Exclusive interview by Michelle Tomlinson with booking coach Amy Lyndon, author of The Lyndon Technique: The 15 Guideline Map To Booking. "I love that I can share current information with my students about different casting and on set experiences that I have while out in the field."

Even if you are an experienced actor or other performer, you may still experience stage fright or insecurity. But there are effective ways to deal with anxiety so you can work with more power and creative satisfaction.

Many talented and creative people report feeling incompetent, inadequate and having low self esteem at times. But there are ways to shift those feelings and build self confidence.

Self-centered, vain, conceited, egocentric - these are some of the variations on the idea of being narcissistic. We need a healthy degree of positive self-regard, of course, but when it becomes distorted, it is considered narcissism.

Many talented people, including actors, sometimes have insecurities and impostor feelings, a sense that they are a fraud, not really talented and will be "found out." But feelings like those can be shifted toward self confidence.

Finding meaning in creative work is deeply important for actors and other artists. Conscious choices to make their work - and their life away from work - mean something can fuel an artist's creative expression and power.

Many artists, including actors, are highly sensitive and use this trait to be creative. But it can also lead to being emotionally overwhelmed, if you don't take care of yourself.

Everyone has some sensitivity to inner experiences and emotions, to the moods of others, and to many other sensations. But highly sensitive people have unusually strong awareness and reactions. Artists, including actors, are often highly sensitive and use this personality trait to be more creative and effective.

In the film "Towelhead," Summer Bishil plays 13-year-old Jasira, a Lebanese-American girl navigating through her adolescence, including challenges with identity, sexual awakening and self-esteem.

Summer Bishil stars in “Towelhead,” about a Lebanese American girl’s coming of age in Texas during the first Iraq war. "To Bishil it was a relief to find a part that not only suited her ethnically but actually resonated with her. Still, she found one particularly violent scene was upsetting. Afterward, she remembers going back to her dressing room and “having a little emotional tantrum and crying. And being very sad. I was really tired too... I didn’t realize the toll it took on me, until now.”