Fearlessly Failing with Lola Berry

On Location: Exploring Los Angeles Like a Film Buff 🍿🌴Ever wanted to step directly into your favorite movie or TV show? Today, we’re taking you on an epic tour of Los Angeles—the ultimate open-air film set! From iconic studio backlots to famous real-life filming locations, historic movie palaces, and how to score 100% FREE tickets to sit in a live studio audience at Jimmy Kimmel Live!, this is your complete guide to experiencing Hollywood magic in real life.Grab your notebook (and your popcorn) and let's explore LA!Big LoveLola x

The week that was in La La Land:auditionsbuying prop cigarettes for an audition guide dog school updates Summer LA hikes Big LoveLola x

Purpose, Panic & Creative Pivotsthis chat is about celebrating changing your goals knowing that you can outgrow your purpose and goals trusting you're on the right path and backing yourselfI hope you love it! Let me know what you'd like the next solo episode to be aboutBig LoveLola x

Righto - this week form LA:Randomly did a seggie on Jimmy Kimmel yesterday! All happened by lucky chance!Guide dog pup training, we have a teenage now, Lennon has grown so much!In fact, you'll get some puppy asmr! That 70's audition, haven't heard back yet but trusting the process.Have a new hooby - drawing, and i'm making them Western themed drawings.I also did an oracle card pull and Matt pulled you a lucky card too. Big LoveLola x

We hit 900 eps! WILD!!Thank you for making it happen!!Big LoveLola x

WOOOHOOOO!!!We made it to 900 episodes!! Matt jumped on the pod to talk all things 900 eps and almost 7 years of Fearlessly Failing!!Thank you listener for making this pod possible!Big LoveLola x

Righto, this week’s been a goodie. I had a really fun audition that was set in the 70’s and called for a New York accent. I was lucky, I had a week to work on this script (usually you get a day or 2), so I worked with my dialect coach to get some help with the NY accent. Building the set and costume was so much fun! I didn’t realise that a lot of my wardrobe can transform into 70’s boho pretty easily. I even wore my Grandpa’s watch from 1971 and my Nan’s jewellery to really get into the era. My Nan’s ring especially felt like it suited this character (I posted a couple of pics onto my Substack feed of the look and vibe I went for).Here’s the truth though, over the past month. I’ve put up a handful of auditions I truly thought I’d be a good fit for. I’ve given them my all, and sent them off into casting ether. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but if you dont get the gig, you dont get feedback, you dont even get a “No” you just get silence, nothing, an air sandwich. So this week I really grappled with self doubt before I sent this audition off. I had a big old cry in my therapy session and I learnt that most of my fears are total bullshit. But even as I hit send yesterday, I still felt like a failure, I still doubted myself, even though I know I gave it everything. I have no idea if that feeling ever leaves you as an artist, but one thing I do know about myself is that, even with bucket loads of doubt, I still submitted the tape, so to me, that’s a win. Moving forward, despite the fear.So maybe as creatives that’s all we need to do, feel the fear and do it anyway…Big LoveLola xp.s i also did an oracle card reading for you at the very end of this diary ep! Hope it resonates with you, there's some goodies in there!

108 DAYS - why its a biggieI've almost hit 108 days of meditation and my naturopath Jad reminded me that its a spiritually significant number.. here's a couple of reasons why: In yoga, 108 is a sacred number that represents wholeness, transformation, and our connection to the universe. Its meaning has been woven through centuries of spiritual tradition, reminding us that every breath, movement, and intention is part of something greater.A traditional mala holds 108 beads, guiding mantra meditation one prayer at a time, and many yogis honor life's transitions by practicing 108 Sun Salutations—a moving meditation that invites release, renewal, and presence.There is also a beautiful cosmic connection: the average distance from Earth to the Sun is about 108 times the Sun's diameter, and the average distance from Earth to the Moon is about 108 times the Moon's diameter. While these are approximate relationships, they have long inspired the idea that the same patterns found in the heavens are reflected within us.Whether you see 108 as sacred geometry, ancient wisdom, or a symbolic reminder of our place in the cosmos, it invites us to return to ourselves—again and again—with intention, devotion, and an open heart.So if this resonates with you, how about you set the goal of a micro habit for 108 days consecutively? Let me know how you go! Big LoveLola

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