More Than Dance

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,” and “not doing enough.”

And that’s the trap so many of us fall into.  The emotional language becomes guilt, frustration, embarrassment, hesitation. We convince ourselves we’re failing before we even begin.

We talk about the continuation mindset which is knowing that 

when you’re doing it… you’re DOING it.

When you’re feeling it… you’re SAYING it.

We get into Joe Dispenza’s work and how your pain + your history will try to write your future for you if you don’t interrupt it.

In life, and especially in dance, there are always interruptions. Injury. Life events. Seasons. Mindset dips. 

The continuation mindset asks:

What did I gain from this break? What can I apply? What trust did I build? What energy returned to me? What perspective did I earn?

knowing that you are picking up where I left off and you now have more information.

Starting over is: I wasted time and now I’m behind.

Then we finish up by talking about perfectionism and how this contributes to the mindset of starting over. 

The mindset you'll be glad you hopped in on is that of continuation!

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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. Naturally, I make comparisons to the dance floor in terms of going "full out" and "marking it"

Step 1 :Understanding your stamina gap.

Where you think you’re at vs. what your body can actually sustain long-term.

Step 2 : Knowing your season.

Are you in a push season, a maintenance season, a healing season, or a build season?

Your intensity should match your life, not fight against it.

Step 3:  Understanding your energy

Where are you giving?

Where are you taking?

Where are you over performing or under-supporting yourself?

Step 4: Ditching the perfection fantasy.

Perfection doesn’t exist.

Consistencyis the closest thing to perfection you’ll ever get.

it’s the delayed onset,  magical success that compounds from showing up, even at 40%.

We talk about staying out of all-or-nothing thinking, why comparison creeps in even when you “know better,” and how smaller results are actually the foundation of the bigger ones.

If you’re tired of burning out, disappearing, and starting over… this episode is your reset.

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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 backup backups), sweat solutions, tape tricks, dressing-room burpees, and how the right outfit can shift your entire connection to your dance.

This is your guide to finding the sweet spot of where you feel safe enough to dance full out, bold enough to step out of your comfort zone, and grounded enough to look at yourself in the mirror with love.

Building your dance wardrobe doesn't happen overnight and your dance wardrobe is one of the best ways to celebrate your body through dance. 

I walk you through 13 steps to making your dance wardrobe and your experience in class the best it can be

PS even ruby and looby get and honorable mention!

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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 something that takes time away from your life. It’s something that gives energy back to your life.

It regulates your nervous system. It keeps you connected to yourself. It helps you process the stress, the emotions, and the pressure that naturally build during the holidays.

Getting to one class can make a huge difference!

• picking one focus (your “holiday consistency” doesn’t have to look like your normal consistency)

• making it festive and fun

• reconnecting with community

• and redefining what it means to show up for yourself right now

And then we go deeper because dance the holidays are naturally reflective. Dance is a way to reflect on the year and to look back on your year with gratitude. You get to look back on your year, through your body, and feel how much you’ve grown, softened, opened, healed, and stretched. It closes the loop on your year energetically. 

This is your reminder that you don't have to start over in January, instead shift your expectations and stay a little bit connected and let dance help you during this busy time!

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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 and we overthink and that leads us to the potential of making more mistakes.

 Have you ever heard the phrase "fall down seven times, get up 8" or " fail forward" or  " its not how many times you fall its how many times you get back up" 

In dance, we use improvisation as a tool to rebound from your mistakes with ease.

 In this episode learn:

• about how to treat yourself through a mistake.
• how mistakes can be the best information for you to learn. (you arent supposed to know everything)
• build resilience towards making mistakes
• recovering from mistake is just as beautiful as the routine
• mistakes = data
• How being a dancer is being a problem solver

Its not about never making a mistake, its about moving through it and learning from it.

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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 me into a totally different level of confidence, standards, and self trust.

I share how I started creating real parameters in my dating life, and switched up what those parameters looked like. I got stricter about the quality of the person, the character, the emotional maturity, the way they showed up for me… and then I got more open about the things that I thought mattered and proved to NOT actually matter as much, like age, distance, and all the “rules” I swore I needed to follow.

Dating tricks you into thinking you know exactly what’s good for you, choosing from your comfort zone instead of choosing from your future.

There’s a comfort zone outside your comfort zone that’s waiting for you to get comfortable in it. And that comfort zone might come in a package, an age gap, a timing, or a situation you never pictured for yourself.

