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A Dancer's Mindset

Ballet with Isabella
Ballet
Self-Esteem
Mental Health
Mindfulness
Personal Growth
Confidence
Goal Setting
Self-Improvement
Resilience
Anxiety
Ballet Training
Mindset
Personal Development
Mariinsky Ballet
Performance Anxiety
Overthinking
Athletics
Competition
Discipline
Performance

This podcast, hosted by ballet dancer, Vaganova graduate and international coach Isabella McGuire Mayes @balletwithIsabella For all the dancers out there with a desire for more and to reach their highest potential. Isabella will build your confidence, self esteem and self belief so you can make it to the top. There are many stories from Isabella's training days, tips to improve your mindset, speci... more

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Latest Episodes

EP. 167 Failures & Mistakes Are Not Your Identity!

Hey Everyone!

We need to talk about failure.

Not in a "dust yourself off and try again" motivational poster kind of way. Really talk about it. Because so many of us โ€” especially as dancers โ€” have spent years quietly believing that every mistake we... more

20 May 2026 โ€ข 19 min

Ep.166 Day 7: Becoming the Confident Dancer

Hello Everyone!

You made it to Day 7. And something has already shifted โ€” even if you can't quite name it yet.

This final episode is about bringing everything together. The work you've done this week โ€” facing the performance anxiety, stepping out o... more

9 May 2026 โ€ข 18 min

Ep. 165 Day 6: Burned Out? "Why Am I Even Doing This?

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to Day 6 .

You used to love this. You used to live for it โ€” the classes, the rehearsals, the music, all of it. And somewhere along the way something shifted and now you're showing up out of habit or obligation or guilt, goi... more

9 May 2026 โ€ข 23 min

Ep. 164 Day 5: Fear Of Being SEEN!

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to Day 5 of The Dancer Reset Series!

Let's dive in.

Day 5: Fear of Being Seen

You love to dance. But something happens when you feel truly watched โ€” really seen โ€” and it stops you. You make yourself smaller. You pull bac... more

1 May 2026 โ€ข 32 min

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Recent Guests

Shi Heng Yi
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Shaolin Temple Europe
Episode: Ep. 152 How Pleasure & Discomfort Can Affect Your Success
Lucas Lima
Principal dancer at The Norwegian National Ballet and a teacher at The Academy.
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Episode: Ep. 139 A test of perserverance. Interview with Lucas Lima
Denys Cherevychko
Principal Dancer at Vienna State Opera and Ballet
Vienna State Opera and Ballet
Episode: Ep.121 Interview With Principal Dancer Denys Cherevychko. A Wonderful Mindset.
Suvi Honkanen
A dancer experienced in overcoming performance anxiety.
Episode: Ep.117 Fear of Performing. Dealing with Stage fright!
Tiler Peck
Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
Episode: Ep.114. Interview with Tiler Peck. NYCB Principal Dancer. Musicality, Perfectionism, Being Yourself and Breaking the Rules!
Joy Womack
Professional ballerina, former principal dancer with the Kremlin Ballet, and founder of a ballet foundation.
Episode: Ep.107 Interview with Joy Womack. Bolshoi Academy, Travelling the world, Finding her place!

Host

Isabella McGuire Mayes
Host of A Dancer's Mindset; ballet coach and former dancer

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    I love all of Isabella's episodes but number 161 really hit home for me! I love how she articulates these hard and often confusing concepts and she really inspires me to continue with my dance career! Thank you Isabella!

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    ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ž? ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ... more

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  • Love it! Thank you so much.

    Iโ€™m just so happy this exists. I have been off professional dancing for seven years and now working to get myself up to a professional level again. This podcast has helped me so much and I will be forever grateful.

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    ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ž? ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ... more

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  • ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ž? ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ... more

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Dancers praise practical mindset advice and discipline-focused coaching.
Many reviews note the guest lineup as insightful and inspiring for aspiring professionals.
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Fans highlight the host's approachable tone and actionable strategies for practice and habit formation.

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Ep. 157 Inรจs McIntosh: Paris Opera Star Shares How You Can Shape Your Destiny!
Q: If there was some young dancers watching who might be going through a difficult time in that regard, would you have any advice for them of how to approach that situation, even just mentally?
I would say sometimes when you're young, you don't realize that you have so much time in front of you, you know? It feels like I remember, I was like, oh, but two years is so long. But two years when you are 13, it's nothing.
Ep. 156 Victor Caixeta. How Being A Dreamer Made All His Ballet Goals Come True.
Q: What do you think about for your career now? What are your goals as you go into this new company in Vienna now?
I want to do different repertories and I'm very looking forward that already now on my first season in Vienna, I'll have new things to add up.
Ep. 153 Madeline Woo โ€“ Leaps of Faith: From Ballet Stage to Creative Studio
Q: What's your strategy for dealing with performance anxiety?
I think getting nervous is good because it just means that you care, and I often cry before performances to relieve stress.
Ep. 153 Madeline Woo โ€“ Leaps of Faith: From Ballet Stage to Creative Studio
Q: How did you feel about moving to San Francisco?
It was exciting and a bit daunting; I wanted to grow more as a dancer and needed a new perspective.
Ep.151 Alina Cojocaru: Royal Ballet Legend Shares Her Definition Of Success
Q: What would be your biggest advice for a young dancer looking to become professional?
Be curious really and get work on yourself, not on your job. Keep growing and no matter what environment you're in, this is in your power.

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