My last post touched on self esteem and how social media impacts on our own self esteem. I have worked with so many talented creative people, who run a mile when a camera lens is pointed in their general direction. Is it because they haven’t had their final make up and costume checks? No. It’s because they are deeply unhappy with how they look. Ok, this could be a deep routed issue from childhood? However the pressures of social media dictate that we all must look perfect and that we absolutely must get 1000’s of likes or we are a failure!

I sadly see this everyday with the young people that I teach. They are starting out on life, but feel that they are failures due to their social media accounts. This needs change. As well as saving the whales, the rain forests and the planet? How about saving our young people?