Soulful Ambition

By Analisa Leaming

Education Religion & Spirituality Spirituality

What's Soulful Ambition about?

A Balancing Act is a podcast for anyone in the arts desiring more. The focus is on sharing conscious, uplifting, inspiring conversation about navigating the ups and downs of this beautiful, crazy business.

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Soulful Ambition episodes:

04.16.2024
#84 When Your Desires Feel Dangerous
04.09.2024
#83 The importance of emotional expression in pursuit of our deepest desires w/ Madelyn Moon
04.02.2024
#82 How + Why to do Shadow Work with Leona Waller
03.26.2024
#81 Embrace Your Shadows + Claim Your Light w/ Xavier Dagba
03.19.2024
A Balancing Act meets Soulful Ambition: The Trailer
Welcome to Soulful Ambition, formerly known as A Balancing Act, Analisa's latest iteration of her work in the world. Soulful Ambition explores what it means to live inside out and go after our deepest longings. Soulful Ambition might sound contradictory...
02.27.2024
#80 Final Episode of A Balancing Act + Announcing what is coming!
Performers get your free Between Gig Guide here for powerful tools and practices to support you in staying aligned and to unleash your star power! Visit www.analisaleaming.com to coach with Analisa, receive updates about the podcast, and future events! Episode...
02.20.2024
#79 When You're Between Gigs w/ Analisa Leaming
02.13.2024
#78 A Nature-based Approach to the Creative Process w/ Joshua Townshend
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Aligning with the seasons to enhance the creative process Identifying your primary element (earth, air, water, or...
02.06.2024
#77 Audition Holding Room Energy
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. In this short + sweet solo episode Analisa explores two ways of managing energy while you await your audition. It's easy to be...
01.30.2024
#76 Patrick O'Neill: Gems for the Auditioning Actor
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Patrick's story: dressing actors on Broadway while also auditioning!!! Patrick's...
01.23.2024
#75 Exploring the Fear of Humiliation
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming HERE. Inside this episode: Analisa's way of activating her Indestructible Core How to practice...
01.16.2024
#74 Eleri Ward: Unleash your potential w/ healthy delusions, unapologetic self-validation, & an indestructible core
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming HERE. In this episode with Eleri Ward: ✨ Eleri's journey from musical theatre showcase...
01.09.2024
#73 Analisa Leaming's Journey to Broadway
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Analisa has been podcasting since 2016 and this is the first time she's shared her own unique path to Broadway and beyond. She...
01.02.2024
#72 Wendy Braun: Creative Breakthrough in 2024
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: All the tangible practices + tools for managing your hopes and dreams in the biz and beyond Vulnerable stories +...
12.26.2023
#71 Jack Plotnick: Finding Freedom On Stage and in Life
Reserve your Seat: Harvest Wisdom/Plant Dreams: A Soulful Approach to Year-End Reflections and Intention on Dec 29th Embrace the spirit of self-discovery and artistic growth as we bid farewell to the year and set our sights on new beginnings. Join...
12.19.2023
#70 Finding Your “Way” and Your “Why”
New Year Workshop: Harvesting Dreams/Planting Wisdom Dec. 29th Reserve your spot here. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: The power of rituals in seasons...
12.12.2023
#69 Sierra Boggess: Dealing with disappointment, deep desires, and finding your purpose
New Year Workshop: Harvesting Dreams/Planting Wisdom Dec. 29th Reserve your spot here. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Finding the gifts in disappointment ...
12.05.2023
#68 The Let Down After Booking the Gig (or getting the thing you were desiring)
Dec. 29th Event: Harvesting Wisdom, Planting Dreams: A Soulful Approach to Year-End Reflections and Intentions In today's episode Analisa is talking about something no one likes talking about publicly, especially in our shiny-only-post-the-highlights-social-media world. Have you ever gotten the thing...
11.28.2023
#67 - Liz Newcomer: Enneagram, Psychology + Big Dreams
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming HERE. Get your free audition meditation & stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Looking at your dreams through the lens of the...
11.21.2023
#66: Pause + Receive: Analisa’s personal practice for getting off the hamster wheel & back into Soul
Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. This week’s solo episode is an interactive inner exploration. You’re invited to be an active participant, grab a journal or sit and close...
11.14.2023
#65: Marissa Ghavami: Trauma & Our Big Dreams
Grab a limited time 1:1 session with Analisa here. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: How trauma can make it hard to go...
11.07.2023
#64 Alchemy of Acceptance: self-doubt/fear/the need to control
Sign up for a 1:1 Session with Analisa! Episode Bullet Points In this short solo episode Analisa helps you love on your Little Self. She also opens up the conversation to you, the listeners: is there anyone out there with...
10.31.2023
#63: My Cringe: On Jealousy, competition, + the need to be special
Alignment Before Action free online workshop Nov. 2nd!! Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle HERE. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa & A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: ...
10.24.2023
#62 Elena Shaddow: A conversation about understudying
Free workshop Nov. 2nd, 2023: Alignment Before Action!! Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Member HERE. Episode Highlights: Elena’s journey Planting the Role in Your Voice as a Garden...
10.17.2023
#61: Clinging to Results
Alignment Before Action Free Workshop November 2nd! Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. In a solo episode that is jam packed with inspired practices, we dive deep into the...
10.10.2023
#60 - Bret Shuford: Soulful Social Media
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Member HERE. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Identity shifts, grief, and...
10.03.2023
#59: The Key to Authenticity
