The Yips: Overcoming Performance Anxiety

Have you ever had a case of the Yips? You're not alone. The Yips can happen to the most high-performing, skilled, and seasoned experts in any craft or context. In this engaging talk by Dr. Megan Kirk Chang, we discuss overcoming performance anxiety and having to navigate those all-too-awkward moments where we slip up, mess up, or fumble despite countless hours of practice or preparation - known as having the Yips.

Dr. Kirk Chang, a rising scholar at the University of Oxford, shares her own experience of having the Yips in academia to ground us in our common humanity, she shares the science behind the Yips and leaves us with strategies on how to manage performance pressure no matter what context we find ourselves in. This talk ends with a 10-minute guided practice, The 5 Senses, to bring us into the present moment so we can feel ready and prepared to navigate life's challenging moments.

Background music, "Slow Motion Dreams" by Todd Peterson

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Thank you for your humility and sharing this practice with us. I’m bookmarking this!