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This weeks Ep is out travel guide to Santa Barbara, Ynez Valley and Beyond.

Boss joins me as we cover some of our fave places we discovered on our recent adventure to Santa Ynez Valley! In this chat we talk about: 

• Santa Barbra (we had no idea that this was a cute College town) 
• Solvang (a Danish Christmas town)
• Los Olivos (our fave) 
• Calabasas (naturally, we had to try the Erewhon in Calabasas)
• Honourable mention to Ojai too (if you want more info on Ojai we recorded a travel special specifically of this area when we stayed in Ojai last year, its episode #613 if you're keen) 

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Lola and Matt x

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Welcome back to the LA Actor Diary!

I AM AN ACTOR

This week I saw my therapist and and this is the sentence he got me to write down; I am an Actor, and gave me homework; for one month I am to live this mantra, to fully embrace being an actor.

You see, self doubt creeps in more often then I’d like to admit, and during our therapy session this past week. Terry (my therapist) said; “There’s a part of you that doesn’t believe in yourself as an actor.” Tough pill to swallow, but he was right, I didn’t.

Being an Aussie in LA means we constantly undersell ourselves because of the tall poppy syndrome that’s baked into our culture. Put plainly, this means that if you celebrate your wins too much you’ll be cut down. And American’s literally have no concept of the idea, at all. It’s absurd to them, and I kind of love it. It’s taken a lot of getting used to but it really means that you’ve got to kick that self doubt to the curb. It’s the only way to thrive in America.

So with all that said, back to my awesome therapist Terry, he said; “Lola, you need to see yourself as an actor, and nothing else. You’re an actor with an awesome podcast. You’re an actor who’s written a bunch of books. You’re an actor who knows heaps about nutrition and yoga. You’re an actor.”

So here goes: I am an actor.

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Lola x

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Welcome back to the pod Monty! This is Monty's second time on the pod and the hot seat. Tune in for his fave nature spots and city... spoiler alert, it's not an Aussie city! 

Hope you love this episode, and if you haven't listened to it yet, our full chat came out on Monday and our first ep is #390 which we recorded 2 years ago

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Monty Franklin show notes 

Welcome back to the pod Monty Franklin; Aussie stand up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. Monty was a guest on the pod a couple of years ago, you can go back and listen to that ep if you feel like it, it’s episode #390 and in that chat we talk lots about the worth ethic needed to have success in the arts here in America. 

Today’s chat was about finding the balance and love for things outside of the work dream. And how taking time for yourself actually makes you clearer and more focused on your goals. 

Monty is about to kick off a global tour starting in America, then off to the UK, Japan, Hong Kong, then his Aussie leg kicks off.

You can get more info about his tour here: https://www.montyfranklin.com/gigs-1

And follow him on insta here: https://www.instagram.com/montyfranklin/

Monty, you’re a good egg, look forward to the next instalment of you jumping on the pod! 

Big love - Lola x

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Welcome back to the Friday LA Diary!

Los Angeles Actor Diary 

Self motivation. That’s the stuff that can get tricky if you’re having a down day or you’ve had a week of no auditions. And the truth is, that this week there’s been no auditions, but the podcast has been really exciting and busy here in LA so I’ve found that the pod is letting me throw myself creatively into prepping and researching up coming guests. The podcast has keep me motivated and propelling forward. As we near Fearlessly Failing’s 6th birthday I feel more and more grateful that this podcast exists. It’s been a passion project that keep giving back to me, especially when I need that little glimmer of light to keep me staying on course and focused on the dream.

So thank you to anyone out that who listens to the podcast, it’s such a cherished part of my life that wouldn’t exist without you, the listener. And if you haven’t listened to it before, it’s called Fearlessly Failing with Lola Berry and you can listen to it wherever you listen to pods (apple, Spotify, iheart radio app, you name it).

So this week, all in all has been a positive one. Let’s start with the Aussie Christmas party; it was huge! 250 people for lunch on Santa Monica Pier, then it turned into a wild afterparty that 1500 attended. The highlights for me were catching up with lots of lovely Aussies I hadn’t seen for a while and the Aussie food. The menu was headed up by two Aussie Chefs living here in America (Dan Churchill and Monty Koludrovic) and the steak was the stand out for me.

I actually ran into this week’s pod guest at the Aussie Chrissy party, Monty Franklin (who’s been on the pod before) but we got chatting and he came back on the pod ahead of his global tour, he’s got a brill movie he’s working on too. Episode comes out Sunday arvo American time, Monday morning Aussie time. If you’re an ambitious creative then this is the ep for you. He’s honest, frank and loves being an Australian.

Then we caught up with out mates for dinner Monday night, Matt made an Italiano feast with days worth of left overs from homemade focaccia to fresh biscotti from scratch. It was really nice to just have a chilled dinner and hang with mates and their pups.

I’ve been trying out a new local yoga studio this week too, its called One Down Dog and there’s 3 locations across LA, def work a visit if you’re in Los Angeles and missing yoges, they have 3 week passes for $79

Speaking of yoges, my friend (and fellow yoga teacher) Meg and I are putting our minds together to lead a yoga retreat later in the year in Palm Springs. We’re just in planning mode at the moment but I think it will be lots of fun, I’m about to focus on the menu ideas after I finish this diary entry. So I’ll keep you posted, but its shaping up nicely.

