In this episode, we discuss…

• Why so much of the casting world “has nothing to do with the actors” 

• How she became a “jack of all trades” working on both sides of the camera (including production.) 

• What it’s like owning her own production company 

• Why she says yes when it comes to producing & funding other films

• The lack of representation on screen for Asian actors

• How the lack of representation of her demographics led her to start writing 

• The challenges she had as both a woman and as an Asian woman in the industry 

• Challenging experiences she had where her credits were taken away from her

• How she went from being mistreated so poorly to developing an attitude of empowerment 

• The importance of raising your standards when you’re being mistreated 

• The importance of the content we consume, and how it impacts our behaviors 

• How she learned to take responsibility - and learned it the hard way 

Quotes from this episode…

“I think it’s partially unbelievable the things I’m doing at the same time.”

“I would say I failed…I failed as a producer.”

“You ask me how I am today? I laugh a lot.” 

“Actors are the first people on my payroll!” 

“I think be need to see the humor in everything around them and not take everything so seriously.” 

“When it’s not perfect? Enjoy it. Laugh about it!” 

Links mentioned! 

• My recommended podcasts and reading lists 

• Check out the You’re Out movie! 

• Website: www.LadieK.com 

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/ladiekproductions

• YouTube: www.youtube.com/ladiekproductions

Let's stay connected! 

• WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

Check out www.tonyrossicoaching.com/workwithtony 

OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

I don't actually care if you hit your goals or not last year for the following to be true...

Check out this mini-sode of the Actor Problems for the what and why, plus how our habits can help or hurt our mental health.  PS - All my minisodes this season are also done on IG live :) 

Let's stay connected! 

• WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

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OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

Did you just make a mistake?? 

In this short solo episode, I'll talk more about...

• why making mistakes can actually be a good thing 
• how indecision might be hurting you and your career 
• what to remember to help with your mental health if/when your next mistake happens 

Let's stay connected! 

• WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

Check out www.tonyrossicoaching.com/workwithtony 

OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

Today's guest is Katy Chen Mazzara.  Katy Chen Mazzara is a certified trauma-informed financial wellness coach and graduate of UC Berkeley’s Personal Financial Planning program. As a former TV producer and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Katy understands the balance between dreaming and doing. Through her six step Financial Freedom Formula, Katy helps creative freelancers and entrepreneurs make more, worry less, and achieve true financial freedom, so they can create the life of their dreams.

Sign up for Katy's webinar! 

Happening on December 8th, 11th, and 13th, 2024. 

• Sign up here! 

Follow Katy! 

• Website: https://www.katychenmazzara.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katychenmazzara/

In this episode, we discuss…

• How being successful (in finances and career) involves ups and downs…

• Acknowledging those times when we do fall into scarcity thinking 

• How to shift from scarcity mindset into abundance 

• A tip on how to decrease anxiety 

• Why gratitude is harder for some people than others 

• Why positivity alone doesn’t work for scarcity thinking 

• The importance of having a financial plan - even when we’re not earning a lot of money

• Why you DON’T necessarily need a budget

• The importance of tracking how much we spend and earn

• Why we procrastinate on the things we love to do

• “Your dreams may not feel safe yet in your body…” - what this means and why it happens 

Quotes from the episode..

• It feels like you’re going three steps ahead and two steps back…but incrementally you are going to see that growth. 

• Our minds are telling us stories. The way to counteract it is to tell it a different story - but a true story…

• Give yourself permission to feel whatever it is that you’re feeling….it’s much more harmful to suppress those feelings

• The more unknown something is, the more we’re going to worry about it. 

• Retirement and investing feels far away. But if you start to create a plan towards that north star? Eventually you’ll get there. 

• If you track for at least three to six months, you start to see where your patterns are. 

• If you have had traumas in your life, you’re going to create certain places in your body where it does not feel safe enough to pursue the things you want to pursue

• You can help people and make money doing it..” 

Let's stay connected! 

• WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

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OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

Welcome to season six! 

Is your career where you want it to be? 

Do you ever struggle figuring out where to place your time and energy?

And how do we differentiate between when to slow down and breathe, versus kicking things up a notch? 

Today we'll discuss two easy questions to ask yourself whenver you're in that phase of trying to move your career forward. 

Let's stay connected! 

• WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

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OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

So I'm 36. 

Here's what I haven't done so far...

• Booked a co-star 
• Gotten my EMC card
• Been in a long term relationship 
• Moved out of my studio apartment that I've lived in for 9 years

...and I currently don't have theatrical reps. 

AND - all of this lacks context...

Today in our season finale, we're gonna discuss how to calm that negative chatter telling us we should be "further" by now, plus how to add context if/when that chatter comes up. 

