Mental Rehearsal · The podcast
A podcast for actors on the psychology of acting, imposter syndrome, resilience, and building a career that can last.
The show is a place to think more clearly about the work. It is also about the nervous system carrying you into it.
The episodes are below. The show site has the full archive and the listening links.
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17 August 2026
The trap of directing yourself. When you are the actor and the camera operator and the judge, you lose the ability to evaluate your own work, and take 47 is rarely better than take 3.
31 July 2026
Why a character's emotions follow you off set, and how to put the work down without putting the craft down with it.
13 July 2026
How self-perception and habit shape a career that lasts. Talent gets you in the room. Identity decides whether you can stay in it.
13 July 2026
Audition anxiety and the nervous system underneath it, and what changes when you stop treating the freeze as a character flaw.
28 June 2026
What the show is for, and why mindset is treated here as craft rather than as an extra.
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