🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

🚀 Join REIGNITE: A 6-Week Inner Transformation for Audition Success - sign up HERE

Episode Highlights:

✨ Turning Down the Sure Thing for Something that isn’t Guaranteed

✨ Processing “rejection” 

✨ Mental Gymnastics of Auditions

✨ Finding a Way to do Your Art No Matter What

✨ Strategies for Successful Auditions

In this episode of the Soulful Ambition Podcast, Analisa Leaming returns to her roots of performing and sits down with colleague + friend, Broadway’s Denis Lambert. Their conversation is candid, raw, and will leave you itching to just do the damn thing, your art, that is. Analisa and Denis discuss Denis’ personal journey from dancer first, the challenges of auditioning, and the importance of community and collaboration in the arts. They explore the emotional rollercoaster that comes with auditions, the significance of authenticity, and the need to process emotions in the creative journey. The conversation also touches on strategies for successful auditions and the importance of staying true to oneself while navigating the industry.

Analisa and Denis are collaborating on a brand new program beginning in January 2025 called REIGNITE: A 6-Week Inner Transformation for Audition Success. They share many details on the program in the episode and you can learn more and sign up here. 

Denis performed on Broadway this year in Spamalot and Tammy Faye. He has appeared in multiple other Broadway shows and National Tours and in three productions at City Center Encores!. New York and Regional credits include Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Dallas Theatre Center and Paper Mill Playhouse. Recent projects include starring in two regional productions of David Mamet's Oleanna and a featured role in the film "Ponyboi" which premiered at Sundance in 2024 and will be released in theaters next year.  He is a graduate of LAMDA and CCM.

Denis is a passionate acting and musical theatre teacher and private audition coach. You can learn more about his studio which is centered around his weekly Song Workshop (here).

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

🚀 Are you desiring support on the journey of your deepest longings? Schedule a call with Analisa to explore what that could look like today!

Episode Highlights:

✨ Honoring and working with the Season Change

✨ Daily habits to support taking action on your dreams

✨ Connecting with your deepest longings at a Soul Level

✨ A "new" way of manifesting your desires

✨ Taking action from inspiration vs obligation

In this episode of the Soulful Ambition Podcast, Analisa Leaming invites listeners to embrace the seasonal changes and reflect on their inner desires. She emphasizes the importance of slowing down and connecting with one's soul during this transitional time. The conversation explores the power of dreaming without constraints and the significance of metaphors in understanding one's authentic self. In doing so, you can get to the root of your desire rather than the ego's attachments and creating from here is powerful and far more fulfilling. 

Time Stamps: 00:00 Honoring the Season Change and Slowing Down 12:26 Exploring Shifts in Daily Habits and Rituals 13:27 Tapping into Metaphors and Dreams 18:07 Discerning Inspired Action through Gut Brain and Intuition 20:46 Sharing Metaphors and Seeking Support  

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• What is  "Soulful Ambition"
• Learning to Listen to that Still Small Voice Within
• Knowing Your Resistance 
• The Powering of Centering Whomever Your Serving
• Just get started! 
  

In this episode, Analisa interviews Brian Patacca, a powerhouse in the realm of creative coaching and entrepreneurship. With a subscriber base of 25,000 people for his newsletter and a podcast that ranks among the top 1% globally, Brian is the CEO of Team BKP. Over the past two decades, he has mastered the art of helping creative professionals attain their goals with minimal suffering. His methods blend sharp marketing and branding strategies with spiritual and grounding approaches, derived from his training as a non-denominational Reverend. This blend allows creatives to follow their true purposes, breaking free from limiting industry norms and personal beliefs.

Analisa asks Brian to define what Soulful Ambition means to him and what unfolds is an entire conversation around just that and what arises as you begin to take action upon your deepest longings. They both share how resistance shows up for them (which it does when you reach for the stars!) and how they work with it. Analisa asks Brian how he stands in his radiance and shares his light and he shares such a beautiful perspective that you won’t want to miss. This is the perfect episode for anyone that needs a soulful pep talk to get started or take action towards their audacious dreams! 

 

Grab Brian’s free gift How to Say Thank You w/out Being Weird HERE.

Visit Brian Patacca’s website and instagram.

 

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

🚀Sign up for the IN PERSON 4 Hour Workshop HERE.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• The power of Sisterhood
• Online dating as a catalyst for shadow work 
• Giving your most cringe-y bits a moment to express 
• Our default mode vs Our Main Character Energy 
• Blowing your own mind with what’s possible! 

 

Episode Summary:

Join soul sisters Analisa and Leona for this casual yet beautiful conversation where they share their own current struggles from panic attacks to victim mentality and the tools they are using to move through them. 

They once again share about the power of shadow work as well as the power to choose to step into your Main Character Energy. They offer tangible tools to begin using in your life today making it a valuable listen for anyone on a Soulful path.

Leona Waller is a neuroscientist turned embodiment facilitator and revolutionist. 

Follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leonachaseslions and read her brilliant writing on substack https://substack.com/@leonawaller

 

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa, “Unlocking the Power of Desire,” May 1st!! 

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE

 

Episode Highlights:

• Analisa’s Post Partum Depression 
• The prevalence of trauma and PTSD and the available healing methods
• Meaning of, “The ecological is personal, and the personal is ecological”
• The power of nature in healing us from pain 
• The hope of neuroplasticity! 
• Talk therapy and trauma 
• Steps we can take to help the planet

 

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Analisa interviews Greg Wrenn, a former Stanford lecturer and author of "Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis," which explores healing from childhood trauma through nature and psychedelics. Greg talks about how mental health issues represent a significant yet often overlooked crisis impacting countless individuals.

Many of these challenges stem from childhood experiences, evolving into traumatic events that shape adult life. While therapy and coaching offer pathways to recovery and healing, the natural world has an undeniable power to facilitate healing processes. With its calming and rejuvenating properties, nature often plays a pivotal role in restoring mental well-being. 

He shares more about this from his latest book, where he documents an evidence-based account of his quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after traditional therapies failed—and his awakening to the need for us to heal the planet as well.

Grab His latest book, Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis Here.

Visit Greg’s Website
Follow Greg on Instagram 

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings, from starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent, and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa, “Unlocking the Power of Desire,” on May 1st!! 

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• Noticing in the body if it feels safe to dream big
• Building a healthy relationship with your desires
• How to cultivate the practice of feeling your longing
• Allowing your desire to be the fuel for your deepest longing
• Being turned ON by your own desire 

 

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Analisa shows up in a real and transparent way and unpacks in real time how she’s feeling disconnected from her dreams. 

Through her own example, Analisa talks about giving yourself permission to notice if it even feels same to long deeply, to be where you are, to begin to embody your desire and fully inhabit your current space. Drawing from her heartfelt experience, she unveils the transformative power of slowing down, feeling deeply, and nurturing the relationship with your desires. Living from a place of soulful alignment is about embracing your longing and taking action from a place of authenticity, clarity, and resonance. 

