204 Episodes

  1. 141. How Dance Teachers Can Find Harmony by Ignoring Work-Life Balance

    Published: 12/21/2023

  2. 140. A Message to Dancers Who are Afraid of Failure

    Published: 12/14/2023

  3. 139. Breaking the Chains of Fear: Empowering Dancers To Get Past a Fear of Failure

    Published: 12/7/2023

  4. 138. Leadership Challenges in Dance Teams: Navigating Lazy, Unmotivated, or Rule-Breaking Leaders

    Published: 11/30/2023

  5. 137. Hardworking Dancers Have Teachers Who Do These 3 Things

    Published: 11/23/2023

  6. 136. The Quick Solution to Prevent Dancers from Choking on Stage

    Published: 11/16/2023

  7. 135. How Authentic Values Help You Make Hard Decisions

    Published: 11/9/2023

  8. 134. The 3 Things In Your Control if You Want to Be Successful

    Published: 11/2/2023

  9. 133. How Dance Teachers Can Turn Comparison into Inspiration

    Published: 10/26/2023

  10. 132. How to Use Your Habit Brain to Reduce the Chances of Devastating Mistakes

    Published: 10/19/2023

  11. 131. The FIRST Mental Skill Your Dancers Need to Learn and Probably Never Did

    Published: 10/12/2023

  12. 130. Mental Skills of Auditioning and Performing in NYC with Courtney Ortiz

    Published: 10/5/2023

  13. 129. How to Break into the Confidence Cycle

    Published: 9/28/2023

  14. 128. My Top Lesson from Hamilton: Plant the Seeds of Your Legacy

    Published: 9/21/2023

  15. 127. Good Dancers Believe in Their Ability to Learn, Not Just Get it Right

    Published: 9/14/2023

  16. 126. The Mental Strength to Return to Dance with Miller Daurey

    Published: 9/7/2023

  17. 125. 8 Mistakes that Will Derail Your Dance Goals and Set You Back

    Published: 8/31/2023

  18. 124. Why Goal Setting Works and Why You Might Be Getting it Wrong

    Published: 8/24/2023

  19. 123. If You Want to Win, Winning Can't Be the Goal

    Published: 8/17/2023

  20. 122. Do Your Dancers have GRIT?

    Published: 8/10/2023

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