If I had a dollar for every time I thought a part was mine, I’d never have to pay for Starbucks again!

As an actor, it’s common to think a part is yours, only for it not to go your way.

Life as an actor has you putting your craft, your heart, your everything into auditioning for hundreds of roles. That’s means living on a steady diet of disappointment and rejection along with generous side dishes of self-doubt, frustration and often, loneliness.

Ready for the best part?

Just when you think you’ve eaten your last shit sandwich and feel confident that a part is yours, it’ll go to your friend instead. Now imagine it’s not just any role. It a career-changing life enhancing gig.

Sure, there are those Kelly Rowland’s of the world who are instantly happier for their Beyoncé like friends, but it’s possible to go green, see a little red and in severe cases start to feel like they took something from you. But light attracts light. ...

As a recovering jealousy addict, I can honestly say it is a destructive, distracting and dangerous emotional drug.

I call it an emotional drug because no one WANTS to be jealous.

We want to be happy for others. But jealousy doesn’t care how much you love the people in your life. It just wants to consume you from the inside out until there’s nothing recognisable about you left.

When we can no longer maintain self-control, when we can’t STOP our behaviour even when we recognise it’s a problem — THAT’S an addiction! And it never only affects the user.

We all have goals and dreams, and it's hard to see others getting and achieving the things we want too. It’s hard to watch dreams turn into nightmares. I know because I've been there: in the early days of my acting career, jealousy was my Gin. It would start with one negative thought, “they didn't deserve it” or “they were just lucky” —and before I knew it, I was passed...