All Episodes
Ballroom State of Mind — 143 episodes
142. The Long Game is Mastery
141. The Judge and the Scientist
140. Staying Motivated Without Competition
Podcast and Coaching Update
139. Teacher Transitions- The Year of the Snake
138. Three Pockets of Growth
137. Grit Gets it Done--OSB 2025
136. Dance Wellness Update with Christine Bar Noel
135. Train Your Focus
134. Respect Your Talent
133. Frustration Tolerance
132. Why You Shouldn't Listen to Me
131. Vulnerability Hangover
130. "Yeah, but..."
Ep 129. It's Not That Deep
128. Problem Avoiding vs Problem Solving
127. Advice for Newer Dancers
126. Motivation Killers
125. Self Trust
124. Be Patient
123. The Life Cycle of Relationships
122. Time to be Discouraged
121. Limbo and Locking In
120. Limiting Beliefs- Part 2
119. Limiting Beliefs Part 1
118. When Dancing Feels Expensive
117. Student-Teacher Communication with Mary Pinizzotto
116. Feeling Like You Belong
115. The Fear of Being Seen
114. Inner Work and Outer Work
113. Scaling Your Mountain / Comparison
112. Self-Criticism to Self-Coaching
111. Optimism
110. Life Skills: Boundaries
109. The Shooter's Mentality
108. Embarrassment
107. Unpacking Vol State
106. Get the Last Word
105. Glitches
104. Just Play With It
103. Life Skills: Resistance
102. Training Mindset vs. Performance Mindset
101. What To Do With Setbacks
100. Gameday
99. Disappointment
98. Your Backseat Driver
97. Effort Shock
96. Why You Might Always Feel Behind
95. All or Nothing Thinking
94. Life Skills: The 50/50
93. Contingency Plans
92. Mental Rehearsal
91. Politics
90. Word Switches
89. Holding Yourself Back
88. Life Skills: Emotional Adulthood
87. 4 Steps to Emotional Regulation
86. When You Just Don't Dance Well
85. Are You a Good Dancer?
84. Build Your Confidence Bank
83. Plateaus Are Not a Problem
82. Dressing Your Alter Ego with Irene Wong
81. This Isn't About Dancing At All
80. You Are Not Backsliding
79. Arrogance, Confidence and Humility
78. Narrowing Your Focus
77. What is Relevant to Your Dancing
76. Stop Wishing Away your Nerves
75. Partnerless
74. Are You Coachable?
73. Why Are We Doing This Again?
72. Hook Up Your Future Self
71. Your Relationship with your Body
70. How Snorkeling is Just Like Dancing
69. Breaking up a Partnership
68. Burnout
67. How to Stop Overthinking so You Can Actually Dance
66. We Can Do Hard Things
65. Don't Fear your Feelings
64. Shifting into New Gears
63. What You Make Results Mean
62. Coping with an Injury
61. Insecurity
60. Why Compete if You Don't Win?
59. Are You a Player or a Victim?
58. Watching Yourself on Video
57: How to Stop Being So Negative
56. What I Love about Small Competitions
55. Self One and Self Two
54. The River of Misery
53. Overcoming Perfectionism
52. Dance Chat with Forrest Vance
51. The Dark Side of Perfectionism
50. Cheating on Yourself with Your Own Potential
49. The Ways We Train
48. Your Alter Ego
47. Confidence
46. Dealing with Your Emotions
45. When you Get Tough Feedback
44. Subtractive Thinking
43. Learn to Love the Process
42. 4 Stages of Mastery
41. Powerful Self-talk
40. Task vs Ego
39. Obstacles and Strategies
38. Be the Boss of Your Comp
37. When You Are Feeling Jealous
36. 7 Areas of Mental Strength
35. When You Don't Reach Your Goals
34. Be Willing to Be Bad
33. Getting Over Mistakes
32. Self Doubt and Self Belief
31. Clean and Dirty Pain
30. Things We All Go Through
29. The Whip and the Carrot
28. Your Two Brains
27. Your Future Self
26. The Reality of Talent
25. Interrupt Yourself
24. How to Hack Yourself--The Model
23. Mindset Basics: You are the Creator of your Experience
22. You are Exceptional
21. What to do with Interference
20. Do It Before You're Ready
19. What you're really scared of
18. Uncontested Rounds
17. 3 Mental Skills for Competition
16. Interference
15. What Goes Up Must Come Down
14. The Dance Crush
13. Ways you Increase Anxiety
12. The Power of Starting
11. Feeling Behind
10. Decision Making
9. Pre-comp Self Coaching
8. Don't Make your Goals Harder
7. Comparison
6. 3 step evaluations after competition
5. The Horses in your Head: Mental and Emotional Regulation
4. Practice Part 2
3. When you aren't practicing
2. Stages of Development
1. Your "Why" and Zooming Out