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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.
Season 4 Episode 50: Jillian Jarrett: Creatives killing it in Corporate
Season 4 Episode 49: Managing post-audition doubt + uncertainty
Season 4 Episode 48: Kara Lindsay: A Conversation about Motherhood
Season 4 Episode 47: Redefining success in auditions + as a working actor
Season 4 Episode 46: J.J. Caruncho: Beliefs, Broadway + Batman
Season 4 Episode 45: Analisa lets her freak flag fly
Season 4 Episode 44: Jessie Hooker-Bailey + the inner work that led to Broadway
Season 4 Episode 43: I'm only truly fulfilled when onstage
Season 4 Episode 42: Jillian Paige: Meisner in Music + Life
Season 4 Episode 41: You never know where that audition will lead you
Season 4 Episode 40:Elizabeth Porter: Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Entertainment Industry Life Coach
Season 4 Episode 39: Analisa Leaming - one foot in the Biz + the other foot in Soul
Season 4 Episode 38: Sex Ed for You w/ Lauren Elise Rogers
Season 4 Episode 37: Saying "No, Thank You" to a Broadway show + leaving NYC
Season 3 Episode 36: Thomas Jones
Season 3 Episode 35: Sierra Boggess
Season 3 Episode 34: Kemper Florin
Season 3 Episode 33: Analisa Leaming
Season 3 Episode 32: Jessie Mueller
Season 3 Episode 31: Kaitlin Shaw
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