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This book examines political conduct from a social identity perspective and covers a wide range of political topics.
Want to show up to auditions and acting jobs brimming with confidence? If you are tired of battling your inner demons, psychology can help. Life as an actor brings out a lot of insecurities. Every time you go to an audition, begin rehearsals, or give a performance, the most personal things about yourself–your physicality, personality, and mannerisms–are put on display and critically evaluated. Given this ever-present scrutiny, your self-confidence can suffer, affecting your ability to perform. High-pressure situations, such as an important audition, a table read, or opening night, are often where your self-confidence may falter, resulting in missed opportunities, regrets, and sometimes m...
Emotion is a basic phenomenon of human functioning, most of the time having an adaptive value enhancing our effectiveness in pursuing our goals in the broadest sense. Regulation of these emotions, however, is essential for adaptive functioning, and suboptimal or dysfunctional emotion regulation may even be counterproductive and result in adverse consequences, including a poor well-being and ill health. This volume provides a state-of-the art overview of issues related to the association between emotion regulation and both mental and physical well-being. It covers various areas of research highly relevant to both researchers in the field and clinicians working with emotion regulation issues i...
Imagine if you could learn your lines in half the time yet feel confident they will roll off your tongue when needed. Memorization for Actors provides you with a range of practical psychology tools and a bullet-proof memorization process that will put you miles ahead of the competition. Inside you will discover: · How to become a master at learning your lines · Simple tricks to learn more lines in less time · Advanced tools to turbo-charge your memorization process · Proven strategies to remember your lines in high stress situations · When to schedule your memorization sessions for maximum effect Short enough to read in an afternoon, yet jam-packed with practical advice, Memorization for Actors will transform your acting career. This is recommended reading for any actor, from acting students to experienced professionals. Alexa Ispas holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh. The books in her Psychology for Actors Series provide actors with proven psychology techniques to thrive and build a successful career.
Do you want to achieve your full potential as an actor? Discover how to apply “deliberate practice”–a type of practice used by top performers around the world–to turn your weaknesses into strengths. We all know that becoming a great actor requires hard work, but what specific actions will help you get better? Perhaps you have spent years taking acting classes without any noticeable improvement. Or maybe your acting did improve for a while, but you don’t know how to make further progress. This lack of clarity is likely to lead to dissatisfaction and a decline in your enthusiasm for the craft. After all, nobody goes into acting aiming for mediocrity. If this sounds familiar, psycholo...
Do you want to build momentum in your acting career? Discover psychology techniques to stop procrastinating and increase your productivity so you can take your acting career to the next level. Being motivated is essential to becoming a successful actor. Actors must often juggle bill-paying jobs and other commitments for years before getting their big break. If you are not highly motivated, you will get lost among the crowd of hopefuls, no matter how talented you are. Motivated actors are a joy to work with and energize everyone around them. They often start their own projects, so they don’t just rely on outside work, and they continuously develop their craft, making themselves more employa...
Want to show up to auditions and acting jobs brimming with confidence? If you are tired of battling your inner demons, psychology can help. Life as an actor brings out a lot of insecurities. Every time you go to an audition, begin rehearsals, or give a performance, the most personal things about yourself–your physicality, personality, and mannerisms–are put on display and critically evaluated. Given this ever-present scrutiny, your self-confidence can suffer, affecting your ability to perform. High-pressure situations, such as an important audition, a table read, or opening night, are often where your self-confidence may falter, resulting in missed opportunities, regrets, and sometimes m...
Healing your chakras doesn’t have to be complicated, if you know what to focus on. Working with your chakras is known for leading to deep personal transformation. The chakras influence the whole of your life, from the most mundane matters to your highest spiritual values. But how can you assess the health of your chakras and offer yourself this life-changing healing? Do you feel confused about how to start healing your chakras and wish you could find some clear guidance? Would you like to learn practical self-healing techniques you can apply straight away? In Heal Your Chakras, energy healer Alexa Ispas teaches you how to identify and heal your chakra imbalances through easily accessible e...
Serious about personal development but short on time? Learn how to harness your chakras quickly and easily. Your chakras are like the A-Team, except there are seven of them. They are a set of superpowers you always have available. But do you know how to ‘switch on’ your chakras so you can benefit from their energy? Working with the chakras is often taught through physically demanding yoga poses or lengthy meditations, but there is an easier and more reliable way. Once you understand what each of your chakras requires to become activated, it is possible to ‘switch on’ your chakras within minutes and without physical effort. In Harness Your Chakras, energy healer Alexa Ispas provides y...
Are you serious about changing one of your habits, but cannot find a system that works? Most self-help books, courses, and coaching programs that focus on habit change place a strong emphasis on willpower. But willpower runs out quickly, making it easy to quit and feel bad about yourself. Are you tired of trying and failing to change certain aspects of your life? Would you like to find a change process that works and makes you feel good about yourself? This book teaches you how to use your chakras as a set of internal resources that minimize your need for willpower in the process of change. “Aren’t the chakras those weird, woo-woo things I keep hearing about in yoga class?” you might s...