Reaching next levels & incorporating gratitude - with Ajarae Coleman

Actor Problems

English - January 12, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 92.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
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Today’s guest is actor and career coach Ajarae Coleman.

Ajarae (she/her) is a Harvard-educated actress, producer, and career coach. Ajarae’s credits include SCANDAL, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, I’M SORRY, 2 BROKE GIRLS, REVENGE, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, and more. She also works extensively in commercials, having appeared in campaigns for brands like LUVS, VERIZON, and PANTENE.

Ajarae recently wrapped shooting a feature that is set for release in early 2023. She is also co-producing and starring in a short film about pregnancy loss and motherhood, after leading a successful campaign to finance it. She will appear in the upcoming series HIGH DESERT on AppleTV+ with Patricia Arquette and Matt Dillon.

Ajarae founded Acting Resource Guru in 2012 to give actors practical steps to book more work and take ownership of their careers. Her career and lifestyle coaching membership, The Table, empowers actors to book more work by building communities of collaborators, strengthening their mindset, and developing residual income streams that allow them to live in abundance while pursuing their creative dreams. She has created Agent Alchemy, an online program that helps actors partner with the right agent or manager in 44 days, and Step Into Your Star Power, an acclaimed mindset and embodiment program that helps actors end burnout and overwhelm, and gain career momentum using mindfulness.

Ajarae lives in Los Angeles with her partner and two adorable cats.

In this episode, you'll hear...

How Ajarae started coaching - even though she never wanted to be a coach

How the life of an actor doesn’t have to be a “hard grind”

Dealing with the parts of the biz that just feel “icky”

The misconceptions about networking

How she manages her business alongside her acting career

Why it’s just as important to pay attention to how we’re feeling as it is get things done

Her gratitude practice and why it’s important to getting to the next level

The importance of finding things within yourself that you already appreciate

The difference between “power moves” and “paper pushing” activities

How the downtimes are something we should expect