This week’s read: my friend Alex lended me this book: Amid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields, I’m 3 chapters in an loving it, this fantasy faeries and it’s shaping up to be enemies to lovers. So far, so good. I’ll report back.

We’re off to Santa Barbara tomorrow, we’ve never been but out neighbours have a ranch there so we’re looking forward to our weekend adventure! I’ll let you know what it’s like and might even have to create Santa Barbara travel guide podcast episode, some sweet friends have given me such great recommendations.

Righto, thats my week in lovely Los Angeles!

Big love - Lola

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Lola x

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Welcome back to the Hot Seat!

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Meet entertainment journalist JMo or Jonathon Moran, he's one of Australia's leading entertainment journalists. He's honest, straight up and believes in sharing the truth. 
With over 20 years in the industry and a no-nonsense kind of wit about him, he's been the go-to person for film, TV and music stories over the years. 
JMo opens up about his mental health journey, he's got a podcast called Mental as Anyone and a book coming out with the same title. You can order a copy here:Mental As Anyone Book
You can listen to his pod too: JMo Pod
We talk about self doubt and insecurities in this podcast and I get the vibe that JMo dives even deeper in his book. He doesn't believe in hiding the truth. 
Hope you like this honest chat, JMo thank you for sharing so much of yourself today on the pod chat. Can't wait to get my hands on this book! 

Big love, Lola 

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Welcome back to the LA Diary

The week that was…

Righto cool things that happened this week:

I got an audition for a nurse, I’ve just submitted the tape, it’s for a commercial, I got to play a nurse for a little while, the script was heartwarming too, it’s between the nurse at a school helping a kiddo out.

As you probably know by now, I teach a fair bit of yoges here in LA but yesterday I got to teach at a new studio, a little closer to where we live and it was so much fun and so nice to connect to the local community.

I’m committed to trying all my local yoga studios over the next couple of weeks, I love exploring all the different yoga schools, communities and teachers.

Matt and I have binge watched the TV show Fall Out (its on Amazon Prime), the set and costumes were off the chain. It’s scored a bunch of Emmy noms this week too.

Then we’ve stated the new Lena Dunham show on Netflix Too Much, it feels like a dark comedy, its quirky and witty and we’re really loving it.

In my down time this week I’ve been business cutting audiograms for upcoming podcast eps. Next week we have JMo, Aussie Journalist who’s just bought a book out called Mental as Anyone.  He has a really successful pod too.

Speaking of pods, in Australia I’m signed to iheart radio and I did an event around mindfulness for them a little while ago, but I wanted to share the artwork for the event here. Sometimes I just do the thing and forget about it, but this was a fun one so here’s a little bit about it.

And finally, this weekend we’re going to Aussie Christmas in LA, you see Christmas time in Australia is always in the Summer so 2 Aussies (Scott Tweedie and Jess Staats) created one big lunch and part for Aussies living in LA to celebrate Christmas in July (and American Summer, just like back home). It’s been going on for 5 years but this is my first time attending. The lovely Alexandra Stone, designer and creator of label Zandra Stone has sent me a lovely Summer dress to wear to the event so I feel very lucky.

Righto, that’s it from me fam, big love,

Lola

p.s here's the recipe i promised! It's from one of my books: The Happy Life

Blueberry muffin smoothie:

Intro: I love making smoothies full stop, but I really love making smoothies that taste like a treat even thought they’re loaded with so many health goodies!

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 cups of frozen blueberries

1 cup of cashews

1 tablespoon of maple syrup (or coconut nectar or honey)

½ a fresh vanilla bean, or a pinch of powdered vanilla, or just a ½ a teaspoon of extract

2 cups of almond milk (hazelnut milk works really well too)

Topping:

1 teaspoon of almond meal

1 teaspoon of dried blueberries

Method: Pop everything into the blender, and depending on the season the berries may need a little more sweetening so have a taste before you pour it up, then top with almond meal and dried blueberries

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Lola x

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Welcome back to the Hot Seat

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Welcome back to the pod Candice Fox, one of Australia's most celebrated crime fiction authors. She's onto her 22nd book as we recorded this episode. 
This isn't Candice's first time on the pod, she was on it about 3 years ago, you can listen to that chat here: Candice on the pod vol 1

In this episode we talked about 2 of her latest books and one of them being optioned for Apple TV and just before we hit record on this episode it was announced that Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free Productions had signed on to produce her latest book High Wire. 
In preparation for this podcast I was stuck i the Byron Bay cyclone and it ended up being the perfect time to read both of Candice's newest releases; High Wire and 2 Sisters Murder Investigation. The latter was set in LA so we talked lots about Candice's time living in LA too. She's one of the best storytellers i've ever met. You're in for a real treat.

You can get copies of her books here: https://www.candicefox.org/books

You can follow along all of Candice's adventures (and saving animals) here on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candicefoxauthor/

Big big love and Candice here's to being brave and not overthinking things!

Big love, 
Lola 

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