Emotional Health & Creative People

"There's no way I'm going to put my kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?" - Rosanna Arquette // Psychologist Mihaela Ivan Holtz notes "for you, the creative or the performer, knowing how to work with rejection is almost a career requirement!"

A number of actors and other performers talk about dealing with stage fright, or experiencing other kinds of anxiety and emotional health challenges.

“Fear of failing, fear of rejection, fear of being shamed… they are all normal fears that can interfere with your creativity when they are turned from normal into paralyzing fears, freezing instead of energizing your creativity.”