More Than Dance

This episode is all about picking one thing and how that single shift can completely change your experience in class. Overwhelm feels like you’re trying to fix too many things at once. I talk about how I approach class the same way I approach my word of the year: one focus creates clarity. It can be fun to think about dance like a science lab. We experiment, we repeat, we observe, and we learn. Wh...

In this episode, I break down the three sneaky things that pull you out of the moment in dance: expectations, judgment, and comparison. We talk about them separately and how they feed each other in one big mental loop. ✨ Expectations: Walking into class expecting a breakthrough every single time. Expecting to “get it” immediately. Expecting to feel amazing. And when that doesn’t happen? The spira...

In this episode, I talk about two very different ways people approach learning. I love using the imagery of a giant pool: Do you walk down the stairs slowly, letting yourself adjust? Or do you dive headfirst and get it all over with? Some of us are coddlers. We like structure, validation, reassurance, and time. We want to feel ready before we fully immerse ourselves. Some of us are divers. We jump...

This episode is about what happens when you overthink something so much that you don’t do it at all and how to break that pattern once and for all. I share one of my favorite phrases: Get the F there.  Thinking isn’t the problem, thinking instead of doing is. I talk about my gym story and how I’m building consistency by doing exercises I’d normally overthink, trusting that I’ll adapt and figure it...

This episode is all about the power of “yes, and” and asking yourself one simple question: Are you saying yes enough in your life? I talk about how so many opportunities pass us by because we’re closed, tired, overwhelmed, guarded, or stuck in our ego. We say “I wish I could” instead of “yes, and how could I?” We explore “yes, and” through dance, improv, contact improv, and real life  where moveme...

This episode is about presence, perfection, and learning how to actually enjoy your life while you’re living it. I share a story from a really epic night where performance team was part of something amazing. The execution was incredible, everything flowed, and the event itself was unreal. I was so focused on analyzing it, critiquing it, and thinking about how everything could be “better,” that I d...

Feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re behind. It usually means you care, you’re thinking ahead, and you’re holding too much in your head at once. In this episode, I talk honestly about what’s been overwhelming me lately and why overwhelm often shows up when we’re future-focused, growing, and trying to become something new. I break down how our brains pile everything together, what needs to happe...

There’s a phase of growth that feels uncomfortable enough to make you question everything, and most people quit here because they don’t understand what’s happening. Dance teaches this perfectly When something is being rebuilt, it looks chaotic in the middle. Foundations crack. Pieces are removed. The space becomes unusable for a moment. And if you don’t know that this is part of the process, you’l...

In this episode, we talk about stage presence, what it actually is, why it matters, and how to build more of it. I start with a moment I’ll never forget: watching a dancer perform like she did not want to be there. She did not know the skills of stage presence and it showed. There are times when endurance is the thing you need to train. And then there are times when presence is the missing piece....

In this episode, I talk about the one skill that will instantly make you a better performer, whether you’re dancing, speaking, or showing up in any room where eyes are on you. I introduce the idea of anchoring to an audience member. I share stories from performing on stage, including how easy it is to get so dialed into your performance that you lose awareness of what’s happening around you, and h...

This episode is all about how dance makes you a better decision-maker, and ultimately, a better person. I break down six ways dance trains your brain and nervous system to move through life with more clarity, confidence, and trust, even when you don’t have all the answers. We start with instinct. Dance teaches you how to trust yourself, to mess up, go for it, and commit fully. You learn to rely on...

This episode is about learning how to love something on purpose as opposed to the way we think we should love something: instantly As a dancer, I’ve always learned how to love music. If it doesn’t hit immediately, I don’t write it off. I already know I want to love it, and that changes how I listen.  I can’t tell you how many times we finish a song in class and someone says, “I didn’t like this at...

This episode is about knowing yourself well enough to build a life that actually feels good to live in using an activity called the Wheel of Life (or life pie) and why you are never just one thing even when you accidentally live like you are. We talk about how it’s easy to base your worth on one slice of the pie (work, fitness, dance, productivity), without realizing how much the other slices are...

