Tag: acting career advice

Tell A New Story

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

New Year.  New Story.

Do you find yourself frustrated or doubtful when you aren’t seeing the results you want to see in your acting career or personal life…year after year?

Perhaps it’s time to tell a new story.

“I never get called in to audition during pilot season.”

“I can’t lose weight – I love food too much.”

“My schedule is too busy for me to get to the gym.”

“I can’t afford to take an acting class right now or even get new headshots.”

I’ll put myself out there first…

I’m totally guilty of telling myself and others the same story over and over throughout the […]

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How to Stop Prolonging Your Success

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

Don’t Settle For What’s Easy.

Yep, that’s right.

Stop prolonging success. Depending on where you are at on your acting journey – success for you may be just around the corner, just around a turn or two, or after many miles, twists, and turns of being in the driver’s seat.

Oh yes, YOU are in the driver seat more than you may realize.  This is a good thing – that it’s NOT solely up to our representation, casting directors, directors, or producers for our careers to unfold the way we are hoping and wanting them to.

Now realize this…that means you hold the power […]

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5 Ways to Stay In Flow When It’s Slow

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

WARNING ACTORS:  This blog post is not to share any acting career tips to improve your luck on finding representation, to get more auditions, or improve your booking ratio. ; )

Nope. Nada. Not today.

Instead, I’m here to help you keep raising the bar on being YOU, on your way of life, and how you are staying happy and whole – as the best version of you. How to stay in Flow When it’s slow.

So lets, dive in.

Do you go stir crazy when the industry feels slow?

You know – when days, weeks, months, or half a year goes by and you […]

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How to Stop Prolonging Your Success

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

Don’t Settle For What’s Easy.

Yep, that’s right.

Depending on where you are at on your acting journey – success for you may be just around the corner, just around a turn or two, or after many miles, twists, and turns of being in the driver’s seat.

Oh yes, YOU are in the driver seat more than you may realize.  This is a good thing – that it’s NOT solely up to our representation, casting directors, directors, or producers for our careers to unfold the way we are hoping and wanting them to.

Now realize this…that means you hold the power in which direction […]

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Do What You Gotta Do

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

My Stars,

It’s time to stop, reflect, so we can redirect.

First, what is your BIG dream?  You know that vision you have had in your mind for you and your acting career?

If I were to ask you from where you are in life right now with how you’re feeling: physically, emotionally, and spiritually and asked how your career is going…on a scale from 1 – 10(10 being amazingly great) how would you rate each area and the satisfaction of how your acting journey has been going?

Another question…how close do you feel you are to actually living out your vision, easily and […]

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How a Follow-up Email Got Me Cast 4 Hours Later

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

Yep, that happened.

My finger pushed send, I was cast, AND on set just 4 hours later.  

Can we say…”Like Whoa.”

The story of how it all went down…

I was attending the Premiere of Diana Leigh, a short I was cast in as a nurse from the 60’s.  After the credits rolled, we all exited the theater beaming with a sigh of relief because the film was a success.

Afterwards, during the reception – it was me, an actress friend, and the casting director of the film – all in the ladies restroom, chit chatting it up outside the stalls.  Yep, […]

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Tell A New Story

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

New Year.  New Story.

Do you find yourself frustrated or doubtful when you aren’t seeing the results you want to see in your acting career or personal life…year after year?

Perhaps it’s time to tell a new story.

“I never get called in to audition during pilot season.”

“I can’t lose weight – I love food too much.”

“My schedule is too busy for me to get to the gym.”

“I can’t afford to take an acting class right now or even get new headshots.”

I’ll put myself out there first…

I’m totally guilty of telling myself and others the same story over and over throughout the […]

Read More

5 Ways to Stay In Flow When It’s Slow

Posted on by Talia, Actress & Lifestyle Coach

WARNING ACTORS:  This blog post is not to share any acting career tips to improve your luck on finding representation, to get more auditions, or improve your booking ratio. ; )

Nope. Nada. Not today.

Instead, I’m here to help you keep raising the bar on being YOU, on your way of life, and how you are staying happy and whole – as the best version of you.

So lets, dive in.

Do you go stir crazy when the industry feels slow?

You know – when days, weeks, months, or half a year goes by and you can’t get an audition to save your life, […]

Read More