It's now only a few days until the world championships start, and for so many of you this is your opportunity to get up on stage and make your dreams come true.

This audio clip is taken from the most watched video that we have ever produced and we believe that when you listen you will be ready to step up and shine. Because we believe in you, and we hope that after listening to this, that you believe in you too. Good luck at the 2019 World Irish Dance championships. It's your time...

This short clip is from a video that Lauren created for youtube in 2018 discussing her thoughts on reaching your goals by setting them and then making your actions map towards that goal each and everyday until you get there.

It's a short but powerful reminder of the importance of goal setting and making progress on your goals every single day.

I hope you enjoy and draw some inspiration out of this to put into your own daily routines.

In today's episode we feature an Irish dancing teacher and 2 x World champion onto the show to ask 16 questions that they want help with so that they can put them to great use in their studies and dance school education.

As a dancer, teacher or parent you will all be able to relate to these questions and take away alot of great information to help progress in your career.

The benefits of sports massage are high and aim to improve areas such as flexibility, reduce injury risk and boost circulation which of course will all aim to prepare the body going into a competition and also improve recovery post competition.

But what are the actual timings of these treatments and when it is best to schedule them in.

Do you have treatment on the day before the competition? The week before? Or what if you've never had one before, do you try it, or will it mess everything up?

In today’s podcast, I am going to answer all of these questions for you.

Competition is a funny thing. It can either inspire you to be better and faster for a moment, but it can also cause you to be resentful and envious of those around you.

If you positively thrive off competition then keep drawing it in, but if you find yourself feeling down and disheartened then it is time to change your mind.

Listen now to find out how!

As a competitive dancer it can often be hard to know if you should take a break through training or try to keep pushing through. Your competitive side tells you that you are ok and to not give up, but on the other side your body is screaming out for rest.

When should you take a break from training and not let your ego get in the way? and when should you stop feeling sorry for yourself an push through? Find out in episode 68!

Our sport is a small tight knit community that breeds competition and friendship, which are two great qualities to build. But sometimes in order to reach the top you need to put yourself first and be selfish, at those times when you need it most!

99% of dancers who aren't improving will increase the amount of days they are training in the hope that this will spark new progress. Unfortunately however if something isn't working for you 3 days per week it is unlikely to work by doing it 4.

Going on in when something is working is the right thing to but increasing your training when it wasn't working in the first place is the road to even more injuries and disappointment.

Join me on today's podcast as we go through what you really need to do when you hit a plateau!

I get so many messages each week with dancers who are defeating themselves before they have even stepped on stage simply because they have seen their competitors and are instantly betting themselves on loosing, without actually thinking about how much benefit they will gain from going through the process.

The process of winning far outweighs the actual win itself when it comes to any sport and so stop worrying abut winning or loosing and start realising the endless benefits that engaging in competition actually has.

Why you should never set a pace you can't keep.

So many of us start the gym and train too often too soon then give up, or go all in on a diet and eat too little too early and then quit.

Many others invest money and try to get rich too fast and then lose it, or start influencing on Instagram and realize it takes too long then give up.

In life, you have to be able to scale up from the starting point and not go down. There has to be a way for more and not less and you have to be in it for the long run.

Today's episode is about finding a pace that you are able to stick to for 10 years and not a pace that you can only keep up for 4 weeks.