Are you putting too much pressure on your children to get a sports scholarship? That kind of pressure on kids doesn’t work very well.
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In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.
DISCLAIMER: This vid...feels risky. I'm praying to god that this doesn't come off wrong--I am NOT at ALL trying to bash young artists, call anyone untalented, or discourage anyone from becoming an artist. My main point was that support comes from hard work, not the other way around.
Summarising SciDance Podcast Episode 1, where dance psychologist Sanna Nordin-Bates spoke about perfectionism in dance. I reflect on the key points, focusing on how dance educators can apply this research practically in the studio to support dancers’ wellbeing.