Episode 102: 3 Tools to Increase a Dancer’s Resilience Summary: This episode is part two of the Positive Coaching Framework Series where we’ll discuss how to be a dance coach who truly makes a lasting positive impact on your dancers. If you’ve been teaching for a while, you might agree with me that today’s dancers …
Episode 100: Small Moments and the Important People You Share Them With Summary: Welcome to the 100th episode of the Passion for Dance podcast! In honor of the 100th episode, I wanted to do something special. My passion has become a passion for so many of you who are listening, so thank you for continuing …
How Focused Mental Skills Can Support You After Injury Dealing with an injury can be devastating to a dancer. And it’s not just the physical pain, but the mental load that we deal with during recovery is substantial. As dance educators, many of us have been through this ourselves, or we’ve had our students struggle …
From World Renowned Dancers to Children’s Book Authors TAs you may know, one of the main themes of this show is resilience. I love talking with successful and talented dancers about their own resilience journey and to hear what they can teach us about perseverance and following your dreams. As for today’s guests specifically, they …
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Without Hurting Your Dancers? In this episode, I talk about the need for a little tough love in coaching. I’m not telling you to be mean and rude, but there is a time and place when it is our job to challenge our dancers. It’s a common misconception that positive coaching means going easy on …
The Upside of a Dancer’s Stress Stress is something we all deal with, but today I want to share something with you that you might not have heard before… science has actually taught us that stress can be good for us! I know that sounds crazy but stick with me for this episode and I’ll …
Why Do I Always Focus on the Negative Side of Things? Why do we take a good performance for granted and seem to spend way too much time thinking about mistakes and performances we regret? Why do we naturally tend to focus on the bad side of things? Well, in this episode I share how …
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