Analisa then invites you to self reflect on your current relationship with your desire. Do you trust it? How can you nurture this relationship? 

Finally, Analisa shares a practice to begin to become turned on by your passion. Your desires are the fuel that propels you forward with energy and vitality. So, learn how to tap into your desire and allow yourself to be guided by the energy that lights you up and inspires each step toward realizing your aspirations.

This is an episode for anyone longing to build a relationship with their desires, get clear on what they really want, and go after their dream or vision! 

 

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings, from starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent, and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa “Unlocking the Power of Desire” May 1st!! Early bird ends 4/15

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• Embracing messy emotional expression
• Ritualizing the embodiment of emotions
• The power that unfelt emotions have over us
• Feminine/masculine energies are ungendered
• Bringing creativity into your love life

 

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Analisa interviews Madelyn Moon, a voice in the world of feminine-masculine relationships. Madelyn shares her personal journey of moving away from perfectionism and embracing full emotional expression, even the messy and untamed parts. She discusses the importance of ritually enacting and embodying challenging emotional states like anger and fear, rather than suppressing them. Madelyn emphasizes creating safe containers and "bookends" to explore these states without projecting onto others.

Madelyn explains that feminine and masculine refer to different aspects of consciousness and expression, not gender itself. She advocates reclaiming these terms from cultural assumptions. Towards the end, Madelyn shares about her current intention to prioritize home life and potentially starting a family. She discusses finding more sustainable business models to create space for this new phase.

This is an episode for anyone longing to embrace and be true to all aspects of themselves! 

 

Madelyn Moon is a leading voice in the world of feminine-masculine relationships, devoted to serving women in liberating their expressive, artistic hearts with themselves, with partners, and with the world. Her work and story has been featured in hundreds of podcasts as well as various publications such as BBC, The Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, Thought Catalog, Nylon Magazine, The Daily Mail, Vice, Greatist, Men's Health, PEOPLE and ABC News Nightline.

Madelyn is the host of the top 100 ranked podcast, The Madelyn Moon Show, and the author of the best-selling book on conscious intimacy, Artist of Love. She teaches live programs, workshops and courses year round.

Grab her free gift 50 ways to be Creative in Love Here. 

Follow Madelyn on Instagram and visit her website. 

 Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

🚀Learn more about working with Analisa HERE.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• From Atheism to all things subconscious, energetic + mysterious
• The beauty of embracing grief, rage, and pain 
• Unshaming ourselves 
• Practical embodiment practices to move stuck emotions + energy 
• The four biggest fears causing you to reject your fullness 

 

Episode Summary:

Analisa invited dear friend and soul sister, Leona Waller, to unpack last week’s episode around shadow work to make it even more practical and applicable to listeners' everyday life. Leona shares her journey from neuroscience to becoming an embodiment facilitator and how she went from a devout atheist to being devoted to her own soul and shadow work. Analisa and Leona share how they recognize their shadowselves and different tools and practices they both use to integrate the dark, uncomfortable, painful parts of their human. Embodiment is a big piece of their discussion and listeners will leave with an understanding of what it is and ways to practice it today! They turn the discussion to our four main fears: humiliation, alienation, loss, and persecution and how to reframe them as initiations to build the stamina to shine! 

 

Leona Waller is a neuroscientist turned embodiment facilitator and revolutionist. 

Follow her on Instagram and read her brilliant writing on substack.

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

🚀Learn more about working with Analisa HERE.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• From a PhD to washing dishes
• Integrative Thinking rather than positive thinking 
• Shadow work: repression to expression
• The bridge between our human selves and our Divinity 
• Understanding our Golden Shadow

Episode Summary:

In this episode Analisa interviews Xavier Dagba, a life coach, shadow work facilitator, and mystic. Xavier shares his journey of leaving his PhD program to follow his inner calling, facing fears of failure and rebuilding from the humble job of washing dishes. Through experiencing his own health issues and repressions, Xavier came to shadow work, integrating the darkness to clear trauma and embody wholeness. Now with a large following, Xavier stresses integrating all parts of oneself, using "integrative thinking" to move collective evolution forward. He and Analisa discuss welcoming your pain and discovering the balance between accepting where you are and excitement for where you want to be. Listen to learn tools to connect to your highest self and navigate your life from a fully aligned place.

 

Xavier Dagba is a shadow work facilitator, writer and mystic. He offers transformative online courses, coaching and workshops. Known for helping people heal and integrate their fragmented parts to fully embody their power, Xavier is considered a leader in the field of shadow work. His "Awaken Your Golden Shadow" course has supported thousands.

Take the course and learn more about Xavier here and follow him on Instagram.

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

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 at first… Because we’ve let society define ambition as striving for individual success, monetary gain, and personal achievements.  But that’s not what the soul really craves. In each episode, we’re calling back the parts of ourselves conditioned to society’s grind and external pressure. And awakening the longing in your chest that is so big it threatens to swallow you whole.  So you can shine unapologetically, source from within, and move towards your big, wild dreams.

Not to become a manifesting babe/bro striving for individual success, but because your dreams are your destined path and the medicine that the world needs. 

To learn more about Analisa and how you can work together: www.analisaleaming.com 

IG: www.instagram.com/analisaleaming 

 

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 Highlights:

✨ Analisa shares why she's ending her journey with ABA + where she's heading! (spoiler: it's still a podcast for you!)

✨ An invitation to examine where you're being called to expand

✨ Blow up limiting beliefs + redefine success

✨ Embracing expansion 

✨ Living aligned with your Soulful Ambitions

Beloved listeners, this is the final episode of A Balancing Act. Today Analisa shares how this came to be since and invites you to examine your own journey and see if you've outgrown anything or are ready to expand. As always, she shares vulnerably and transparently. Analisa unveils the name of the new podcast, which will begin at the middle/end of March, make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss the first episode! 

Analisa ends with massive gratitude for all of you that have been a part of the journey! 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

 

 

🚀 Get your free Between Gig Guide Here 

💛 Learn more about working with Analisa Leaming here.

Episode Highlights: 

✨ An update on A Balancing Act podcast + where it's heading

✨ Embracing the in-between

✨ Tangible ideas and practices to keep the flame alive

✨ Connecting daily with your Soul

✨ Using your creative gifts to be in your Star Power 

In this episode, Analisa Leaming reflects on the closing of the season and teases the upcoming transition and expansion of the podcast. Analisa discusses the importance of the in-between show period and offers practical steps for navigating this time. She also emphasizes the practice of being with discomfort and connecting with the soul on a daily basis. The episode concludes with exercises on writing the current chapter of your life and crafting and committing to your character. 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

 

 

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• Molly’s Journey Away from Performing 

• Using Music to Heal 

• How to Move Emotions 

• Surrender + Grief 

• Nurturing Yourself Boldly 

 

In this episode, Analisa interviews Molly Noerenberg, a singer, performer, and life coach. Molly shares her background in music, including her education at Carnegie Mellon and NYU, and her transition from performing to becoming a full-time voice teacher and now life and embodiment coach. 

