Category: Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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Between Acting Jobs: Cultivating Creativity and Self-Development
John Currivan continues his series on life between acting jobs, this time delving into how actors can cultivate their creativity and find ways to develop themselves further… We actors need to be creative and well-rounded to do our work. However, the nature of our work means that we are, quite often, unemployed. The lack of…
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David Mumeni on Empowering Yourself in an Audition
Actor David Mumeni shares his advice on how to feel empowered throughout your audition process Spotlight’s recent Open House saw David Mumeni give tips on how to audition for screen, with much of his advice revolving around making yourself feel empowered during the daunting audition process. It can be easy to worry about doing your auditions…
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Overcoming Self-Judgment as an Actor
Penelope Granycome reflects on what you can do to overcome the voice of self-judgment… The biggest block to emotional wellbeing and relaxed presence in any area of life – but particularly an acting career – is the emotional seesaw of self-judgment. It can be so easy to measure our self-worth by whether or not we…
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How to Be Creative When You’re Not in Work
Deal with the down time and rediscover your creativity with our guide on how to be creative when you’re not in work. Being a performer guarantees one thing: total uncertainty. It’s hard to know when the next job is coming your way, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t still the creative and passionate performer you…
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You Gotta Get Through This: Surviving Long and Difficult Jobs
This article is not about Daniel Beddingfield’s 2001 banger. But there is much we can learn from the rousing garage hit, and by the end of this article I hope that the chorus acts as a mantra… There are some jobs which feel like they’ll never end. You’re working with people who you don’t see…
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A Guide to Finding Help for Anxiety and Depression
When tackling anxiety and depression, there are a variety of methods that can help – here’s our introduction to a few kinds of therapy you might consider to tackle disrupted mental health… As part of our series on mental health this Mental health Awareness Week, here is our guide to different approaches that you might consider when figuring out…
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How to Feel Fulfilled
Fulfilment explored with Bea Grist As part of our series on mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week, here is our Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager Bea Grist on the importance of fulfilment, and how we can get to the heart of this feeling with clarity. As I sit down to write this article, I realise that we…
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How to Practice Resilience with Dr Jane Oakland
Dr Jane Oakland on resilience: an essential skill to develop and practice for any acting professional Do whatever is necessary to process your emotions soon after the event, whether it be crying, shouting or a heavy work-out in the gym and then move on. Don’t try to keep feelings of rejection locked inside you. Dr…
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Post-Audition Self Care
Matthew Jacobs Morgan on the things you can do to show yourself some compassion post audition… As part of our series on mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week, here is performer and filmmaker Matthew Jacobs Morgan on the importance of self-care (and how to do it well!) after you’ve had that all important audition. If you’re busy…
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An Actor’s Guide to Motivating Yourself Through Uncertainty
Katie Redford offers the advice you need to get through the inevitable uncertainty of the acting world… Accept that you feel uncertain and give yourself credit for doing so. Trying to fight against it and worrying about things that haven’t even happened yet won’t make things any easier. Katie Redford For those of you who…