[cw: eating disorders & body shame] Podcaster and Voice Actor & Coach Tawny Platis on the confidence roller coaster of auditioning for voice artist roles [part 1 of 2]

[content warning: eating disorders & body shame]

In episode 1 of a two-part episode, Voice Actor and Coach, Podcaster, and Marketing Specialist Tawny Platis shares about what makes her confidence waver, how teaching helps remind her how far she’s come, and and how she keeps picking up the phone even knowing rejections are common in voice acting. We also discuss how being a generalist makes her a stronger communicator. 

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• Death is Hilarious (previously known as The Dirty Bits) podcast
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• And
• • Facebook group The Lovebug Brigade

Mentioned in this episode:

• Tip: To improve your confidence, teach others what you know
• Dialectical behavioral therapy (finding healthier coping mechanisms)
• • Masha’s list of ways to feel better includes blowing bubbles, taking a walk, swimming, or petting Courage the Confidence Cat
  • What’s on your list? Share by emailing masha@boldadulting.com or via Twitter or Instagram 
• Voice actor Tara Strong - PowerPuff Girls, Rugrats, and many more
• Confidence Cat Zine - coloring worksheets for confidence, career success, and problem-solving  
• Thug Notes
• Drunk History
• Adam Ruins Everything
• 7 Celebrities You Wouldn’t Believe Have Imposter Syndrome
  • This was a video Masha made in 2016, the first project she made in iMovie. In the spirit of antiperfectionism, she recognizes the ways it could be better lit & more engaging, without judging herself for this drafty draft
  • Tina Fey: "The beauty of the impostor syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania, and a complete feeling of: ‘I’m a fraud! Oh god, they’re on to me! I’m a fraud!’"