 

The discussion then explores Molly's discovery of the Ishtara moving meditation practice, which helped her reconnect with her body and emotions during a period of emotional heaviness, even as she was achieving her professional goals. Molly shares how this practice allowed her to honor her feelings and find a new direction in her work.

 

A key focus of the conversation is Molly's current voice work, which involves "authentic voice calls" - one-on-one sessions where clients sing on mute, exploring vibration and sound without worrying about technique or performance. Molly explains how she integrates coaching lessons into these voice experiences, helping clients drop rules and restrictions around self-expression.

Not just for those who identify as “singers”,  Molly emphasizes that anyone with a voice can use it for healing and self-discovery. She discusses techniques like the "song bath" to make voice exploration approachable for those who may not identify as singers.

 

The other major and impactful conversation is around letting go of one’s dreams. Molly shares, incredibly vulnerably, her fertility journey, going into a dark time, and the process of surrendering. 

 

Throughout the interview, Molly reflects on her own journey of rediscovering her love for singing, the role of surrender and self-love in her personal growth, and the impact of motherhood and loss on her development. She emphasizes the importance of self-nurturing and making space for one's needs, and the potential for future collaboration with the host.

Visit Molly's Website: www.expressedlife.com
Molly's Instagram @expressedlife

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

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 fire) to provide insights into your creative process
• The importance of playing the long game as a Creative Being
• The Ultimate Game: maintaining passion + desire while remaining detached from specific outcomes
• Breaking the paradigm of 'if/then' thinking 

Analisa is joined by guest Joshua Townsend, an expert in creative development and story coaching. They discuss the importance of understanding the elements and how they relate to the creative process. They delve into the characteristics and challenges of each element (earth, air, water, and fire) and provide practical tips for working with each element in a creative context. In this conversation, Joshua Townshend and Analisa Leaming discuss various aspects of the creative process and personal growth. They explore the importance of understanding characters and how they present themselves versus who they truly are. They also delve into the concept of the short game versus the long game, emphasizing the need for patience and authenticity in pursuing creative endeavors. The conversation then shifts to the ultimate game, which involves maintaining passion and desire while remaining detached from specific outcomes. They discuss the path of mastery and the importance of breaking the paradigm of 'if-then' thinking. Finally, they touch on the power of breathing and the skills that artists develop throughout their journey.

 

Learn more about Joshua Townshend here.

Take Joshua's creative element quiz here.

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 swept up and deeply affected by frenetic energy and most performers are sensitives/empaths.

These kinds of practices are imperative so that we can stay in our own alignment. Listen and give them a try today! 

Also, we know this, but these practices serve FAR beyond Ripley and Pearl. May it serve! 

Take this quiz before next week's episode!

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 hot-take on audition season
• What makes an actor stand out in the audition room
• Goal setting 
• Detaching from audacious dreams 
• The power of creating on your own terms
• "Skipping the first 10 times"  Practice 

    This conversation explores the journey of Patrick O'Neill, a director and choreographer, and his insights on navigating the performing arts industry. Analisa and Patrick cover topics such as his accidental journey in the arts, identity shifts, audition season, cultivating creativity, qualities that make an actor stand out, the importance of daily practices, and embracing the journey and setting goals.   In this conversation, Patrick O'Neill and Analisa Leaming discuss setting achievable goals, detaching from audacious dreams, the power of making things, finding answers within, embracing vulnerability, and belonging on stage. They emphasize the importance of taking practical steps towards goals and not being overwhelmed by the end result. They also discuss the practice of detaching from outcomes and finding satisfaction in the creative process. Patrick shares the importance of making things and how it gives a sense of pride and authority. They also explore the practice of finding answers within oneself and the vulnerability that comes with pursuing big dreams. They conclude by discussing the idea of belonging on stage and the importance of skipping the first 10 attempts to find success.   Soul Nourishment in this episode:   Connect with Patrick here and here.   Michael Hyatt Planner     A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 not taking things personally 
• How the fear of humiliation points to an addiction to pride
• The antidote to fear of humiliation (the opinion of others)
• An exploration of True Humility 

This episode is a follow up to Eleri Ward's powerful conversation last week. Analisa goes deeper into two main themes: the indestructible core and the power of not taking anything personally. She then explores the fear of humiliation and how it's holding so many artists back. Analisa shares that she, too, is very much a student of this topic and goes into her favorite teachings on humiliation, pride, perfectionism and true humility. Anyone struggling with perfectionism, taking up space, and being their full self will find gems and actionable steps within this episode! 

Soul Nourishment in this episode:

Xavier Dagba

Caroline Myss Entering the Castle

Jason Mraz Making it Up

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

 

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 to critically acclaimed recording artist + finding HER voice 

✨ Having "Healthy Delusion" in the entertainment + theatre industry

✨ Cultivating an indestructible core 

✨ The power of not taking anything personally 

✨ Reframing being told "You Don't Fit/We don't understand you"

Analisa stumbled across this reel of Eleri's on Instagram and was blown away by her story and her talent. She was thrilled to sit down with her and learn about her journey from her musical theatre showcase at Boston Conservatory where she didn't receive an offer from an agent to recording and producing her full length indie-folk Sondheim album, “A Perfect Little Death,” in her closet.

 
After gaining a viral TikTok following, it was released by Ghostlight Records and has been hailed as “a harmonious marriage of musical theater and indie folk music, with hauntingly beautiful arrangements” by Forbes and “an incandescent new record, something genuinely new” from American Theater Magazine.

Eleri speaks to the mindset that allows her to show up fully and unapologetically. She shares the pitfalls she sees in the musical theatre industry where it's easy to give up your power and self-belief and the necessity to build and maintain and indestructible core. This episode is a jampacked with motivation, inspiration and encouragement for owning your unique voice and path and believing in yourself no matter what. It's a perfect episode to have bookmarked before auditions or in a time when you need a reminder of claiming your own greatness. 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

 

 

 

 

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 shares her early influences, experiences in college, auditions, and survival jobs in New York City. Analisa discusses the heartbreak and soul-searching moments in her career and the pivotal decision to consider a different path. Tune in for a very special behind-the-scenes episode!! 

Highlights from Analisa's Story: 

• Everyone's path is different!
• From Opera to Musical Theatre
• Analisa's journey from Tennessee to NYC
• Analisa's "survival jobs"
• Audition stories
• Heartbreaks along the way
• Considering another path before making it to Broadway 
• The thing she thinks about most when reflecting on her career

Tune into Episode 37 to hear the journey from NYC to Colorado! 

Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction and Setting the Intention 02:41 Growing Up and Early Influences 08:05 College  12:17 Professional Opportunities and Decision-Making 19:25 Moving to New York and Survival Jobs 27:09 Regional Theater and Broadway Dreams 35:27 Heartbreak and Soul-Searching 39:05 Meeting Steve Lutvak and Gentleman's Guide 45:15 Considering a Different Path 46:14 Hope and Booking On the 20th Century 47:36 Broadway Debut  48:25 On the 20th Century 49:24 Taking Kathy's Spot 49:54 The Music Man 50:50 Relationships and Offstage Moments 51:55 Career Reflections 52:24 Sound of Music and Mary Poppins 53:23 Auditioning for The King and I 53:49 Standing By at Lincoln Center 54:44 Booking Hello Dolly 55:08 Becoming a Lead and Touring 56:03 Booking School of Rock 56:28 Touring with Hello Dolly 57:29 Transitioning to Coaching 58:23 Moving to Colorado 59:15 Upcoming Gig with Tulsa Ballet   A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 + shares from Broadway and Hollywood

• Establishing a practice to manage challenges + setbacks without letting it derail or defeat you

• Making peace with where you are

• The power of shifting from a mindset of “should” to “could”

• How to identity the voice of your intuition + developing a playbook for your best self

Episode Summary:

In this episode Analisa interviews Wendy Braun, an accomplished actress and breakthrough coach of Actor Inspiration. Wendy talks about the importance of developing a practice to navigate disappointment and setbacks in the industry without letting it derail or define you. Wendy and Analisa share stories from their careers of discovering the balance between finding peace with where they are and excitement for where they want to be. Wendy reveals her process for helping lead her students to creative breakthroughs. Listen to this episode to learn tools and insights for connecting to your highest self and navigating your career from a fully aligned place.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro to Podcast and Wendy Braun

3:00 Speaking with authority through mastering disappointment

5:23 Finding the good where you are

12:12 Reaching the highest level doesn’t cure the insecurities

21:54 Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

24:09 Journaling from your highest self

26:38 Daily practice for expanding into your highest self

32:00 How to identify your intuition / inner voice

34:59 Shifting shoulds to clouds

38:54 4 questions to ask yourself to create a breakthrough

43:10 A best self playbook

50:00 Working through the emotions we don’t like

53:08 A practice for artists and wild dreamers to start the new year with

59:45 Finding community to help you do the work

About Wendy: Accomplished actress Wendy Braun has enjoyed a dynamic career, recently appearing on four seasons of the celebrated Netflix series, Atypical, as well as guest appearances on This Is Us, Grey's Anatomy, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Criminal Minds to name a few. With over 80 TV + Film credits, over 100 commercials and thousands of voiceovers, Wendy has also combined decades of invaluable professional experience with her passion for inspiring others.

She is also a Breakthrough Coach and the CEO + founder of ActorInspiration.com, and was recently featured in Forbes for her game-changing Success Breakthrough Workshop online course (now in over 25 countries) and powerful guided meditations that have helped thousands of creatives overcome obstacles and create new levels of success, joy and fulfillment. Known as a powerhouse global speaker and the guiding light behind many success stories, Authority Magazine declared Wendy one of their “Inspirational Women In Hollywood.”

Her clients include Series Regulars, Broadway performers and Award-Winning stage and screen actors, as well as directors, producers, writers and entrepreneurs.

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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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 as we revisit a cherished discussion with Jack Plotnick, whose wisdom on overcoming mental barriers in acting remains evergreen as we step into the new year. Jack shared his concept of the ego as your vulture, which is a game-changer for actors looking to shed their limitations. He also highlights the emotional rollercoaster that comes with the pursuit of acting, from the search for validation to the exhilaration of creative freedom.

This episode brilliantly outlines how actors can navigate their mental labyrinths and emerge with a renewed sense of purpose and creative liberation.

Episode Highlights :

• Your “vulture”  and how it can help actors overcome mental barriers

• Authenticity in auditions and the role of spontaneity in performances

• Unpacking Want VS. Need

• Focusing on outcomes to enjoy the process of acting and auditioning

• Leveraging social media and online platforms to gain visibility and opportunities

• High stakes in characters' desires to enhance comedic and dramatic acting

• Dedication and resilience required to thrive in the acting industry

 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 of transition

• A  journal prompt:  “If I were heading back to New York City, what would I do?”

• Dissecting the “Old Way” of working and birthing the “New Way”

• Having self-compassion and really loving on our insecurities (“I see you!”)

• The push/pull of under- and over-compensating, playing too big and too small

• Getting lit up by your Why—awakening the energetic body

• Following Soul Breadcrumbs

• Feeling full OF yourself!

• Being congruent, bringing fullness to every area of a “big, rich, beautiful life”

In this week’s solo episode, Analisa pulls back the curtain a bit during this season of transition, bringing us along as she journals on the prompt:  “If I were heading back to New York City, what would I do?”  Analisa explores what her Old Way of approaching this might look like, and then digs deep and dreams big—what could be the New Way?  How can we feel fierce self-compassion for our fears and insecurities, and then hold space for even bigger and fuller dreams?  Analisa follows “soul breadcrumbs” that come up in her journaling, and walks us through getting to her “Why”--listen as it awakens her energetic body and lights her up in real time! 

 

Analisa also shares exciting news about her upcoming two-hour workshop, "Harvesting Wisdom and Planting Dreams”:  it’ll be a perfect container to build on these ideas, explore, and get curious–what is it that wants to be created through you in the New Year?   Grab your journal, give this a good listen, and get ready to go deep!

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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

• Learning that “you are not what you do”

• Broadway stories from Rebecca, The Little Mermaid, Phantom, & Hello, Dolly!

• Uncovering our true purpose 

• Honoring our deep desires

• Building community and nurturing Soul

• Becoming a Leading Lady

• Sierra’s mantra: You Are Enough!

In this episode, Analisa re-airs her first interview with Broadway star and soulful human Sierra Boggess!  Join them in the Rosalie dressing room at School of Rock for a fun and vulnerable conversation about “doing the work” and finding our true purpose in what we do—and bringing that alignment into every aspect of our lives.  Sierra and Analisa open up about their shared experience with the cancellation of Broadway’s Rebecca, and discuss how they have learned to embrace frequent disappointment in this business and not “go into the dark.” 

How can we get to the bottom of what really motivates us to do what we do?  How do we trust, in the low moments, that there is something else there for us?  How do we build support networks and handle jealousy and competition, especially in the age of social media?  Analisa and Sierra share many beautiful stories and wonderful resources as they talk “getting clear on the core of what we’re doing”—all in pursuit of becoming expansive human beings! Originally Aired May 18, 2018

Time Stamps 

0:00 Intro, New Year Workshop + Welcome to Sierra back to the Rosalie dressing room

6:01 The saga of Rebecca and gifts from a disappointing year

13:56 Trusting that the “universe is conspiring in your favor”

16:21 Processing crummy feelings: “While I’m down here, what am I supposed to learn from this?” (and doing it “sober”)

29:46 Sierra’s network of support (and intro to The Paradox Process!)