Links referenced..

My money coach - www.katychenmazzara.com 

Let's stay connected! 

• MY WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

Check out www.tonyrossicoaching.com/workwithtony 

OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

Today’s special guest is actor and coach Jodie Bentley 

Jodie Bentley is an LA-based actor, audiobook narrator, and career coach for actors. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting, she’s worked for Netflix, Hulu, ABC, CBS, Apple TV and many more. Since 2008, she’s been educating and helping actors to get the careers they want without wasting any more time and money! She’s taught workshops at SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, Comicon, and over 50+ universities and training programs.

With her signature programs, The Actor’s Think Tank and Dare to be Unstoppable, Jodie’s students have gone on to perform on Broadway, star in films, recur in TV, book commercials & VO spots, land agents & managers, and live abundant, joyful and creative lives. Jodie is also the founder of  The Actor’s Office, an all-in-one management tool for actors to track auditions and build relationships.

Jodie was named one of the Top 20 Coaches in Los Angeles in Influence Digest for 2022. 

In this episode, we discuss….

• How to know when it’s time to switch markets and make a move 

• Recognizing when our work feels like a “should” or a “have to” 

• Identifying what kind of lifestyle you want outside of your acting career 

• How she started career coaching because of her own career struggles 

• Dealing with identity conflicts when you start to make money outside of acting…

• Why Jodie thinks most people talk about branding wrong 

• How branding goes beyond just roles and ties into our identity 

• What to do when you get an audition for a role that doesn’t fit with with your brand 

• The good news about casting you calling you in for roles that don’t seem like a good fit…

• How the strike took a toll on her and what it did to her mental health 

Stay connected with Jodie! 

Social Media:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/actorinsider/ 

FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theactorsworkspace

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JodieBentleyOfficial

Wanna work together? 

Check out www.tonyrossicoaching.com/workwithtony 

OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call

Websites:

https://www.actor-insider.com/ 

https://jodiebentley.com/ Products:

The Actor’s Think Tank

The Actor’s Office

The Actor’s Branding System

Dare to be Unstoppable

Today’s guest is actor, TedX speaker, and multi-hyphenate Dana N. Anderson. 

Dana is a sometimes Chicago-sometimes Phoenix-based, globally minded multi-hyphenate with boundless talent. A performer and creator whose work spans on-camera, stage, voiceover and music, she’s appeared in major network shows and commercials. Add Emmy® Award winner to her titles: she co-directed “The Lost Story of Emmett Till: Trial in the Delta,” earning a 2022 statuette for Outstanding Achievement for Human Interest - Long Form Content. Also in 2022, she made her TEDx speaker debut, delivering an inspiring message of diversity, equity and inclusion: “A More Equitable and Inclusive Society Begins with YOU.” Dana is passionate about her advocacy platform as it sparks dialogue and raises the voices of her community.

There isn’t a single area of creativity which Dana hasn’t explored–she even wrote a book of poetry and recorded its spoken word companion album in the peak of the pandemic. All while single parenting and driving media strategy for Fortune 500 brands at her multicultural media relations agency, Concrete Runway. She’s as real and colorful as the stories she tells. It’s in her DNA. Connect with her at DanaNAnderson.com.

Stay connected with Dana! 

https://www.danananderson.com/

Links referenced: 

Dana's TedX Talk  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjmLEk0AXs 

Voice Over Vibes podcst - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tHYeiOqFw/ 

Let's stay connected! 

• MY WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
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Wanna work together? 

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....I lied about something last week. (Kind of.)

I'll share why, plus one super important way we can all learn from those who are getting better results in their careers. 

I'll tie in a strategy that I find super helpful towards getting those results too ;) 

Let's stay connected! 

• MY WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
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Wanna work together? 

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Has you confidence taken a hit? 

When we don't feel confident, we're going to do less. 

When we do less, we get less. 

(So like, less acting opportunities....less money....you get it) 

This week we're talking all about confidence....

• Why it matters 
• The number one thing we can do to start to feel more confident 
• An example of how to be confident in front of casting directors 
• The opportunities we miss out on when we lack confidence
• How to be intentional and consume specific content based on our area of improvement 

....and more. 

Let's stay connected! 

• MY WEBSITE: www.tonyrossicoaching.com 
• INSTAGRAM: www.instagram/com/tony.rossi 
• FREE SELF-CARE NEWSLETTER: www.tonyrossicoaching.com/stress 
• FREE SELF-CARE FB GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/actorproblems 

Wanna work together? 

Check out www.tonyrossicoaching.com/workwithtony 

OR click here to book a free call with me (as spots are available) - https://www.tonyrossicoaching.com/free-call