This episode really leans into what you can control versus what you absolutely cannot.

Your standards, your self-worth, your healing, and your openness vs. timing.... because timing is divine. 

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This episode is all about role models and how they show us what’s possible long before we’re ready to believe it for ourselves.

I talk about the first time, I had a role model before I even knew what the concept what. Watching the "big girls" (the older girls) at dance. They had better costumes, bigger energy, boobies (let’s be honest), confidence, power and moves that made me think, oh… that’s where I could go.

Remember comparison is not the thief of joy always, its obsession. The healthy kind of comparison gives us direction. 

• It shows you the precedent.
• It shows you the path.
• It shows you the version of you that you haven’t stepped into yet.

Role models inspire and sometimes they become mentors and teachers. A teacher helps us save our time and take the short cut.

And when you start dancing, it’s the same thing: The veterans of the class become the blueprint. The teacher becomes the mentor. You learn simply by being in the room with people who know a little more than you.

In this episode, I go over:

⭐️ What role models make possible for you

⭐️ How comparison can guide you instead of crush you

⭐️ Why mentors help you save time

⭐️ The five people you spend the most time with affects who you become

⭐️ The moment you start becoming a role model yourself

⭐️ And the  full circle cycle: You learn from someone…then you grow…

and one day you become that person for someone else, without even knowing it.

People watch your work ethic, your responsibility, your discipline, your joy…

and you create a ripple you might never fully see.

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You ever notice how fast we say it? “I’m so bad at that.” It rolls right off our tongue  like we’ve accepted it as part of who we are. “I’m bad at balance.” “I’m bad at remembering things.” “I’m bad at organizing.” We say it so often that it stops sounding like a temporary struggle and starts becoming our identity.

In this episode, I unpack what really happens when you keep repeating that story. Over time, those words carve deep grooves in your brain and make you stop trying before you even start.

In this episode we uncover how most of us aren’t bad at the thing. We just haven’t figured out how to do it yet.

We talk about:
 ⭐️ What happens when you keep labeling your weaknesses
 ⭐️ The shame spiral that comes with avoiding the hard stuff
 ⭐️ The reframe from “I’m bad at” → “I’m working on”
 ⭐️ And how to rebuild confidence by doing one small thing differently

You’ll leave this episode with questions to ask yourself:

• What is my biggest obstacle with this and how can I fix it?
• How do I implement what I think would fix would be?
• How can I put this "fix" in my routine so that I can track progress and check back in with myself and adjust accordingly?

 Because the moment you stop saying “I’m bad at it” and start saying “I’m working on it,” you shift from self-judgment to self-leadership.

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This episode is about one of my least favorite phrases: “I’m too old.” and some other common excuses I hear at the studio: “I’m too old to dance,” “too out of shape,” “too young to start that.” These stories keep us small.

I share how I once thought I was too young to open a dance studio because I pictured only older people doing that. 

We talk about where these limits come from, why we hold onto them, and how they show up in sneaky ways, especially when it comes to movement, expression, and doing something brave. You’ll hear how the very things we call “too hard now” are often what keep us younger, stronger, and more alive.

I also share how we can reframe “I’m old” into something powerful: a commitment to move, create, and lead anyway.

This one’s for anyone who’s ever said “I can’t” when what they really meant was “I’m scared.” Let’s shift that story together and prove to yourself what’s still possible.

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This episode is all about the second layer of the ripple effect, the power of helping, accepting help, and how those tiny gestures create energy that lasts way longer than the moment itself.

I share the story of helping a woman set up her tent on the beach, how it instantly shifted her whole day, and how that one act somehow turned into a full-circle moment later (yes, even involving a mystery smell...you’ll see). I talk about how being a DJ has taught me the value of letting people help, and how saying “yes” to support can actually make life easier, lighter, and way more fun.

We also get into the dance floor version of this:
 • the “go girl!” hype energy
 • partner activities where you get lifted by someone else’s confidence
 • how one person going full out gives everyone else permission

And then the deeper layer…
 Some of us don’t accept help because we don’t want to be a burden.
 Some of us never ask because we’re used to doing everything alone.
Some of us think helping is “intrusive,” even though it feels amazing when someone helps us.

This episode is about learning both sides:
 ✨ the courage to give help
✨ the humility to receive it

Making someone else’s day is free.
And the ripple always comes back even in ways you don't you expect.

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