41:36 Getting back into alignment, allowing creative opportunities to flow into your life

46:35 Same desires, shifting priorities – going from “What job am I doing next?” to “Why am I here?”

48:15 Sierra’s low point and the 5 questions to discovering your purpose

55:00 Sierra’s transition away from “living unconsciously” and learning to lead a company (The Little Mermaid)

1:05 Two sides of the coin:  “I’m jealous” AND “Oh, I can dream bigger!”

1:11 Social media and “being ruthlessly onto ourselves” 

 

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

SierraBoggess.com

Wayne Dyer: “The Power of Intention”

Diana Nyad: “Find A Way”

Thomas Jones, The Paradox Process

Adam Leipzig’s TED Talk:  “How to know your life purpose in five minutes”

Gabby Bernstein: “Judgment Detox”

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

Get High Vibe in the Land of Possibility w/ Analisa.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• Analisa’s update since moving!

• Are you in creation mode?

• Tools for when you feel “something’s coming”

• Your Brain like ChatGPT

• Building momentum for your dreams 

 

In this episode, Analisa discusses her journey of following her intuition, leading her to make a life-changing move. Despite the challenges and doubts, she shares how the decision has brought her immense fulfillment and connection with a like-minded community. She reflects on how this transformation has not only met but exceeded her expectations, reaffirming the importance of trusting one’s inner guidance.

Analisa then dives into the concepts of creation and transformation, exploring how they often coexist in our lives. She emphasizes the necessity of going through phases of deep inner work and healing, which eventually lead to a state of creation. As someone who is currently in a creative phase, Analisa encourages listeners to embrace their deepest desires and the messy, yet fulfilling, process of bringing those desires to life.

Finally, Analisa touches on the power of shifting our mindset to focus on possibilities rather than limitations. She encourages listeners to challenge the “lizard brain” that clings to fear and doubt, and instead, to nurture their dreams by asking empowering questions. By doing so, she believes we can open ourselves to the limitless potential that life has to offer, turning our deepest longings into reality.

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

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 you were desiring (a gig, a job, a raise, etc.) only to feel disappointed, let down, or disillusioned afterwards? Not that this feeling lasts, necessarily, but sometimes it can be quite jarring!

If you're listening along this season you know one of the biggest themes has been accepting our humanity. So just naming this as it arises is powerful. Normalizing it, too. This is a very common experience.

This can be incredibly liberating. No gig is perfect. No contract is the answer to all of your problems. Our baseline level of wellbeing will return.

So the aim of this short minisode is that it will leave you pondering how to be more sourced from within, not waiting for something "out there" to embody the light that you are. Be "full of yourself" today. Dance with creativity. Laugh. Cry. Live Awake.

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach .  This season is designed to inspire creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Learn more about Analisa and working together here.

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 enneagram 

• Your unique vice turned to virtue

• A story of an actor who left New York and found creative success on their own terms

• How to use the enneagram as an acting tool

Episode Summary:

In this episode Analisa interviews Elizabeth Newcomer, Actor turned Enneagram Coach. Analisa and Liz talk in depth about each type to help you identify your own number and Liz explains the core desires of each type as well as their greatest virtues and vices. Throughout their conversation, Liz and Analisa share stories of how the enneagram has helped them follow their big dreams and navigate interacting and communicating with others. Listen to this packed episode to learn how the enneagram can be an incredibly powerful tool and how to see beyond the “box” that personality types often lead us to feel trapped in.

Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro 

3:00 Elizabeth’s journey from actor to enneagram coach 

8:30  Letting your dreams be a north store to guide you

13:29 Introduction to the enneagram and how it can help us or hold us back

16:48 Overview / definition of what enneagram is

20:38 Liz’s recommendation for how to find your type, examples of 2s, 4s, and 9s

26:36 The Body Triad: 1, 8, and 9

28:14 The Head Triad: 5 (motivated by knowledge), 6 (preparedness), and 7 (options)

30:55 Taking action upon your deepest callings through the lens of your enneagram

31:40 Vice to virtue, is an action in alignment with where you want to go

32:11 How this looks for the Heart Triad: 2 (the giver)

37:20 Type 3 (the performer) Type 4 (the dreamer)

40:53 Head Triad: Type 5 (the observer) Type 6 (the questioner) Type 7 (the adventurer)

44:39 Body Triad: Type 8 (the challenger) Type 9 (the peacemaker) Type 1 (the perfectionist)

51:20 Using the enneagram as an acting tool 

54:40 Using the enneagram to work through triggers and find growth

1:02:35 Wrap-up, how to find & follow Elizabeth

 

Take The Narrative Enneagram test HERE

Take the Riso-Hudson RHETI test HERE

Follow Elizabeth on Instagram @liz.newcomer 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor + soulful coach.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 your eyes. You’ll pause and check in, without judgment, how you’re currently doing and feeling. Analisa guides us on this journey & asks us deep questions to find the answers within by tapping into our inner wisdom.You’ll leave the episode feeling deeply empowered and connected to yourself, feeling inspired and lit up from within! 

 

Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro: An Invitation to Pause

3:43 Of Course We’re Gonna Get Knocked Out of Alignment

5:15 How Is It Feeling, Right Now?

7:17 Am I Getting Caught in Busywork?

9:20 Are You Acting From High Vibe? Milk it!

11:36 Are You Called to Just Be?

13:10 The Quality of Seeking External Validation

15:00 Let Me Give Myself Space to Say It Out Loud

17:07 I Don’t Want to Create From Here!

19:39 Mind, Can You Soften?

22:06 An Invitation Home

24:10 I Want My Body to Sing that Song

26:19 This Deep Trust 

27:45 What Do I Know Now that I Didn’t Know Before?

28:57 Being Able to Receive Means Slowing Down Enough to Listen

31:00 You Really Do Have All the Answers Within

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Wanna find out your enneagram number before next week's podcast with an enneagram coach? Here are two tests we recommend: 

Riso Hudson Enneagram Test

Narrative Enneagram Test

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 after big dreams

  • How our big dreams can inspire healing 

  • What is trauma?

  • Brain- and Body-based healing modalities

  • The role of feeling our feelings

  • The stories we tell ourselves and how to rewrite them

  • Neuroplasticity and the science of memory

In this episode, Analisa invites Marissa Ghavami, Iranian-American, queer artist, advocate and creator to the podcast.  This is a rich and vulnerable discussion about Marissa’s experience healing from trauma, and how it has been fundamentally intertwined with their journey towards big, ambitious dreams.

Marissa and Analisa share their thoughts and experiences with “getting comfortable with the discomfort of this business,” and they engage with a wide range of questions: 

How can folks healing from trauma engage with their feelings and body sensations safely–something we’re asked to do every day as actors?  What’s the difference between brain-based and body-based healing modalities and practices?  How does having these skills show up in our daily lives and careers? 

It’s a beautiful conversation between two smart and soulful creatives—listen as they marry the ideas of trauma-informed emotional resiliency with the neuroscience behind memory and grief, and share how diving deep into these ideas is further enriched by their spiritual practices.  Come back to this episode anytime you need a reminder that the stories we tell ourselves about our feelings can be rewritten! 

