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Chelsea Tanner
Mar 26, 20225 min read
5 Reasons Practicing Your Instrument More Won't Change Your Mindset
We are taught that if we practice enough, and prepare enough that we will feel prepared. I used to log the hours, do whatever I was...
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Chelsea Tanner
Feb 23, 20224 min read
How to Change Your Mindset With Your Phone
How to Change Your Mindset With Your Phone
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 30, 20225 min read
How to Trust Yourself
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to trust yourself. I have had a roller-coaster relationship with this concept, personally....
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Effort vs. Pace
Let’s talk about effort. Everyone says, “practice smarter not harder.” They also say, “there’s always someone working harder than you.”...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Perfectionism Revisited
In the process of not writing blogs to be "perfect," I'm going to write about the same topic over a year after I wrote about it in a...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 5, 20214 min read
Why you should set goals...
Okay, I’m going to answer the title prompt up top. The reason you should set goals is that they will force you to grow as a person. “It...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 22, 20202 min read
What if you're in the perfect place?
Today’s realization: To believe you can reach your goals, you have to believe you are in the perfect place right now. Do you have a goal...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 21, 20203 min read
Real Self-Care
We have three selves. Past, present, and future. When we talk about self-acceptance, love, or having any sort of relationship. with...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Why I don't think motivation should be in your vocabulary...
People and students have asked me so many times, “How do I stay motivated?” Motivation is tricky and it is something I’ve been thinking a...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Do you have your own back?
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to trust yourself. I have had a roller-coaster relationship with this concept, personally....
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 15, 20206 min read
9 Thing I Learned from Journaling Every Day
I started journaling at the beginning of quarantine - so probably mid-March 2020. I have always loved journals, but never thought it was...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 14, 20201 min read
High-Quality Thoughts
I recently made a list of high-quality thoughts that I want to practice. I thought I'd share a few with you. I'll put how these thoughts...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 12, 20203 min read
Why self-love is so freaking hard.
What even is self-love? Okay, so a lot of mental health and wellness have been preaching self-love in the form of face masks,...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 11, 20206 min read
Why I became a life coach: My long journey with food and mirrors
This year has been a whirlwind of personal discovery for me. I discovered thought work (the art of working on one’s thoughts) in a...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 9, 20205 min read
The Power of Identifying Circumstances
What is a circumstance? We talk about them all the time, and they largely dictate our lives and actions based on what we think and feel...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 8, 20206 min read
Resistance: The art of avoiding emotion.
I’ve caught myself thinking “I just don’t want to” a lot. Whether it be about going for a run, practicing, writing an Instagram post,...
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Chelsea Tanner
May 22, 20204 min read
Building vs. Fixing
In the past few years I have become much more cognizant of the language we use around practicing and performing. One that I hear all the...
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Chelsea Tanner
Feb 13, 20203 min read
Result Entitlement
I have been thinking recently about how much work this profession really entails. Thousands of hours of practicing, limited jobs (many of...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Practice Room Frustration
Many of my students get frustrated all the time because of things they can’t do yet (don’t we all). I have been there countless times...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Why Your Thoughts Matter
Why our thoughts truly control everything.
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