chelsea tanner

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...

How to Change Your Mindset With Your Phone

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to trust yourself. I have had a roller-coaster relationship with this concept, personally....

Let’s talk about effort. Everyone says, “practice smarter not harder.” They also say, “there’s always someone working harder than you.”...

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...

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...

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...

We have three selves. Past, present, and future. When we talk about self-acceptance, love, or having any sort of relationship. with...

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...

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to trust yourself. I have had a roller-coaster relationship with this concept, personally....

I started journaling at the beginning of quarantine - so probably mid-March 2020. I have always loved journals, but never thought it was...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

I have been thinking recently about how much work this profession really entails. Thousands of hours of practicing, limited jobs (many of...

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...

Why our thoughts truly control everything.