[podcast] 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]

[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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Find Tawny on her: 

• personal accounts

  • website, 

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

• Death is Hilarious (previously known as The Dirty Bits) podcast

  • Patreon page - support the podcast & get extra content!

  • website

  • Instagram of the former Dirty Bits podcast

• Tawny Voice

  • Facebook page 

  • Instagram

  • Twitter

• 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

  1. 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!’" 

• Ira Glass’s insightful quote about The Gap that creatives experience in their early years between their taste/ambitions/ideas and their skills 

• Nick Howell of Orbital Jigsaw podcast network, the network that Dirty Bits used to be on

• BizChix business podcast

• Unreal show

• Hannah of Film Roast

• Lori of Zencastr for helping me fix some audio issues

  • Note: Zencastr is a great way to record podcasts long distance

• Generalists: people who learn about a lot of things at less detail than specialists, e.g. many science or history communicators

  • Masha used to be heavily involved in science communication  

In this 2-part interview, we talk about how Diet Culture shapes the our relationships with food and movement. In case you or someone you know needs it, here is some possibly helpful information: 

• Eating Disorder Hotline Listings

• International Eating Disorder Resources

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder

• Body Liberation

Tawny’s dog Babbs says hi:

Masha's cat Courage the Confidence Cat also says hi:

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