Category: Lesson Plan

Create Your Purpose

Why Ask Why? Your career is not who you are – it is what to do, hopefully based on who you are. We look to the cornerstone elements of self-knowledge – our skills, interests, and strengths – when searching for fulfilling work. But those are the literary devices in a story that still needs a theme. Telling your best, most… Read more →

The Moment Before

  So here it is.  The Moment.  We’ve talked about how to prepare for it.   Regardless if you feel prepared or not, the moment has arrived and you are flailing. I get it.  The intermittent feelings of horror and nausea.  The panic gripping you as you stand at the edge of a black hole that oozes depression, just waiting for you to fail… Read more →

Lesson Five: How to Breathe…When You Can’t

  So this post is like trying to wrestle the genie into the lamp.  How do I capture three years of voice training and make it behave like a short and simple post that will help you breathe when you don’t? You know, like when you’re nervous.  When you’re scared.  When the grown-ups talk to you.  When the boys talk to… Read more →

Lesson Four: Progressive Relaxation

Acting is a strange contradiction.  We work very hard to be natural.  We train diligently on reigning in those natural reactions, emotions, and voice.  The trick is not looking like we’re working hard at all.  This training is about discipline.  You must allow yourself to be free to do what is natural for your body.  The work is about exploring your… Read more →