Tag: mental health
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How to be a Confident and Resilient Young Performer
Understanding what resilience means for children and tips for how to handle auditions, feedback and social media. As adults we are familiar with the term ‘resilience’ but it’s important to understand that resilience for a child looks quite different from the resilience for an adult. At our recent Wellbeing Series panel, actor Emily Carey, agent…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Togetherness
Inspired by the tragic events in Ukraine, this meditation focusses on togetherness and how it makes us stronger and more resilient. This 30 minute meditation by Spotlight’s Mental Health and Wellbeing manager, Bea Grist, is inspired by the idea of togetherness and what gets created when we come together. It’s designed to calm and soothe…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Celebration
In this guided meditation you’re gently invited to celebrate all parts of you. Because all parts of you are worthy of celebration. There may have been times when things didn’t go to plan. Maybe there were some days when you felt like giving up. But you didn’t. You’re here. In this meditation we celebrate all…
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Five Ways to Manage Homesickness on Tour
Actress and writer Michaela Bennison shares her top tips to prevent homesickness from striking on tour. Whether you’re filming on location or touring around the country, at some point you will likely land a job working away from home. It can be a challenging time, and suddenly travelling to new digs every week can feel…
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Introducing the Performer Resilience Programme
Build the resilience you need to sustain your career. We’re committed to supporting and empowering you throughout the casting process because when you feel well, you perform well. This industry can be tough and resilience is a key part of being able to confidently navigate the challenges of life as a performer. Our Performer Resilience…
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Healthy Food Prep for the Busy Actor
Actor and food-blogger Jodie Barchha Lang shares her quick tips for preparing healthy food, and explains why healthy eating is as vital as any acting skill. As an actor, my eating habits in the past have been somewhat questionable. I would often get on and off trains and grab a packet of crisps, a pizza…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Deep Relaxation for Sleep
This meditation is designed to help you to unwind and let go of the day, helping to aid a restful night’s sleep. We use a progressive muscle relaxation technique to help release stress and tension out of the body so we recommend finding a cosy and comfortable place where you can lie down for this…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: Calming Nerves for Young Performers
This meditation is designed to support young performers who might be feeling a bit nervous or worried – particularly if they have an audition, self-tape or performance coming up. We spend some time relaxing the body and then we go on a short journey where we discover some very special magic clouds. This meditation is…
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Don’t Be An Ass: Why We Set One Goal at a Time
Actor and Writer Tahlia Norrish explores the nature of decision-making, and what happens when we aim to achieve too many goals at once. Warning: this post is going to feature some real talk. Earlier this year I uncovered something pretty confronting: in several aspects of life, I was making decisions from a place of fear.…
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Powerful Pause Meditation: New Beginnings
This meditation is themed around the idea of new beginnings and is designed to calm a busy mind by gently guiding you back to yourself. We get curious about how each new breath creates space for new awareness by bringing us back to the present moment. This guided meditation was inspired by our Powerful Pause…