Fearlessly Failing with Lola Berry

Los Angeles Actor Diary

The week that was in Los Angeles: 

OUR FIRST TIME VISITING SAG!

This has been a lovely week in Los Angeles! One of this weeks full of magic moments.

We went to our first ever screening at SAG! It was pretty special, we saw a screener of our mates feature film ahead of it being released. And the theatre at SAG is called the Meryl Streep Theatre. Then each chair has a different actors name on it, I was lu...

Fearlessly Failing Hot Seat with Matt Sofo

What’s it like to run a successful podcast for over 6 years? Find out as Lola rapid fires questions at her boyfriend and business partner Matt Sofo. They cover biggest lessons learned, favorite guests, key moments, hot tips for podcasters, hurdles they’ve faced, and advice for aspiring podcast hosts. Get the inside scoop from these podcasting pros.

2:30 - Biggest lesson learned...

Righto fam! Let's celebrate 6 years of Fearlessly Failing. Let's talk the highs and lows of having and creating a pod; including iconic guests and stories that resonated most with listeners. Lola also shares candid insights on the challenges of podcasting and what's worked well for their show.

Lola and Matt take us behind the scenes, revealing their approach to booking big-name guests, handling difficult interviews, and staying tru...

Los Angeles Actor Diary

Righto Fam!

I have a really exciting update for you… Something for the heath nerds and yogis!

But first things first, lets have a little wrap up of the week; I’ve been crook all week, fighting some kind of lurgy, so my days off have been spent in bed, eating copious amounts of chicken soup, handmade by the Bosso of course.

On the plus side, I’m slowly coming out of it, and the downtime has...

Fearlessly Failing Hot Seat with Joshua Curtis Friedman

What does it take to fearlessly chase your dreams? In this rapid-fire interview, Lola gets vulnerable with director, writer and executive producer Joshua Friedman on fearlessly failing, finding confidence, and living authentically.

Joshua shares his daily rituals, biggest inspirations, and advice for aspiring creatives who want to turn their passion into a career. Get ready to...

Saddle up for a thrilling adventure story straight from the golden sands of the Bahamas. Josh Friedman, writer, producer and director extraordinaire, takes us behind the scenes of his epic feature film debut The Queen's Jewels.

Josh reveals how a chance beach encounter sparked his imagination and inspired the movie's treasure hunting plot. We get the inside scoop on creating the original short film as a "proof of concept", and the ...

PODCASTING 101

How to PODCAST with Claire Rozario: 
Ever wondered about podcasting? or had an idea for a pod but not too sure where to start or what to do. Well my podcast manager Claire Rozario and I have your back. 

So strap yourselves in for podcasting 101! Here's some really cool things i learnt in this chat:

• the difference between branded content Vs independent content
• formatting
• genre
• podc...

Welcome Back to the Friday Diary for Los Angeles

Today I'm popping on my yogi hippie hat and talking to you about the Lion's Gate Portal: 

8:8 Lion’s Gate Manifestation portal

Righto, this is more of a hippie spiritual update but today is the Lion’s Gate Portal. It’s the 8:8 Manifestation portal.

Quick little update of the week that was here in La La Land; I auditioned for the role of a nun yesterday, it was ...

Welcome back pod fam!

This weeks Ep is out travel guide to Santa Barbara, Ynez Valley and Beyond.

Boss joins me as we cover some of our fave places we discovered on our recent adventure to Santa Ynez Valley! In this chat we talk about: 

• Santa Barbra (we had no idea that this was a cute College town) 
• Solvang (a Danish Christmas town)
• Los Olivos (our fave) 
• Calabasas (naturally, we had to try the Erewhon in Calab...

Welcome back to the LA Actor Diary!

I AM AN ACTOR

This week I saw my therapist and and this is the sentence he got me to write down; I am an Actor, and gave me homework; for one month I am to live this mantra, to fully embrace being an actor.

You see, self doubt creeps in more often then I’d like to admit, and during our therapy session this past week. Terry (my therapist) said; “There’s a part of you th...

Monty Franklin show notes 

Welcome back to the pod Monty Franklin; Aussie stand up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. Monty was a guest on the pod a couple of years ago, you can go back and listen to that ep if you feel like it, it’s episode #390 and in that chat we talk lots about the worth ethic needed to have success in the arts here in America. 

Today’s chat was about finding the balance and l...

Welcome back to the Friday LA Diary!

Los Angeles Actor Diary 

Self motivation. That’s the stuff that can get tricky if you’re having a down day or you’ve had a week of no auditions. And the truth is, that this week there’s been no auditions, but the podcast has been really exciting and busy here in LA so I’ve found that the pod is letting me throw myself creatively into prepping and researching up...

Meet entertainment journalist JMo or Jonathon Moran, he's one of Australia's leading entertainment journalists. He's honest, straight up and believes in sharing the truth. 
With over 20 years in the industry and a no-nonsense kind of wit about him, he's been the go-to person for film, TV and music stories over the years. 
JMo opens up about his mental health journey, he's got a podcast called Mental a...

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The week that was…

Righto cool things that happened this week:

I got an audition for a nurse, I’ve just submitted the tape, it’s for a commercial, I got to play a nurse for a little while, the script was heartwarming too, it’s between the nurse at a school helping a kiddo out.

As you probably know by now, I teach a fair bit of yoges here in LA but yesterday I got to teach at a n...