Episode 168: Where to Start with Team Building: 4 Unique Strategies Summary: Whether you’re a coach at a school or teach in a studio setting, your dancers likely need to build a tight-knit team if they’re going to be successful this season. Traditionally, people think of connecting socially when they want dancers to be close, […]
Episode 161: The NEW Goal Setting Method that Sets You Up for Success Summary: One of the most accessible mental skills that makes a real impact on your growth as a dancer is goal setting, but I’ve seen goal setting fail when it’s not done well. While a method like SMART goals can be commonly
Episode 160: How Goal Setting Transforms your Performance on Stage Summary: Goal setting isn’t just about saying something you want to achieve, writing it on a sticky note, and then going for it. That’s why a lot of goal setting falls apart. We mean well and we set some big goal, and then somehow it
Episode 144: Why Setbacks in Your Goals are Good for You Summary: Do you ever look at another dance team you admire and think, “They must be so locked in. Every single practice they’re probably making progress and getting better every day”? I guarantee that a team you admired at that event didn’t just get
Episode 125: 8 Mistakes That Will Derail Your Dance Goals and Set You Back Summary: Welcome to part three of my goal-setting series! If this is the first time you’re tuning in, please feel free to back up a few episodes and start with part one of this goal-setting series. However, if you’re a loyal
Episode 124: Why Goal Setting Works and Why You Might Be Getting it Wrong Summary: In last week’s episode, we talked about the different types of goals and why dance competition goals can actually hurt your motivation. In today’s episode, I’m going to add some more info about why goal setting works and how it
Episode 123: If You Want to Win, Winning Can’t Be the Goal Summary: Good goal setting improves confidence, motivation, and your actual performance. To be completely real with you, most people get this wrong. I spend a lot of time helping dancers set goals over the summer, and I hear a lot of goals like,
Episode 119: How to Use Summer Reflection to Achieve Your Personal Vision Summary: Each year I set a word of intention rather than a New Year’s resolution, and I usually stop and do a deep reflection on my intention at the end of the year. Like most of us, I’m always learning and growing, and
Episode 94: My Dancers are Being Lazy and Wont Work Hard, What Do I Do? Summary: The word “intention” is becoming a bit of a buzzword. There are so many influencers and psychologists alike who talk about all of the benefits setting your intention can have on your life, but what about setting an intention
Episode 93: Why Setting Goals During Competition Season Can Be Harmful and What to Do Instead Summary: As a coach or a dancer, have you revisited the goals you set over the summer or at the beginning of your season? Have those big goals been on the forefront of your mind as you go to
Episode 92: I May Have Failed in 2022 but I’m Finding my Purpose in 2023 Summary: Do you set New Year’s resolutions or new goals this time of year, or are you like me and go through a reflection process to choose one word for the year that serves as a compass or a guide?
My One Word for 2022 and Why You Should Set One Too I don’t set New Year’s resolutions, even though I’m a big fan of goal setting. And there’s a good reason I don’t set one big goal for the year. Because in order to have effective goal setting all year, it’s important to have
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