Placing our focus on making ourselves cry can be a harmful and ineffective approach to our work as actors.

Deep breaths dear actor. If you know anything about me - beyond my life as an actor and coach - you know I live with mental illness. In many ways, this inspired creating The WholeHearted Actor, a community where actors can embrace their full humanity while prioritizing their well-being over their acting career. We deserve to bring our whole selves to our work. We are allowed to show up as we are, for who we are and where we are on our journey. As someone who struggles with C

This is just a little unpack of how we navigate dramatic scenes where are characters are in heightened conflict and in huge distrust / betrayal of our scene partners. This is specifically about working on dialogue where our character is attacking, blaming, or sharing a list of grievances with life or their partner. THE TENDENCY: Letting this list of negatives weigh you down. Finding despair for the entirety of the scene. Getting swallowed by the negative energy and being unab

You are the artist the master of this story. Try to let go of judging your work - and instead get more attuned to you inner connection.

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Imagination and Connection are two of the actors best tools. We must engage both of these muscles to achieve a believable performance.