Author: Bea Grist
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Pre-audition for Young Performers
This meditation is recommended for ages 8+ and is designed to help calm and centre young performers before an audition or self-tape. Parents and Guardians are encouraged to listen to this meditation along with their child. If you are a young performer aged 16+ we recommend our adult performer pre-audition meditation. 12 minute listen. We recommend listening…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Envy
This meditation is designed to help with envy and how with conscious awareness we can use this energy to move forward. Feelings of envy or jealousy can come up a lot when you’re an actor or performer but it’s usually just a sign that you care deeply about something. In small doses envy can actually…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Choice
In this meditation we get curious about what choice means for you as an actor or performer. We also explore where we make choices from and how just by choosing to listen to ourselves we are much more able to honour what’s really important to us. This guided meditation was written for one of our…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Post-Audition
This meditation may be helpful to listen to after an audition to help you to develop a positive post-audition mindset. Once an audition is over it can be hard to let go of it without an answer, closure, or some sort of clarity. This meditation is designed to help calm the mind from any repetitive thoughts…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Inner Leader
If you’re feeling like you need to take some time out to pause and reset, then this meditation is for you. When we’re faced with challenges, stress or uncomfortable situations, our saboteur or inner critic can be activated. The saboteur or inner critic’s purpose is to ensure our survival by keeping us safe, but we…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Pre-Audition
This guided meditation is designed to listen to before you’re going into an audition to help you feel calm and confident. As well as listening to the meditation pre-audition, you may also find it helpful if you’re about to do a self-tape or simply want to take a moment for yourself on set. In fact you…
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The Wellbeing Series Reading List
Our favourite reads to help you to navigate the mental challenges of making a living in the performing arts industry, chosen by Bea Grist, Spotlight’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager. The Power of Now by Echart Tolle Echart Tolle’s bestselling book explores what it means to be more present and conscious in each moment of…
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Mental Health and Self-care
In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we focus on self-care including tips for managing anxiety and stress. We’re joined by Bea Grist, Spotlight’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager who shares practical self-care tips and information about how you can sign up for The Wellbeing Series, which is available to members. 45 minute listen or…
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10 Tips for Managing Stress and Anxiety
Tips to help actors manage stress and anxiety from mental health and wellbeing coach to performers, Bea Grist. Things like work, home life, family situations etc. can all contribute to feelings of stress or anxiety. Of course, the problem happens when the stress becomes too much so we asked wellbeing coach Bea Grist for some…
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How Your Other Half Loves: How to Support Your Partner and How They Can Support You
Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager Bea Grist talks about what it’s like to love and support a performer-partner… Nine years ago, I met my performer partner whilst we were working for the same theatre company. We spent every free moment together and we fell in love. But then my beloved went off on a six-month…