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These articles are designed to encourage you and give you actionable tools to use as you go about the brave and vulnerable work of being a musician.
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Katie Frisco
5 min read
Help for an Anxiety Spiral
How classical musicians can use mental discipline to bring their thoughts back under control Usually, I love Monday mornings. My kiddos...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
Perfection Got You All Tangled Up? Try This Instead!
Use this mindset tool to build self-compassion As musicians, we can easily cross the line from healthy striving to perfectionism. While...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Celebrating YOU: Cultivate Self-Compassion
How giving yourself grace will expand your music-making Self-compassion is a practice of goodwill, not good feelings. - Kristin Neff Why...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Feeling like You're Not Enough?
Creating a gratitude practice can open up a world of confidence for the classical musician The simple, daily practice of gratitude helps...
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Katie Frisco
5 min read
STOP Beating Yourself Up
How musicians can get a handle on those pesky negative thoughts Do you have a common negative thought playing in your head like "My...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Celebrating YOU: You are 1 in 10,000,000!
Use the VIA Assessment to reveal your unique strengths When my daughter was about 10 she wrote this sign for our house: You are 1 in...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
Setting Chamber Ensemble Vision and Expectations
How a thoughtful conversation can set your group up to thrive Expectations can be tricky. Unspoken or unprocessed expectations can be...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Ten Minutes to a Better Practice Session
Help for the classical musician who is struggling There are days when you pick up your instrument and things just feel … off. Enthusiasm...
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Katie Frisco
6 min read
Activate Your Inner Allies
The inner voices that actually HELP the classical musician on stage As a mother, I have learned beautiful truths from my children. Truths...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
How to Handle Burn Out
Tips to support the classical musician's mindset when their inspiration runs low As musicians we are incredibly gifted at following...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Fear Sifting
A helpful tool for musicians to handle performance anxiety I had a dream this week. My recurring anxiety dream. Do you have one, too?...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
An Exercise to Build Resilience
Help for the classical musician after a setback You’ve decided to take an audition. You’ve sent in your resume and deposit; you’ve made...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
5 Steps for Creative Visualization
How the classical musician can utilize this powerful tool from performance psychology We’ve all heard about visualizing before, right?...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
How to Create Resilience for the Classical Musician
Use reframing to learn from failures Years ago when I was introduced to the idea of reframing I believed it to be … bologna. I had...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
Big Me, Little Me
An AMAZING Tool to Help Reframe Negative Thought Patterns for Musicians Little Me One thing that younger Katie never understood was that...
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Katie Frisco
4 min read
Morning Pages for Musicians
How the practice of journaling can help free the musician from stage fright I believe deeply in the power of creating a grounding...
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Katie Frisco
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3 Steps to Reframe Performance Anxiety
Helping the classical musician look at fear a different way As musicians we are in new situations often. Whether we’re taking a lesson...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
Create Daily Mindset Intentions to Overcome Performance Anxiety
When I am preparing music, now-a-days at least, I am quite clear on what I need to achieve in my practice session. Gone are the vague...
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Katie Frisco
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1 Simple Mantra to Overcome Performance Anxiety
How the musician can carry themselves through fear and into freedom Being a musician is a painfully beautiful and vulnerable way to walk...
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Katie Frisco
3 min read
How Micro-Celebrations Boost Confidence for Performers
Focusing on the positive can support your creativity I’ll be honest, the idea of celebrating successes does not come naturally to me. It...
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