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Today we’re diving into an area of the industry experiencing somewhat of a boom – audiobooks. We wanted to speak to someone who not only understands that world, but who’s shaping it from the inside.

Our guest in this episode is Elise Arsenault – she’s an award-winning audiobook narrator, actor, coach, and entrepreneur. Throughout her career, she’s narrated close to 200 audiobooks, as well as providing voiceover for commercials and video games.

Elise is also the founder of The Global Actor, host of the Global Actor podcast, and creator of the The Great Audiobook Adventure – a program that’s specifically designed to help actors break into and build thriving careers in the audiobook industry.

Most recently, she delivered a fantastic TEDx talk titled, The Power of a Human Storyteller in the Age of AI. If you haven’t seen or heard it yet, it’s a heartfelt, timely argument for why human voices still matter.

So, today, we’re exploring all of it: Elise’s journey, her craft, the ever-evolving audiobook industry, and exactly what role humans still play in a world that seems to be increasingly full of synthetic voices.

TEDx talk (The Power of a Human Storyteller in the Age of A.I.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDlR76DPkSs

Elise's website: https://theglobalactor.com/

The Great Audiobook Adventure: https://audiobookadventure.com/home/

The Global Actor Podcast: https://theglobalactor.com/podcast/

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This time of year can be great – but also quite intense. There are more expectations on us, more emotions at play, and more stories circling in our heads about family, money, the future, and how we think we should think and feel about those things.

Today’s episode looks at a simple idea from the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi that cuts straight through all that noise: you are not your thoughts.

What’s interesting about this century old spiritual teaching is how it aligns with modern psychology and points to the same wisdom: to stop wrestling with your thoughts and instead change your relationship to them.

We talk about how to do that in a world that seems so full of anxiety and fear and how to remain present when the mind is trying to run the show (which, around Christmas time, it usually is).

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This week we are joined by Anne Alexander-Sieder - an American actor, podcaster and coach based in Germany.

She’s someone who rebuilt her creative life from the ground up. After taking a sixteen-year break from acting and living far from the industry, she found her way back through a process she calls The Curator Method.

She’s since gone on to found Act Bold Training and create The Escape Route Challenge - a five-day journey that helps artists build better connections, break through obstacles, and find the people who can take them to the next level.

In this conversation, we explore some of the biggest questions every artist faces:

How do we make a living while staying true to our art?
How do we balance family, career, and creative purpose?
What’s the difference between our job - the thing that pays the rent - and our work - the thing that feeds the soul?

Anne shares how the solution to most of our creative struggles can often be found inside the problem itself - and why the secret to getting what we need is often found through service and giving.

We also talk about getting off the hamster wheel of comparison, celebrating the small wins, and choosing thoughts that serve our artistry rather than our ego.

This is a conversation about how to stay connected to your purpose, even when life pulls you in a dozen different directions.

The Escape Route Challenge (10th-14th Nov): https://www.actboldtraining.com/escape-route-challenge

The Escape Route Free Workbook: https://www.actboldtraining.com/escape-route-playbook

Act Bold Training: https://www.actboldtraining.com/

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