Category: Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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Building Resilience to Stress
Understand what stress is and use these seven daily practices to help build up your resilience to it. Since I started my coaching business, one of my greatest missions has been to share with others how important it is that we get ahead of stress by taking a preventative and proactive approach. By doing so,…
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Preventing Burnout
Avoid performer burnout with our expert’s guide on recognising stress signs and when to seek help for your mental health. A question I often get asked is, ‘What actually is burnout?’ Ultimately, burnout is a state of mental, physical and emotional exhaustion that arises from a person being stuck in a chronic state of stress…
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What You Should Know About Autistic and Neurodivergent Actors
‘Casualty’ actress Linda Burrel Reid tells us what you should know about autism and neurodivergence, and how autistic people experience the world around them. I am neurodivergent/autistic. I received a late diagnosis. When I received the diagnosis, I couldn’t believe it. “I can’t be autistic because I’m verbal, I don’t rock, I don’t wear ear…
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EFT Tapping: What It Is and How It Can Help Reduce Performance Anxiety
Emotional Freedom Technique, the 30-second anxiety-reducing wellness therapy Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande used at the ‘Wicked’ premiere and how to use it on yourself. With countless interviews, green carpets, awards ceremonies and the global roaring success of Wicked, it’s no wonder Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have been looking for ways to regulate their…
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How to Keep Fit as an Actor
Why fitness is important in acting and tips for actors to keep fit and increase their energy. An acting career is incredibly tiring and physically demanding. With all the preparatory work that a performing job requires – from learning lines to character analysis – actors often forget how physically exhausting the rehearsal process can be, not…
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Top 9 Time Management Tips for Actors
Learn How To Develop a Routine That Suits Your Schedule Time management is essential for actors. Whether you’re on a contract, between acting jobs, or at drama school, you must juggle training, side hustles, auditions, upskilling and learning lines with a social life – all while looking after your physical and mental health. Without efficiently…
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Advocating for Yourself in the Workplace
How to recognise an unhealthy working environment and stand up for yourself when working as an actor. Unhealthy working environments can exist in any profession and unfortunately, acting is no exception. Whether it’s on set, during the casting process, or while you’re touring a production, you could find yourself in situations where someone or something…
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New Year’s Resolutions For Actors
Katie Elin-Salt offers up her resolutions for a happier #actorslife this year If you’ve found yourself getting sucked into a social media #actorslife vortex at 2pm only to wonder why you’re having yet another “what am I doing with my life” moment at 2:30pm, maybe now is a good time to change that behaviour and…
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Nutrition Tips for Performers to Prevent Fatigue and Injury
What you should eat to boost your energy, stamina and recovery when acting and how to add variety to your diet. Performers, we are artistic athletes. This means that we often have the same energy requirements as many athletes in professional sports but are in the unique position of having to balance those requirements with…
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Should You Get a Side Job in a Theatre as an Actor?
The pros and cons of working in a theatre as your acting side job, including networking opportunities and flexibility for attending auditions. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, there’s no shame in having a side hustle. Taking a job waiting tables, working nine to five in an office, or making coffee is a good…