You might be at a big audition with a major director or production involved, and want to look “good” and “confident,” trying to boost yourself up to meet the occasion. But the truth is, the harder you push to feel confident, the more you pull yourself away from the character’s truth.
When you watch my training below you will discover that when you focus on looking confident, your energy shifts from serving the character to serving your ego. You try to appear strong, collected, and sure. But the second you do that, you’re not doing your job.
Acting isn’t about looking good for the casting team; it’s about defending your character. If you’re struggling to feel confident and finding acting unfulfilling, you’re likely caught in this loop—searching for more classes, techniques, and tools, all with the hope of finally feeling confident.
The problem with chasing confidence is that it’s about ego and control, not about being truthful or fully alive in the moment. Confidence is about meeting external expectations, but art requires vulnerability and presence.
The work we do in the Reset Journey teaches actors to shift from confidence to presence, from ego to truth. Presence isn’t about looking good; it’s about connecting with what’s real and moving through you.
However, you have been conditioned from a young age to please the outside world, which inevitably disconnects you from your instinct and uniqueness.
You’re an artist, and your truth, not your confidence, is what the audience craves. When you come back to your natural state of presence and freedom, the audition room becomes a space for genuine connection. That’s when you land a role: when you show up with your true aliveness, not with a mask of confidence.
After you watch the training, I'd love for you to join in the conversation happening in our private Facebook Group THE INSTINCTIVE ACTORS' SOCIETY. You can get answers for your specific situation directly from me and connect with THOUSANDS of like-minded actors across the globe, so we can move things forward faster together.
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Jo Kelly
Creator, The Reset Journey From Resistance to Freedom
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