A Dancer's Mindset

Hello Everyone,  Тоday I'm going to be talking about how to overcome audition anxiety by changing your perspective by thinking you are auditioning them! Listen to my suggestions and I hope it helps you on your journey to the dance career you want.  Please leave a rate and review  Enjoy! Isabella xo

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to another episode! Today I will share how it's so crucial not to listen to hurtful comments that are said to you by maybe a teacher at some point in your life. This podcast is not just for the dancers out there but also the parents. Sometimes a teacher might say your child isn't going to make it.  How do we deal with that? Should we listen to them? I share my tho...

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to a dancers mindset! Today we are going to be talking about what it's like feeling insecure about being different.  I was very insecure about my height for a while, until I decided to embrace it. I will share comments that were made to me that were quite damaging along with how I needed up owning my difference and surrounded myself with the right people.  Pl...

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to another Episode of a dancers mindset.  Today, I will be sharing with you how I learned to fuel myself like an athlete and what a difference it made! it might surprise you just how much I ate as a student. Despite being super slim, I was feeling myself like a horse! Please rate and review! it really helps :-) Enjoy!

Hello Everyone!  Today we will be discussing strict teachers! They can be tough right!  Where's the line between pushing me to my limits to just bullying me?  Teachers should build you up, not crush you down. Let's discuss. Enjoy!  Please leave a rate and review xox

Hey Guys!  Today we are going to be talking about deliberate practice! I've been really excited about sharing this one with you. As you all know I adore practicing and think every dancer should do it. Are you practicing in the smartest way? Let's see how you can do that! Below is the link to the book I mentioned In the podcast  Enjoy! https://www.amazon.com/PEAK-Anders-Pool-Robert-Ericss...

Hey guys!  Welcome back to another episode of a dancers mindset with myself isabella. Today we are going to be talking about a real thing. The things which makes you feel like you can’t breathe, the thing that makes you forget what you’re supposed to be doing, the thing that makes you doubt yourself and the thing that makes you think you’re worth nothing and that you should just stay home and...

Hello everyone,  Today we will be talking with one of my favourite people Alexandra McMaster. Alex, after having a great career in the ballet industry has made the brave decision to do something else with her life now and I couldn't be happier for her. Doing something different takes guts and determination and this girl has it all. This episode is all about what it's like making a change, how...

Hello Everyone,  Today on a dancers mindset I'll be talking you through some of the major injuries I had and had to recover from. Тhis took a lot of mental and physical strength from me and it's something I am proud of myself for overcoming. Here I will talk about what mental attitude helped me the most and strategies that worked best for me to keep my head above water and come back stronger!...

Hello Everyone! Thank you for joining me for another episode. Today we will be discussing strategies on how to stop people pleasing and where this pattern of behaviour even stems from because it often comes from childhood and is learned. Ballet is particularly something which invited wanting to people please as we are constantly trying to please our teachers and parents maybe. Here we discuss it a...

Hello Everyone! today we will be talking about how to set intentions for yourself which will keep you accountable and catapult you into doing things to help you succeed!  Please follow the podcast, leave a rate and review in order to help this podcast grow. I appreciate you all! xo 

Hi Everyone!  In this episode I will cover why we have to stop always waiting for that moment for everything to fall apart! stop attracting that. What happens if it all goes right? if it all went our way?! Let's discuss.  I appreciate you all and hope you're having an incredible day  If you're new here, please subscribe to the podcast so you never miss another episode and leave a ra...

In this episode, I will be sharing the amazing productivity tool that is the law of 100 and what we can do to be consistent and to keep the momentum going For the next few episodes I will be giving you tools that will give you a kickstart in motivation for the New Year ahead! Enjoy! Please share the episode and subscribe!

Hey Everyone!  Thank you so much for all the support listening to my podcasts!  Today we are going to be talking about how to keep motivation high, why it's normal to feel low sometimes and like you just don't want to continue .I will share tips you can do to help you keep it up. Mindset shifts as well as positive mantras and self talk are just some of the things we can do.  Enjoy a...

Hey guys welcome back to a dancers mindset with myself isabella, as ever, thank you so much for the support and love surrounding the bwi community and this podcast. Today we are going to be talking about how to improve our body image I get alot of messages from you guys saying you worry about your weight, worry about putting on weight, worry you aren’t skinny enough, or as skinny as someone else a...

Hello Everyone!  I am excited about this episode as I am answering a much asked question of how did I get into the Vaganova? It's not such a simple story of sending a video so I will share all here and I hope you enjoy! 

Hey Guys! In this episode, I will be sharing with you the importance of having that special coach/mentor guiding you through your journey to greatness. We all need some who gives us undivided attention and exclusive corrections as well as someone who builds us up in confidence. Do you have that person? If not here's my advice of who to look for and my experience with my most favourite coach Irina...

Hello Everyone, In todays episode we have a very special guest! Soraya Schulthess who is a very close friend of mine and studied with me at The Vaganova Ballet Academy. She is a very special person as she's one of the only people I know to have experienced BOTH Vaganova and Bolshoi! I thought while she's here with me in London, what a perfect opportunity for us to sit down and hear about some of t...

Hello Everyone! Welcome back! In this episode, I will be discussing perfectionism and how it's not really helpful for you in the long run! it can cause anxiety, self doubt, stress and giving up prematurely. I will share a lot of research I discovered on the subject and how changing our mindset of how we train and think and react can help us reach our fullest potential! Enjoy and I appreciate you a...

Hello Everyone!  In this episode I will be talking about something very important namely, how to combat comparing yourself to other people. It's something we all do and it's something we all need to overcome. You need to realise how amazing you are as a person and you are your own unique self who has so much to offer the world! In this podcast I will be taking you through many ways to combat...

Oh my goodness it's happening! I have started a podcast and I couldn't think of a better name than A Dancers Mindset because I am here to try and help you reach your highest potential as dancers and human beings and making sure your mindset is golden is a good place to start! We are going to get more confident and feel amazing like never before. This Episode is all about overcoming fear and self d...

Guys coming not soon enough my new podcast! Starting next week Monday 6pm UK time! Expect Vaganova stories, confidence building chats, motivational talks and more! I am so passionate about helping young dancers reach their highest potential and this podcast is all about helping you get there! Welcome to A Dancers Mindset!