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The Aligned Actor

The Aligned Actor

Written by: Amy Schloerb
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 A podcast on mindfulness and mindset for performers.

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  • Mindfulness Restores Your Energy

    Mindfulness Restores Your Energy
    Jan 29 2026
    Last week, I presented the “What’s On Your Plate?” Exercise and you looked at everything you have going on in your life — all the stuff that requires energy from you and everything that’s stressing you out.Likely, you have a lot on your plate and maybe that exercise even left you feeling a little overwhelmed.Well, I have good news for you. There’s a tool we’ve been practicing here a lot and that we will practice again today, which will help you reduce your stress and restore your energy.Of course, I’m talking about Mindfulness.As a reminder, mindfulness is a special way of paying attention to the present moment with a curious, kind, and non-judgmental attitude.Now, of course, mindfulness is not going to magically fix your life so that you have abundant energy and everything is sunshine and rainbows for the rest of time.But, a regular practice of mindfulness meditation definitely can calm you physically and mentally, allowing your body and mind a chance to recharge.Let’s practice now so that you can experience this for yourself.Hopefully you feel calmer and more restored. Notice what positive effects that meditation had on your mind and body. Maybe you feel a bit more relaxed and energized for the rest of your day.The effects of mindfulness are immediate and cumulative. You benefit during the session and continue to benefit even when not actively practicing. As an example, I bet you sleep a little better tonight after practicing today which will help you restore your energy even more.Next week we’ll explore more ways for you to re-energize yourself, but for today, I want to leave you with some guided mindfulness recordings to support your practice this week.Build Your Mindfulness PracticeI’ve built up quite a library of mindfulness recordings that can support your practice. Here are some tracks to get you started…Mindful Moment (6:54)Mindful Moment (6:56)Mindful Moment (7:22)Mindfulness Meditation (12:06)Mindful Breathing (12:20)Mindfulness Practice (12:53)Paid subscribers get full access to The Aligned Actor Guided Audio Library which includes mindfulness meditations, focusing meditations, and NLP exercises.If you found this article helpful or inspiring, I’d be honored if you’d leave a comment, share it with a pal, give a one-time donation, or consider becoming a paid subscriber.I’m a professional actor, a mindfulness and mindset coach, and I’m ready to help you thrive in your actor life.🎭 I’ve been a professional actress for almost 20 years. I’ve survived 3 industry shut downs - 2 strikes and 1 global pandemic. I’ve worked in TV, film, commercials, and produced my own award-winning web series.🧠 I’ve been a life coach for 5 years, specializing in mindfulness and neurolinguistic programming and helping people become more aware and focused on making positive changes in their lives.💖 I blend lived experience with powerful, proven coaching tools.🎢 Let’s get you feeling resilient, empowered, focused, playful, relaxed, confident, and riding the acting career roller coaster without throwing up! 🤗Community Zooms for Paid-Subscribers! 💻I offer exclusive Zoom sessions for paid subscribers. Support my on-going work and enjoy “office hours” with yours truly! Drop into a Zoom session to experience guided mindfulness and supportive, community-based mindset coaching.If you’re curious about mindset coaching, but saving for your next headshot session, this is a great way to get affordable access in a supportive, community environment.Get my FREE Pre-Audition Focusing Meditation 🎧I’ve created a free meditation to help you get out of your head and into your character so that you can rock your next audition.It’s going to help you calm your nerves, let go of distracting thoughts — “How can I book this? What do they want?” — and focus in on what your character wants, what’s going on in the scene, so that you can present your best work every time. Get full access to The Aligned Actor at thealignedactor.substack.com/subscribe
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    20 mins
  • Acting is an Exhausting Career

    Acting is an Exhausting Career
    Jan 22 2026

    Acting is a unique career that requires A LOT of energy. Sure, it’s fun to play characters expressing all kinds of emotions, but it’s also exhausting. Not to mention the 4:30am call times and overnight shoots.

    Additionally, many of us have full time jobs in addition to our full time career, and we all have general life stuff going on too.

    That’s a lot to juggle!

    We need energy for our FULL Actor Life. Otherwise, how will we turn in a kickass self-tape after a long day of work and parenting and all the other stuff we have going on?

    This week I invite you to take some time to acknowledge everything going on in your life — everything that requires your physical and mental energy.

    "What’s on Your Plate?"

    This exercise will help you acknowledge everything you have going on in your life.

    * What are you doing regularly? What are your responsibilities? What do you need energy for? Where is your energy going?

    * What’s stressing you out? What are your sources of stress? What’s weighing on your heart and/or mind?

    You can get a print out here.



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    15 mins
  • How to stay present amidst all the chaos

    How to stay present amidst all the chaos
    Jan 15 2026

    We’re practicing mindfulness today because mindfulness is an incredibly important tool that can help us thrive physically, mentally, and emotional in all areas and aspects of our creative lives.

    As a reminder, mindfulness is an incredibly simple practice — it’s a special way of paying attention to the present moment with kindness and curiosity.

    In the past I’ve used the term, “non-judgmental curiosity” but I’ve been enjoying Mindfulness Daily with Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield — a free 40 day course I highly recommend — and they often use the word “kindness” to describe the quality of mind cultivated through mindfulness. I’m finding I prefer the term “kindness” over “non-judgmental” because it keeps the focus on what to do instead of what not to do.

    Check out my website --> thealignedactor.com

    Get my Pre-Audition Focusing Meditation (free!) --> https://pre-audition-focusing-meditation.teachery.co/get-it-now



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    27 mins
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