In this episode Analisa: 

• Shares how she drops in before podcasting or creating content, and how to do this for auditions, etc.
• Talks about her nervous system and when it's not regulated the challenge to be creative and/or take care of herself
• Permission to listen to our bodies and pause - how important it is to the creative process and our overall wellbeing 
• Shares why she's taking a break from podcasting 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

This episode with Laureen E. Smith is a massive dose of PERMISSION to trust the path that you are on! 

Laureen started her career with a BA in Theatre and then took a completely different route via divinity school at Harvard and becoming a minister. 

Now, in her 60s, she's a D.C. based actor and in this episode shares wisdom through her story and the perspective it's given her. 

She speaks to many fears that actors face and how she navigates them, including feeling "too old" after getting her first set of headshots in her 40s. 

May this episode expand your definition of success and what is possible! 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

In today's solo episode Analisa explores the importance of cultivating awareness of thoughts and feelings for creatives. 

Creatives tend to be more emotionally aware, but often they are more emotionally reactive and are still stuck in very limiting thoughts. 

Through developing the capacity to notice and sit with uncomfortable emotions, you will be able to bust through current limiting beliefs. 

There are no bad emotions - they all have gems of wisdom. 

Analisa shares a tangible practice for how to metabolize the emotion and then to begin to shift our stories. 

She also shares a huge reason why we resist this work and how to love our way through it.

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

In today's episode Analisa interviews one of her best friends, Jillian Jarrett - performer, makeup artist and most recently seller of mortgages. 

In this episode: 

• Jill’s journey from AMDA to selling mortgages
• Doing really hard things and the rewards from that
• The sense of power, resilience and resourcefulness knowing there are options to support yourself 
• Creatives thriving in jobs outside of theatre
• Blowing up the box of what you think is possible for yourself
• Jill’s identity is so much more than herself as a performer
• How to create a resume + interview well 
• Don’t read a job description and count yourself out

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.