Compassion in Performance
Emily emphasizes the importance of compassion when dealing with performance anxiety, highlighting that it's essential to acknowledge and accept feelings of nervousness rather than fighting them. She discusses how deeply embedded narratives can affect adults and stresses that addressing these issues takes time and patience. The conversation encourages athletes to understand that experiencing anxiety doesn't equate to a lack of mental toughness.In this clip
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The Running Explained Podcast
s4/e31 Where Does My Performance Anxiety Come From? (And How Can I Address It??) with Emily Perrin, LCSW
Related Questions
If a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning?
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