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Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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Building Resilience to Stress

Use these seven daily practices to help build up your resilience to stress and help you understand it. Since I started my coaching business, one of my greatest missions has been to share with others the importance of getting ahead of stress by taking a preventative and proactive approach. By doing so, people (hopefully) won’t […]

mental health
wellbeing
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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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 […]

first person
mental health
wellbeing
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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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 […]

diversity/inclusivity
first person
linda burrel reid
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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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 […]

auditions
mental health
soft skills
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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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 […]

musical theatre
soft skills
theatre
Lifestyle & Wellbeing
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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 […]

acting advice
mental health
wellbeing