😫 Wrestling with your nerves and getting in your head during auditions.
Sending self tape after self tape off into the great void. 😵💫
😔 The sneaky self doubt that compounds with every rejection.
The exhaustion of working multiple side jobs just to stay alive and engaged in your actual career. 😴
😬 Navigating awkward conversations with family and friends who think “the real actors” are the ones they see at The Oscars.
The bittersweet heartache of watching your actor friends book awesome jobs while wondering if you’re just an imposter.🥺
😑 The burnout that comes from knowing there’s always something more you could be doing to further your career.
Going from “Look, ma! I made it!” to unemployed and pounding the payment in the blink of an eye. 😦
😳 The constant fear that the auditions and gigs will just disappear and you’ll be forced to give up your passion altogether.
Hopeless and discouraged because “things are slow” and have been for a while.
Overwhelmed by your inner critic who will not stop berating you.
Like you’re one "break out" role away from everything starting to click, but fearful that role may never come.
Isolated and insecure, thinking you’re the only one struggling.
Ashamed to talk about your career with friends, family, and even fellow actors.
Proud of the career that you’ve built, but fear that any moment it could all turn more barren than Death Valley.
Like you have nothing to show for yourself and should just quit acting altogether.
Hi, I’m Amy Schloerb!
I'm a professional actor, a mindfulness and mindset coach, and I'm ready to help you ride the acting career roller coaster without throwing up.
🎭 I’ve been a professional actress for almost 20 years. I’ve survived 3 industry shut downs - 2 strikes and 1 global pandemic. I’ve worked in TV, film, commercials, and produced my own award-winning web series.
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Quieting your inner critic and being your own biggest fan so that you can confidently navigate the highs and lows of your career journey with steadiness and calm resiliency.
Identifying and letting go of the limiting beliefs that hold you back so that you are taking focused, inspired actions aligned with your goals.
Bringing playful joy and relaxed presence to all your auditions so that you are always presenting your best work.
Knowing how to renew and replenish your energy so auditions don’t feel like extra work on top of everything else you have going on in life.
Gracefully navigating conversations with industry outsiders and speaking about your career with confidence, so that you never feel like a worthless, wanna-be actor again.
Moving on confidently after every audition, regardless of the outcome, so that you stop layering shame and self-doubt onto your future performances.
Engaged with your community of peers, supporting and being supported, so that you never feel alone in this career again.
(It's about the music industry, but everything he says applies to actors as well.)
A record producer in LA said, “Most musicians don’t fail because they’re bad. They fail because their nervous system can’t survive the industry.”
And every artist in the room went still.
He said, “The biggest myth in music is that success depends on exposure. No,” he said, “It depends on whether your body can handle being unseen longer than you expected. Most artists quit not because they are untalented, but because their brain interprets silence as danger. The industry doesn’t break voices, it breaks nervous systems.”
He said, “Labels don’t scout talent, they scout emotional durability, the ability to create when numbers drop, to write when no one cares, to perform after rejection number 47, to stay human when algorithms treat you like a product.” He said, “90% of rising artists crumble not from hate, but from the invisible weight of being ignored.”
Then he told the story of a singer who went viral overnight and disappeared six months later, not because she lacked songs, [but] because the dopamine crash after fame felt like grief. “Her body couldn’t handle the altitude,” he said, “and no one teaches artists how to breathe up there.”
The crowd went silent like they suddenly recognized themselves.
He revealed the real industry filter: Consistency under emotional pressure. Not talent, not looks, not luck. Just the ability to keep creating without collapsing into comparison, self-doubt, or the terror of being “too late.”
“Most artists don’t lose their dream,” he said. “They lose their self-trust.”
He ended with a line that felt like a punch. “Your biggest enemy isn’t the industry. It’s the version of you that believes you’re running out of time because that belief kills more careers than bad marketing or missed opportunities.”
And every musician in the room suddenly exhaled like someone finally named the monster under the stage.
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