Ballroom State of Mind
Episodes
39. Obstacles and Strategies
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Click here to book a free Dance Strategy Call Click here to find Joyful Ballroom Facebook Group The brain is so good at identifying problems. This is ...
38. Be the Boss of Your Comp
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Free Dance Strategy Call HERE Rather than go into your comp feeling nervous, defensive, and worried that something bad is going to happen, I recommend...
37. When You Are Feeling Jealous
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To feel jealous is human. But then what? Because feeling jealous can feel pretty terrible and sometimes it feels hard to let it go. In this episode, w...
36. 7 Areas of Mental Strength
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For a free Dance Strategy Call, go here. As I have worked with ballroom dance clients, themes have emerged. Today I share 7 areas that you can take a ...
35. When You Don't Reach Your Goals
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
amberhaider.com Goals have the power to either stress you out or motivate you. Some people avoid setting goals all together and some live for it. In t...
34. Be Willing to Be Bad
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So many of us don't want to look bad. It makes sense. None of us want to feel embarrassed or look silly. We don't want people to judge us or think les...
33. Getting Over Mistakes
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Joyful Ballroom HERE One of the most common things I hear from clients is, "I just don't want to make a mistake," or "I don't want to f*** up," o...
32. Self Doubt and Self Belief
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Self doubt and self belief cannot occupy your mind and the same time. Where self doubt can come on as a reaction to what has happened, and then ...
31. Clean and Dirty Pain
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Book a Dance Strategy Call here. Join Joyful Ballroom here. Pain is inevitable in life. We keep trying to avoid it but it doesn't work. In this ...
30. Things We All Go Through
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It helps to know you aren't alone. In this episode, I reveal many of the things that have come up in dance strategy calls and sessions with clients.&n...
29. The Whip and the Carrot
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To book a Dance Strategy Call, go here. To watch a training video: The 2 step Process to Start Competing Better, go here. When we want to motivate our...
28. Your Two Brains
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The key to managing your mind might just be found in this concept: you kind of have two brains. You have a primitive lower brain that is respons...
27. Your Future Self
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you become a different version of yourself? How do you actually change? This episode is the third in a series about that very subject. In episo...
26. The Reality of Talent
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There will always be people who are better than you. They are more talented, they learn faster, they seemingly succeed more than you and everybody els...
25. Interrupt Yourself
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To learn more about how to get more help, click here The greatest tool in your arsenal for personal change is "the pause." When you interrupt an old p...
24. How to Hack Yourself--The Model
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To learn more about how to work together privately, click here. To hack yourself and become the person that you want to become, you need to do three t...
23. Mindset Basics: You are the Creator of your Experience
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first in a series of mindset basics that apply to everyone. The first concept/tool I want to offer is that what you think isn't true. We a...
22. You are Exceptional
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to just speak some truth into you. So many dancers get so hard on themselves and start to forget just how amazing they are. So in this episo...
21. What to do with Interference
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this follow up podcast episode to #16 Interference, we discuss what to do about the interference you experience in your dancing. In episode 1...
20. Do It Before You're Ready
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When a competition is approaching, my friends will ask me, "Are you excited for your next competition?" And while I am usually excited, it is mixed wi...
19. What you're really scared of
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are lots of things to fear in the ballroom world. Some things my clients offer up in sessions are: forgetting choreography, losing timing, messi...
18. Uncontested Rounds
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You might be tempted to think of uncontested rounds as a waste. You might think they don't count and that the first place win isn't real. I want to pu...
17. 3 Mental Skills for Competition
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we share 3 mental skills you can develop to be more resilient and mentally strong at competitions. 1. Attentional Control-- You are r...
16. Interference
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If all you needed was talent and training to execute your highest performance, we would all be wildly successful. But something is getting in the way....
15. What Goes Up Must Come Down
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you are headed home from a ballroom competition and everything went pretty well, and yet you feel down, I have some ideas about what might be hap...
14. The Dance Crush
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A dance crush is a real thing. There are many reasons this can happen and for the most part it is harmless and doesn't have to be a problem. In t...
13. Ways you Increase Anxiety
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
12. The Power of Starting
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes getting started and simply taking action is the best way to get unstuck. Seems like a no brainer but it can be hard to overcome the part of ...
11. Feeling Behind
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling behind is a normal and common feeling for dancers. Unfortunately for most of us, it isn't useful. When we feel like we are behind, we tend to ...
10. Decision Making
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Making decisions is a powerful skill you need to change your life in short order. It's the quickest way to get unstuck. In this episode, we talk about...
9. Pre-comp Self Coaching
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An unsupervised brain will cause lots of problems for you if you don't tell it what to do. So before every ballroom competition, it's wise to get your...
8. Don't Make your Goals Harder
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm all about setting goals and trying to achieve them. But for some reason, when I start on a new goal, sometimes I set rules around it that make it ...
7. Comparison
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comparison is the thief of joy. Whenever we compare ourselves to another person, have you noticed that you rarely come out on top? When you decide you...
6. 3 step evaluations after competition
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are many ways to evaluate after a competition, but here is a simple 3 step, easy to remember way to evaluate. Evaluation is key to getting bette...
5. The Horses in your Head: Mental and Emotional Regulation
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you are the driver of a chariot pulled by 4 horses. If you do not train those horses, and if you don't pick up the reins and guide them, you w...
4. Practice Part 2
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you don't like practice, you won't want to do it; it's that simple. This episode offers three ways we make practice undesirable and how to approach...
3. When you aren't practicing
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Practicing dance can feel so hard sometimes. We know how important practicing is to ballroom and technique development, but when our growth slows down...
2. Stages of Development
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You can expect your dance journey to go through the following stages: 1. Rapid Growth--new, fun, low pressure, focused on improvement and learning 2. ...
1. Your "Why" and Zooming Out
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's important to know your "why" for dancing and return to it often. When the going gets tough in your dance journey, zoom out, get perspective and r...