Summary: It can be difficult to help someone who is not motivated to work hard. Sometimes we feel pressure, as a teacher, to be the complete source of motivation. Motivation is a mental process that initiates or sometimes it sustains an athlete's behavior, but the important part I want to bring your attention to of that definition is that it's a mental process.

In today's episode, I'll be answering a question from a listener, Emily, who is struggling with a lack of motivation in her dancers. I'll also walk you through the three main reasons that motivation drops: fixed mindset, low autonomy, and fear or failure. I'll also talk about how to recalibrate dancers' goals and the difference between protecting dancers' mental health and dancers' mental toughness.

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