may feel incredibly impacted by events in your days, and by those far away. Many of us, we humans, are hurting. And the hurt is valid and real and must be honored. But people who are hurting and cannot find a way to allow the feelings, the incredibly difficult feelings, can act out in ways that cause others to suffer. And create even more suffering for themse...

You know the times... and so often it can happen just when you've been lulled into thinking... I have lots of time...when Everything. Happens. At. Once. This episode features a few stories and a few strategies for you when this feels true.  We tell ourselves... There is too much to get ready... I don't have enough time... I don't know where to start... And sometimes. We even avoid starting. T...

We know we want to get somewhere . We know there is the way everyone thinks is 'the best'. There's the way we've done it before. There's the way the algorithm or... the world seems to think we should go. But what about the times we want to check in with ourselves. Go Our Own Way... This podcast invites you to explore the 90 Day Idea . A way of framing out the next several months in whichever Work...

We are still in multiple strike situations as of this recording. Whatever your mind is telling you, remember this is temporary. Although this situation (as do many difficult experiences) feels LONG, we are not helpless here. Get Ready for Coming Back to work. Get Ready for Different Work. And if you cannot bring yourself to Get Ready... You Can.. Get Ready To Get Ready.

Pride can be a beautiful thing, but sends us soaring high and doesn't really support us Every Day. Self Esteem. That's what is there for us Every Day.  And we should not take it for granted.  Like so many things that are valuable in life, nurturing our Self Esteem takes a little work. Some intention.   We are, All of the Humans, born Worthy.  But when we tie our self esteem to...

Of course All The Humans Matter. But the family of artists who primarily work in the theatre Know Some Things. This podcast is a short reminder that as our culture, our political climate, our very planet changes, erupts, evolves, what we do matters very much. Theatre Folk. We know what we do. Here's to Us.

There are things, people we love and have loved, places and more that we have acquired in our Actor and Human Lives.  Or invited in.  Or sought. We have spent for them, and certainly on them. Our time, energy, money.... did I mention Time? This podcast goes into When It May Be Enough Already. Actors, check the parts of your life that may be on auto renew. And Ask. Do I want this thing, t...

In these weeks of Strikes, SAG AFTRA and WGA, there are opportunities for us all. To participate. To negotiate. To get Creative about solutions. And... To worry. To feel Desperate. If you notice that you are feeling a lot of negative emotions, this is human. But if the emotion is generally Desperation, you likely want to find one that feels better.  Much better. In this podcast, there is a st...

Here we are. This is how we make progress in our industry. We work together, we organize together, and we strike. Together. And we will have Thoughts about this. About our career. Our industry. Our bottom line. Some thoughts will be negative. That is OK. We are always ready to be ready. This is what we do. Take a moment.  Look at the thoughts.  And then decide how you Want to Feel going...

There is immediate pleasure. For sure, that is fun. And there is delayed pleasure. .. gratification that derives potency from the very fact that you have to ... wait for it... We Humans, We Actors, need both.  This is certainly the case with auditions.   The work we put into them may pay off immediately.  A job is booked.   Or.   The work may pay off later, in unexpected w...

We often go outside ourselves for answers. This podcast is an invitation to go inside and use your internal wisdom. No one knows you better than you. The simple questions here can open up any feeling you are experiencing , tell you Why you are Feeling This Way, and give you direction. Use your Power.   Find your Own Wisdom.  Then, ACT.

Every actor has a Zone of Genius. This is the space in which you deliver excellence. You know when you are 'on'. You know when you are 'in the zone'. Take the time to Recognize yours. Knowing, with confidence, where you excel will be immeasurably helpful when life circumstances, casting, rehearsals, call backs, performances, don't go the way you expected. It is not helpful to get down on yourself....