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Member HERE. In a meta solo episode that is made to be listened to on repeat, we dive deep into what it means to realign with our...
09.26.2023
#58: Intention, Co-Creation & Abundance for Creatives w/ Business Coach, Cara Kovacs
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Membership HERE. Get a free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. In this wide-ranging interview with Cara Kovacs, the...
09.19.2023
#57: Goals with Soul
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Member HERE. ✨✨✨✨✨✨ In this solo episode, we dive deep into what it means to set our Goals with our Soul. It’s a skill to be able...
09.12.2023
#56: Blow up your idea of what's possible w/ critically acclaimed theatre co-founders Bob Ford + Amy Herzberg
Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming or Soulful Creatives Circle Member HERE. Today's episode with co-founders and artistic directors of TheatreSquared, Bob Ford + Amy Herzberg: What Bob + Amy were doing in their 20s &...
09.05.2023
#55: Star Power
Two ways we can work together: 1:1 Soulful Coaching or the Soulful Creatives Circle Read more here and set up a discovery call! This short + sweet episode is all about Analisa's journey with the word STAR. Make the...
08.29.2023
#54: Sabrina Lynn - Rewilding for Creatives
Aug 31st workshop: Claiming your Big Dreams + Moving towards them with LOVE How to make the claim, manage disappointment + insecurity, stay in alignment, release the neediness, and discern ego from soul. In this 2 hr workshop...
04.25.2023
#53 - Permission to Pause
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...
04.18.2023
#52: Laureen E. Smith - Different paths, 1st headshots in her 40s, Harvard Divinity School, Permission
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...
04.11.2023
Season 4 Episode 51: Getting Unstuck for Creatives: Thoughts VS Feelings
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. ...
04.04.2023
Season 4 Episode 50: Jillian Jarrett: Creatives killing it in Corporate
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...
03.28.2023
Season 4 Episode 49: Managing post-audition doubt + uncertainty
We have so many tools to prep for auditions, but we rarely talk about how to manage afterwards. The waiting, the doubt, the uncertainty. In this short solo episode, Analisa explores some ideas to build the capacity to manage all...
03.21.2023
Season 4 Episode 48: Kara Lindsay: A Conversation about Motherhood
Kara Lindsay has been seen on Broadway in Wicked (Glinda), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Newsies (Katherine). Read her full bio below. In this episode Analisa + Kara talk about: Making the decision to have a baby + timing Doing...
03.14.2023
Season 4 Episode 47: Redefining success in auditions + as a working actor
In this short solo episode Analisa shares the framework she's currently using with her clients: What is the new way that we can approach our dreams? Reflecting on and releasing what doesn't work Redefining and getting clear on how...
03.07.2023
Season 4 Episode 46: J.J. Caruncho: Beliefs, Broadway + Batman
Today's guest is the incomparable J.J. Caruncho - read his full bio here. This episode is filled with truly life changing ideas and inspiration. Here's what lies ahead: His powerful story of being a first generation American with a...
02.28.2023
Season 4 Episode 45: Analisa lets her freak flag fly
In this tiny nugget, solo episode with Analisa, she lets her freak flag fly. She shares how working with Divine Feminine energy has changed her life, her creativity, and her artistry. Listen to the episode to hear how this applies...
02.21.2023
Season 4 Episode 44: Jessie Hooker-Bailey + the inner work that led to Broadway
Today's episode is with Broadway performer and beautiful soul, Jessie Hooker-Bailey. Jessie's credits include Beautiful and Waitress on Broadway as well as Freaky Friday, Devil Wears Prada, Sister Act, The Color Purple, Ragtime and Footloose regionally. In...
02.14.2023
Season 4 Episode 43: I'm only truly fulfilled when onstage
In this episode Analisa dives deep into the belief that can keep us stuck and how it's not our True Self. Halfway through the episode is a tangible practice to move from fear to our Higher Self. It's a balancing...
02.07.2023
Season 4 Episode 42: Jillian Paige: Meisner in Music + Life
Creator of Meisner in Music, Jillian Paige, shares how the Meisner technique can be applied to singing and life. In this episode: - How training programs can be product focused on the product rather that process and manifest as physical...
01.31.2023
Season 4 Episode 41: You never know where that audition will lead you
Another solo episode with Analisa - it's story time! She shares two stories from her own path: One is about thinking you know what's meant for you only to find out it is something else. The other is about following...
01.24.2023
Season 4 Episode 40:Elizabeth Porter: Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Entertainment Industry Life Coach
To get on the waitlist or schedule a discovery call with Analisa send a message here. Today's episode is with Elizabeth Porter, licensed mental health therapist and entertainment industry life coach. Elizabeth shares her journey from studying music in...
01.17.2023
Season 4 Episode 39: Analisa Leaming - one foot in the Biz + the other foot in Soul
A short, solo episode with your host, Analisa Leaming. Discussing a NEW way - one foot in auditions, agents and ambition and the other firmly planted in Soul. Coming at you with more realness and rawness around HOW I've navigated...
01.10.2023
Season 4 Episode 38: Sex Ed for You w/ Lauren Elise Rogers
Email Analisa to sign up for a single holistic coaching session. In this episode: Lauren shares her journey from the performing arts to becoming a sex educator negative dressing room culture Returning to your fullness, reclaiming your wild way...
01.03.2023
Season 4 Episode 37: Saying "No, Thank You" to a Broadway show + leaving NYC
After a 3 year hiatus, A Balancing Act is back. Analisa didn't know if there ever would be another season, but a couple months ago gentle whispers began within and she knew it was time. She has A LOT to...
08.21.2019
Season 3 Episode 36: Thomas Jones
It’s the final episode of the season and I am so excited for you to hear this conversation! After having Thomas Jones on the show two other times this season I really feel that this is the perfect way to...