This episode is for you if you’ve tried journaling and found it intimidating or hard to keep up with… If you don't currently have a journal practice.. If you love making lists… Or if you wish to have some moments of reflection at the end of the year.  In this episode, I completely rewrite what journaling gets to look like. I share my own journaling journey and how it never looked like the per...

This episode is all about choosing a Word of the Year (WOTY), a practice I have done for 7 years and why it can be even more powerful than setting a long list of goals. I walk you through how a WOTY has helped me stay centered when goals feel overwhelming, and why a word gives you something to come back to every day. Goals can feel scattered. A word brings focus. I share the story of how the word...

This episode is a reminder to slow down and remember what a gift dance really is. We talk about gifts in all forms the obvious ones, the unexpected ones, and the quiet ones we forget to name. The gift of being able to move. The gift of returning to dance. The gift of music. The gift of your body showing up for you today. And the deeper idea that you are the gift, whether or not you fully believe t...

In this episode, we talk about how reflection becomes a tool for self-trust instead of self-judgment. I walk you through how to reflect in a way that makes you your own biggest cheerleader. I share how to write thoughts down without judgment, how to process what comes up in a way that feels supportive. You’ll hear some of my own reflections as examples, plus flexible end-of-year questions you can...

In this episode, I teach you my favorite strategies for setting goals and staying on track for the year. I briefly go over how I do my reflection at the end of the year, choose my word of the year, how I break up my year into quarters (90 day sprints), and  how I achieve gigantic goals with this small trick and shift.  When review goals and how to differentiate between a goal that you want, and a...

This episode is about creating a ritual around the thing you say you want to do... in this case, dance. When you don’t do it, the only person you’re really screwing over… is you. I talk about how ritual turns discipline into something that actually feels good. The makeup you do before class, the stretch that signals “we’re doing this.” The playlist, the snack, the little pre-dance routine that mak...

This episode is all about shifting out of the “I’m starting over” story and into the truth: you are not starting over, you are simply continuing. I talk about one of my dancers who’s getting back into class after an injury. From the outside, she’s doing everything right. Internally, though she hears a whole messy conversation telling her she’s “behind,” “not like she used to be,” “wasting time,” a...

This episode is about the skill nobody talks about when it comes to consistency: learning how to toggle your intensity level. Most people think consistency means going hard, full-out, all the time… and then they wonder why they burn out and disappear for weeks. In this episode, I break down how I teach my dancers (and myself) to stay consistent without destroying your nervous system or your joy. N...

Think of this episode as the follow-up to Episode 34, Why the Costume Matters, but this time we’re getting practical, playful, and a little rissky. In this episode, I walk you through exactly how I build my dance outfits: how I search for pieces, why textures and layers matter, how to balance comfort with confidence, and how to pick outfits that actually support your movement. We talk backups (and...

December has this way of pulling us into giving, doing, hosting, wrapping, organizing, running around… and suddenly the things that make us feel alive get pushed to the bottom of the list. We tell ourselves, “I’ll get back to it in January,” when really we are setting ourselves up for a big disappointment when we do get back to what makes us us.  This episode is a big reminder that dance isn’t som...

The weirdest thing that ever happened in my 8 years of DJing happened during a wedding and I was shook. If you're anything like me, you beat yourself up when things don't go according to plan .. and this night, the plan was not this.  It was a moment of pure curiosity.  I see this come up the most in dance when people make mistakes. We know its not right, we beat ourselves up, we wonder...

This is the first episode where I talk about dance the least but this is the most "More than Dance" episode because dance and my studio are the reasons why I was lead to my Joshy! This episode is all about my story with Josh and the era I call my bomb-ass-b*tch era  I was "doing me,”  I talk about how I got really honest with myself about what I actually wanted and how that pushed m...