Topic Shift Time Stamps

0:00 Analisa’s intro and invite to a 1:1 session

4:27 Welcome, Marissa! 

6:19 Acknowledging the role trauma plays in taking action towards our souls’ longings

10:22 Marissa’s journey (big dreams, what got in the way, coming back to themself)

17:59 Engaging with trauma and experiencing stress as an artist

20:00 Brain- and body-based healing modalities: going beyond “just change your mindset”

25:01 Fawn responses: your “survival-brain” is a protector

28:30 “What if we allowed ourselves to feel whatever we were feeling, fully?”

33:33 Our feelings vs the stories we tell about them (and what we make them mean)

36:24 “It’s not magical thinking – it’s neuroscience!!”

38:40 Having a spiritual practice

43:51 Brain science! Memory, grief, and trauma

50:26 An example: Marissa’s current process for managing a trauma response

54:40 Post-traumatic growth – being the author of your own story

56:16 “This skill is needed for the craft of acting” - feeling deeply and creating space for healing

 

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Marissa Ghavami

Healing TREE

Marissa’s Healing Trauma Focused Coaching for Artists (Virtual; $75/hr or $75/mo for weekly, 1 hour group sessions): www.marissaghavami.com/coach   Marissa will be playing Jessie in Divine Riot’s Cry It Out on 11/9 7PM (Invited Dress), 11/12 7PM and 11/18 2PM in NYC. Learn More & Tickets: www.divineriot.org/cryitout

Marissa’s Instagram

Healing Tree’s Instagram 

 

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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 the research know-how to look at these universal struggles from a social sciences perspective? Topics covered in this episode include:

• Offering one-off 1:1 session in Nov/Dec 2023

• The need for “Little Self” to be witnessed

• The unique wounds of high performers

• Letting go of the need to fix

• Loving the part of yourself that wants love

Episode Summary

This week’s solo episode is a powerful exploration of an expansive question: what if your human aspects (fear, self-doubt, anxiety) aren’t a problem to be fixed? Analisa brings her wild and silliest self to guiding you through choosing to love those Little Self expressions. This episode can be used as a meditative guide to finding that love for yourself. There is also a beautiful meta thread of how Analisa chooses to share and create the podcast itself. 

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro: different ways to play

2:48 Behind the curtain: two episode ideas

5:10 Analisa’s Love Bomb

7:04 Questions from Little Self & the need to control

9:09 Pause & Love the Fear

11:23 Toddlers: Before “Not Good Enough”

13:39 Enneagram Episode Sneak Peek 

14:43 A Question for the High Performers

17:02 Can you feel a softening?

 19:35 Love instead of fixing

20:50 Wrap Up

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Riso Hudson Enneagram Test

Narrative Enneagram Test

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE.

 

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: 

• The need to be “the best”

• The “Little Self’s" need to be seen

• The trap of toxic positivity 

• Pep talks + reframes might not be the solution

• The gifts of jealousy, need, and comparison

• A practice for making space for those “cringe-y” feelings

In this deeply vulnerable solo episode, Analisa explores the “cringe-y and crunchy” feeling of jealousy. How can we honor the part of ourselves that wants to be the best? When & how can we make space for the fear of not being the best? Can we answer this ego with love? Analisa shares her own stories of grappling with this, in the context of coaching a client through it. She even guides us through a practice of holding space for these shadows. Bookmark this episode to listen the next time you are in final callbacks with your bestie, or doubting your place “in the room.”

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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

• Proving vs Sharing

• The Gift of Perspective Shifts 

• “It’s Not Fair That You Can’t Do It All”

• The Gifts of Motherhood

• Audition Friendships 

• The Difference between Ambition & Lack

In this episode, Analisa interviews Elena Shaddow, Broadway actor, voice teacher, wife & mother. This intimate conversation between friends with mirrored life paths covers so many juicy topics. Both Analisa and Elena have been the standby for Kelli O’Hara, and have led shows in their own right. This interview covers the origin of their unlikely friendship: meeting at an audition where neither booked the role. What does it mean to be known as someone’s understudy? How do you deal with the ego aspect of it? How does motherhood affect a leading lady’s career? Analisa and Elena also riff on the importance of coming to the work fed: differentiating yourself from the roles you play by leading a full life outside of the industry. These two brilliant teachers lead by example, sharing vulnerably, with great humor, and plenty of juicy Broadway stories. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to again - and send to your favorite actress-mama or wunderstudy!

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro 

5:17 Interview Begins 

8:18 “I got into a Broadway show!” “Yay!” “I’m the understudy!” “Oh.”

10:38 The Days of Wine & Roses story: Stepping in to Standby

13:51 Learning a Role = Planting a Garden

16:23 “I Honor Me”

21:07 Turning Down Broadway

24:20 What Must it Be Like, As A Standby On Opening Night?

27:30 The Full Ego 180

30:11 Where did husband and babies come into the journey?

36:55 Balance: Is it season by season?

42:53 It’s Just Unfair That You Can’t Do It All

45:35 There’s More To Be Gained From Saying Yes

49:25 The Need to Be Different: Going On as the Understudy

57:11 You Probably Never Doubt Yourself - No!

63:39 The Fear of Taking a Break

66:43 Understudying Is Not a Dirty Word!

 

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Elena Shaddow: https://www.elenashaddow.net/

Will Buck Coach/Composer: willbuckmusic@aol.com

Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE.

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 HOW of releasing our attachment to outcomes, specifically around auditions. Analisa guides us through:

• The fears that come up with we WANT the job

• The need to acknowledge and make space for “Little Self”

• Embodiment tools for realigning with YOU

• What it feels like to come home to ourselves

• The real time inspiration for a new, FREE workshop on putting these concepts into practice

 

How do we share our authentic selves in auditions, when so much is on the line? How can we manage when we start to really WANT it? Why does it get grippy-er the closer we get? How can we step back into alignment with our truest state, so that we are open to creative inspiration? Bookmark this episode to listen to whenever you need Analisa to remind you of how to release the clinging by honoring your longings. 

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro 

1:50 Client Inspiration for this Episode

3:13 Authenticity is Allowing for Bless & Release

4:30 Acknowledge the Fear of Longing: Now It’s Mine to Lose

6:25 Talking to “Little Self” & Listening to Their Voice

8:21 Of Course You Want it!

10:01 Embodiment & Voice Work: other doorways in

12:14 Am I Identifying with the Clinginess? 

