205. Falling in love with Self Tapes with Michelle Merring

Michelle Merring, actress and Castability user, shares with us how she went from resenting self tape requests, getting so in her head that she struggled to even turn them in, to finding true confidence and joy in front of the camera. Through consistent self tape practice, she details exactly how she shifted her mindset and fell in love with self tapes, attracting more auditions and callbacks along the way. Michelle is the winner of our Self Tape May challenge last year after she completed over 16+ tapes on the app during Audrey Helps Actor's Self Tape May challenge. Check out her open scenes in the winners gallery in the Castability App to see her creativity in action. -Creativity in Self Taping and Finding Joy in the Process -Building Confidence Through Practice -Shift in Mindset: Auditioning as an Art -Role of Community in Self Taping -Overcoming Ego and Embracing Feedback -The Importance of Vulnerability and Learning -Reframing Rejection and Mistakes -Setting Intentions and Goals -Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivations Links:⁠Winners Gallery in-app⁠⁠Audrey Helps Actors Self Tape May⁠⁠Four Agreements book ⁠⁠Extrinsic vs Intrinsic motivations⁠⁠Self Compassion by Kristin Neff⁠⁠Michelle's website ⁠⁠Michelle's IMDB⁠