Why It’s Important to Remind Ourselves of a Different Way of Being

I have magic silverware in my house.

No, really.

Not the kind that floats or sparkles, but the kind that unlocks something emotional—something human.

Every time I reach into the drawer, there’s a moment.

I touch a fork, and suddenly I’m 10 years old again, sitting at the kitchen table talking to my mom, eating  waffles with a load of syrup on them on a Sunday morning.

A spoon reminds me of stirring mini marshmallows in hot cocoa on a wintry day.

To anyone else, it’s just silverware.

To me, it’s a time machine. A trigger. A feeling.

It’s not the object—it’s the meaning I assign to it.

That meaning stirs emotion.

And that emotion impacts how I show up in the world

Have you ever looked back on a conversation and thought, “Wait… why did I say that?”

Or caught yourself stuck in the same reaction pattern for the hundredth time and wondered, “Do I even know what I’m doing right now?”

That moment—the one where you suddenly see yourself mid-scene—is called awareness.

But here’s the truth: awareness isn’t a magical light switch.

It’s a skill.

And like any skill worth having, it can be rehearsed.

Because acting skills make

amazing people skills.

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Let’s face it—social-emotional learning (SEL) sounds like something cooked up in an academic think tank.

But at Acting Out of Character, we bring SEL out of the textbooks and into real life—using acting techniques to help people actually feel the skills they’re supposed to learn.

SEL isn’t just for classrooms or counseling—it’s the foundation for how we connect, cope, and carry ourselves. And younger adults (ages 16–30) need it now more than ever, especially in a world that demands emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and adaptability... but rarely teaches how to get there.

Here’s how Acting Out of Character workshops and exercises deliver real, embodied SEL growth—one scene at a time.

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