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Podcast: Ballroom State of Mind
Episode: 13. Ways you Increase Anxiety
Description: Anxiety is a common topic as I coach ballroom dancers, but also in society as a whole. In this episode, I bring up 6 ways we inadvertently increase anxiety in the dance world, along with a remedy for each one.Â
1. Having anxiety about your anxiety
This introduces a fight or flight response and doubles your anxiety. Making anxiety a problem and focusing upon it also distracts you from your task at hand--dancing. To overcome this, REFRAME anxiety so that it isn't a problem. It's normal and expected in this situation. Expand your vocabulary to include other w...