What's Soulful Ambition about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Soulful Ambition episodes:

#84 When Your Desires Feel Dangerous

#83 The importance of emotional expression in pursuit of our deepest desires w/ Madelyn Moon

#82 How + Why to do Shadow Work with Leona Waller

#81 Embrace Your Shadows + Claim Your Light w/ Xavier Dagba

A Balancing Act meets Soulful Ambition: The Trailer

#80 Final Episode of A Balancing Act + Announcing what is coming!

#79 When You're Between Gigs w/ Analisa Leaming

#78 A Nature-based Approach to the Creative Process w/ Joshua Townshend

#77 Audition Holding Room Energy

#76 Patrick O'Neill: Gems for the Auditioning Actor

#75 Exploring the Fear of Humiliation

#74 Eleri Ward: Unleash your potential w/ healthy delusions, unapologetic self-validation, & an indestructible core

#73 Analisa Leaming's Journey to Broadway

#72 Wendy Braun: Creative Breakthrough in 2024

#71 Jack Plotnick: Finding Freedom On Stage and in Life

#70 Finding Your “Way” and Your “Why”

#69 Sierra Boggess: Dealing with disappointment, deep desires, and finding your purpose

#68 The Let Down After Booking the Gig (or getting the thing you were desiring)

#67 - Liz Newcomer: Enneagram, Psychology + Big Dreams

#66: Pause + Receive: Analisa’s personal practice for getting off the hamster wheel & back into Soul

#65: Marissa Ghavami: Trauma & Our Big Dreams

#64 Alchemy of Acceptance: self-doubt/fear/the need to control

#63: My Cringe: On Jealousy, competition, + the need to be special

#62 Elena Shaddow: A conversation about understudying

#61: Clinging to Results

#60 - Bret Shuford: Soulful Social Media

#59: The Key to Authenticity

#58: Intention, Co-Creation & Abundance for Creatives w/ Business Coach, Cara Kovacs

#57: Goals with Soul

#56: Blow up your idea of what's possible w/ critically acclaimed theatre co-founders Bob Ford + Amy Herzberg

#55: Star Power

#54: Sabrina Lynn - Rewilding for Creatives

#53 - Permission to Pause

#52: Laureen E. Smith - Different paths, 1st headshots in her 40s, Harvard Divinity School, Permission

Season 4 Episode 51: Getting Unstuck for Creatives: Thoughts VS Feelings

Season 4 Episode 50: Jillian Jarrett: Creatives killing it in Corporate

Season 4 Episode 49: Managing post-audition doubt + uncertainty

Season 4 Episode 48: Kara Lindsay: A Conversation about Motherhood

Season 4 Episode 47: Redefining success in auditions + as a working actor

Season 4 Episode 46: J.J. Caruncho: Beliefs, Broadway + Batman

Season 4 Episode 45: Analisa lets her freak flag fly

Season 4 Episode 44: Jessie Hooker-Bailey + the inner work that led to Broadway

Season 4 Episode 43: I'm only truly fulfilled when onstage

Season 4 Episode 42: Jillian Paige: Meisner in Music + Life

Season 4 Episode 41: You never know where that audition will lead you

Season 4 Episode 40:Elizabeth Porter: Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Entertainment Industry Life Coach

Season 4 Episode 39: Analisa Leaming - one foot in the Biz + the other foot in Soul

Season 4 Episode 38: Sex Ed for You w/ Lauren Elise Rogers

Season 4 Episode 37: Saying "No, Thank You" to a Broadway show + leaving NYC

Season 3 Episode 36: Thomas Jones