Actor: Jess Redmayne – How Loss Gives You Permission to Stop Performing

Jess Redmayne has spent her life performing — on stage, on screen, and in the quiet spaces where no one's watching. But behind the roles is a woman who lost her mother to younger-onset dementia at 21, navigated grief while keeping up with the world, and has spent her thirties slowly unlearning the need to be anything other than herself. In this conversation, Bevan and Jess go deep on: Why your thirties might be the most freeing decade of your life The slow grief of watching someone disappear before they die Dopamine, shopping bans, and the psychology of feeling seen What dementia actually is — and why it's now Australia's leading cause of death Learning to name your emotions before they name you The finger trick that got Jess through filming three days after her mum's funeral This one moves. From authenticity to anxiety, from loss to legacy — it's a conversation about what it means to actually live in the space between who you were and who you're becoming.   Bevan's offerings: www.theembodiedmind.com.au