14:00 Getting Back into Alignment with YOU

16:31 I Want to Come Home to Myself

19:06 Alignment Allows For Creative Ideas to Bubble Up

21:00 Inspired Alignment Workshop Details

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Jen Waldman Studio 

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

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 integration

• The impact you can have by sharing soulfully

• Social media assumptions

• Build resiliency by seeking rejection

• Reach out in gratitude

• Teach your audience how you want to be treated

• Using your discernment with social media boundaries

In this episode, Analisa interviews Bret Shuford, Broadway actor, creative life coach, and one half of @BroadwayHusbands. There are so many gems in this conversation, which ranges from ego death to passing the torch to sharing your soul on social media. How can we integrate our old identities when we shift gears? Can you get in alignment before you post, the same way you would before an audition? The key to taking the pressure off of maintaining a social media presence is committing to showing up consistently, and Bret & Analisa share many practical tips for doing this in this lively interview.

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Intro 

3:55 Bret’s New & Improved Self-Intro 

7:05  How to sit with the difficult emotions of transitions

11:30 Broadway Pen Pals: it’s not what you thought, is it?

15:05 On the Broadway Mountain & the Chain of Mountains

18:52 Unpacking our social media assumptions

21:41 Our Job is to become Known: Measuring Likes? Stop 

24:33 Your Content is NOT for You

27:52 Reframe of the Four Pillars: Disneyland Metaphor for Social Media

32:32 Make Posting a Habit & Not an Event: Ariana DeBose example

40:37 Everything Old is New Again: Repost!

43:05 Draft when you are sourced; pause when you’re not

47:17 You are part of the ocean: share your gratitude

48:14 Create more than you consume: commit to posting every time you log on

50:20 Follow outside your industry

55:57 How to work with Bret

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Bret Shuford on Instagram: @bretshuford @broadwayhusbands

Bret’s free quiz

Rejection Therapy TedTalk

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.

 

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 authenticity. Analisa guides us through:

• Authentic Self-Introduction

• Her personal process for getting into & staying in alignment

• Ways to deal with the resistance that pulls us out of our authenticity

• The difference between playing big & trying hard

• Getting Meta with an invitation to the Soulful Creatives Circle

Episode Summary

In this vulnerable solo episode, Analisa explores the concept of Authenticity. How do we step into our own individual Authenticity in everything we do, from introducing ourselves, to creating art, to being with our families…and yes, even to auditioning? How can we be open to the audience’s energy while not allowing it to knock us off course? Can we play big without forcing? Where is the line between wanting and needing? Bookmark this episode to listen to whenever you need Analisa to guide you through stepping into your authentic self. 

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s Authenticity Reframe of the Podcast Intro

3:13 A Vulnerable Story About the Inspiration for this Episode

5:50 Being Open to (Audience) Energy while Staying Aligned with Our Authenticity 

7:30 Have You Ever Gotten Squeezy in an Audition?

8:10 Bookmark Here: A Tool for Stepping into Authenticity

8:58 How Did Analisa Step into her Authenticity for this Episode? First Steps

10:58 Dealing with the Hungry Ghost & the Fears That Feed It

14:05 Denim & Character Shoes: How to Work Authentically Within Outside Expectations

16:45 A Time for Singing Story

19:20 The Fix for the Fix It Mentality: Feel into It

21:06 Analisa practices her own authenticity while sharing about the Soulful Creatives Circle: dealing with the assumptions that come up

24:07 The Last Step: Let Go of Outcomes

 

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

“Blessed We Are” - A Mystic song Analisa uses in her own dropping in process.

Analisa’s REEL about Authenticity

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE.

🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming.

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Episode Highlights: 

• How to engage with the parts of ourselves we avoid or dislike

• An example of Analisa’s shadow she’s currently integrating

• Two practices to do today!

• The antidote to perfectionism and self-judgment

• How shadow work increases compassion for others (what the world needs right now!)

 

In this episode of the Soulful Ambition podcast, host Analisa Leaming explores the concept of shadow work, drawing on Carl Jung's theories and her personal experiences. She emphasizes the importance of consciously engaging with the parts of ourselves we typically avoid or dislike, rather than solely focusing on positive thinking or our ideal self-image. Analisa suggests personifying and getting to know our shadow aspects, similar to how we might embody our "main character energy" or ideal self.

The podcast discusses two main practices for shadow work: noticing when we're in a shadow aspect and gently acknowledging it, and intentionally embodying and expressing the shadow aspect in a safe space. Analisa shares personal examples, including her "mother martyr" shadow aspect to illustrate how this work can be applied in daily life. She emphasizes that this work allows for more conscious choices and integration of all parts of ourselves.

Throughout the episode, Analisa highlights how shadow work can increase self-compassion and understanding of others. She encourages listeners to apply these concepts to areas in their lives where they're experiencing resistance or struggling to achieve desired results. 

The host concludes by mentioning that the upcoming Soulful Ambition Circle program will involve this type of shadow work as participants pursue their deepest desires, and emphasizes how this practice can lead to personal growth, better relationships, and a more authentic connection with our true selves. 

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

 

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 Business Witch, we dive deep into service, and the business side of sharing our passion. Analisa and Cara cover many angles:

• The importance of having a strong Why & different ways to find it

• The ethics of shifting from the “Starving Artist” mentality 

• Intentionality in all things as spellwork

• Detaching from outcomes: go back to why

• Money & Power

• How to Practice the Energy of Abundance

• Re-Defining Success and what supports your big wild dreams

Episode Summary

In this episode, Analisa interviews Cara Kovacs, the Business Witch. There are so many gems in this conversation, which covers the intersection of passion and pragmatism. How can we allow our passions to inform our pursuit of success? How can we redefine success on our own terms, instead of just accepting what the world tells us? Where is the line between wanting something and clinging to it? What are the hang ups keeping artists from building wealth? As Analisa points out, scarcity mindset comes from SCARS; it is up to us to heal around them. It is about choosing to look at where you are held. It is about becoming well-resourced for the good of all.

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

0:00 Analisa’s intro 

4:18 Cara’s self-introduction

7:05  Money & Entrepreneurship & the collective idea of the Starving Artist

12:50 How to Detach from Outcome

14:18 Why Do You Want What You Want?

16:58 We have all been dehydrated in the desert

19:38: Money & Scarcity

25:45 Reclaiming Wealth to Enact Global Change

27:43 Global Resources & Sufficiency

32:00 Examples of Gratitude Reframes - from the perspective of a moment of sadness

34:43 The Voice as the Bridge Between Inner & Outer World: how can creatives use their voices to support their dreams?

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Cara on Instagram

Soul of Money by Lynn Twist

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming

or Soulful Creatives Circle Member  HERE.

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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 to cultivate structure from within, versus needing and then resenting external systems. How can we have both freedom to create and grounded connection to the systems in our lives? It’s about finding the sacred in the mundane. 

So, how can we use daily habits to harness our big wild dreams instead of it just being a drag? We give ourselves a specific timeline (12 weeks) and pick small achievable changes to make.Not following through on goals we set for ourselves has great ramifications on our self worth, and the number one reason we don’t follow through is picking things that are too big. 

What are the micro steps in our day to day that really matter? Analisa digs into the nitty gritty of our small daily habits, talking through the life of a working performer, investigating what small daily goals we can set that will support our biggest, wildest dreams.

Topic Shift Time Stamps 

1:34 The Astrology of the Moment Rundown: Virgo Season, New Moon & Mercury Rx

2:40 The Two Creative Responses to Goal-Setting & Structure

4:54 The Magic of this Episode

7:38 Which Habits Aren’t Supportive of Your Big Dreams?

10:06 Twelve Weeks & Just Pick One

13:27 The Waterfall of Life metaphor

19:15 What Supports Our Actions? Community!

Soul Nourishment mentioned in this episode:

Link to the Huberman Lab podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/huberman-lab/id1545953110?i=1000625908647

James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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

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 & how they wouldn't have believed this is how their lives would unfold
• Amy's journey from acting to teaching + directing
• Amy's keys to career longevity
• Bob's untangling from ego + identity as a NY actor 
• Founding a mission driven nationally acclaimed theatre in Fayetteville, Arkansas!
• The importance of great theatre everywhere, not just NYC
• Stories of how TheatreSquared is transforming their community 
• Aligning with your values + mission as a daily conversation and practice

Look at this award-winning theatre they got to build with architects Marvel & Charcoalblue.

Follow TheatreSquared on Instagram

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE.

 

 

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 claim + own your star power! 

You're literally stitched from stardust. 

May this episode support you before an audition, stepping on stage and as you walk through your life. 

You are a radiant Being of Light!! 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives.  This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Get your free audition meditation here. 

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 I’m going to share with you practical steps, exercises, and practices. I won’t hold back for fear of being “too spiritual.” I’m going to play BIG in a way that I know will inspire you to dial up your own bright light. 

✨✨✨ Just announced: New Group Program The Soulful Creative Circle 

 

This episode: 

Sabrina Lynn "Let’s have a soulful conversation & open the door to illuminating the blueprint that is unique to you."

• Learn to follow the soulful breadcrumbs
• Sourcing from within rather than without 
• Coming to our art fed
• Creating from a place of truly not caring if you book the show
• How to BE with our attachments to results
• Sitting with our fear rather than judging it
• Preparing for auditions aligned with soul
• What is the soulful creative path?
• What's gotten in the way of our connection with our original creative spark?
• Is our big dream ego or soul?
• Blow up the Broadway box! 

Two podcast episodes we reference: 

Dangerous Old Woman

You never know where that audition will lead 

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  soulful coach for creatives. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

Receive a free audition meditation and get on Analisa's love letter list HERE.

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 care of herself
• Permission to listen to our bodies and pause - how important it is to the creative process and our overall wellbeing 
• Shares why she's taking a break from podcasting 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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 Harvard and becoming a minister. 

Now, in her 60s, she's a D.C. based actor and in this episode shares wisdom through her story and the perspective it's given her. 

She speaks to many fears that actors face and how she navigates them, including feeling "too old" after getting her first set of headshots in her 40s. 

May this episode expand your definition of success and what is possible! 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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. 

 

Through developing the capacity to notice and sit with uncomfortable emotions, you will be able to bust through current limiting beliefs. 

 

There are no bad emotions - they all have gems of wisdom. 

 

Analisa shares a tangible practice for how to metabolize the emotion and then to begin to shift our stories. 

 

She also shares a huge reason why we resist this work and how to love our way through it.

 

Sign up for a free audition meditation and Analisa's weekly love letter here.

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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 from that
• The sense of power, resilience and resourcefulness knowing there are options to support yourself 
• Creatives thriving in jobs outside of theatre
• Blowing up the box of what you think is possible for yourself
• Jill’s identity is so much more than herself as a performer
• How to create a resume + interview well 
• Don’t read a job description and count yourself out

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

 

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 that arises post audition in order to have a more sustainable, joyful journey. 

Receive your free audition meditation here. 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming.

🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE.

In this short, yet powerful episode Analisa uses both her own life as well as client’s journeys to share 3 major keys to aiding you on moving towards your deepest desires and longings.

Take a listen, maybe with a journal in hand, to explore in your own life where you can align yourself in order to have the courage and resilience required to take risks, expand, and step into uncertainty!

Soulful Ambition is a show for big dreamers about choosing to live inside out & acting upon your deepest longings. From starting your dream business to starring on Broadway, from sacred activism to being a radiant, aligned parent and everything in between. The manifestation of your desires is your destined path and the medicine and magic that the world needs.

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 Beautiful until 5 months pregnant - telling people, fear of what people would think
•  Performing postpartum
• The realities of working with littles at home 
• Babies in the pandemic
• Priorities post babe
• PAAL Parent Artist Advocacy League
• The joys of parenthood 

 

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KARA LINDSAY Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Newsies (Katherine) Original Cast/ Fathom Events Film. National Tour: Wicked (Glinda), Little House on the Prairie (originated Laura). Paper Mill Playhouse: Newsies, Jolly Holiday, Little House...Prairie. Sacramento Music Circus: Singin in the Rain (Kathy Selden). NCT: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins).Kansas City Starlight: Cinderella (Cinderella). Kansas City Rep: Cabaret (Sally Bowles). 5th Avenue: Lone Star Love (Miss Ann Page). Geva: A Christmas Carol(Belle). TV: “Murphy Brown”, ABC’s “Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong”, ABC’s “The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II”, Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. BFA Carnegie Mellon University. Huge thanks and LOVE to my friends, family, Stewart Talent/ Industry Entertainment.

 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

 

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 you want to move forward even mid-audition season
• What's your why today?
• What is a successful audition?
• Creating ritual or a practice from the New Way 
• Creating new habits around auditions and everything "big dream" related 

 

www.analisaleaming.com 

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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 neurodivergent brain who lost his voice for 10 years after a botched surgery but then spent a decade training members of the Special Forces, NFL, and Film/Broadway Stars in fitness, martial arts and wellness, and then returned to performing!
  
  

 

• The main topic of our conversation emerged: How our beliefs dictate our life and how to build beliefs that support our greatest potential

 

• An explanation of how we get stuck in limiting beliefs and fear

   

   

• The magic question: Is this true? 

   

   

•  Fear of success 

   

   

•  Perspective on the gift of failure + failure as a scientiic model 

   

   

• How he uses the brevity of life to be courageous and present

   

   

•  How losing his voice for a decade (due to a boched surgery) was the greatest gift of his life 

• And so much more! 

 

March 9th Embodied Intuition for Creatives workshop just $27! 

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A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success. 

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 to actors and could be the key to rapid transformation.

Also in this episode Analisa speaks to the epidemic of women against women and themselves, and how this work could be the key back into our bodies, our fullness and our power.

 

Embodied Intuition or Creatives Workshop 

Episode with Lauren Elise Rogers

Rewilding for women with Sabrina Lynn

A Balancing Act is hosted by Analisa Leaming, Broadway actor +  holistic performance coach. This season is designed to inspire performers and creatives to journey towards their dreams with more soul and less attachment to outcomes and society's definitions of success.