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Bouncing Back: The Power of Resilience for Irish Dancers hard work irish dancer resilience strong thinking positive Jul 25, 2024

Irish Dancing is a tough sport, physically, mentally, and emotionally, which is why working on your resilience as an Irish Dancer is powerful. Resilience means the ability to bounce back from disappointments time and time again - it means being able to continue moving towards your goals with...

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Be kind to your mind: Self-compassion for Irish dancers affirmation irish dancer mindset positive self-talk thinking positive Jun 06, 2024

How many times a day do you find yourself:

 

  • Being super hard on yourself 
  • Telling yourself off inside your own mind
  • Putting yourself down
  • Talking to yourself using unkind language
  • Overworking yourself
  • Not taking enough rest each week 

 

If you find that you do this multiple...

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Confidence During Your Irish Dance Classes calming nerves confidence irish dancing thinking positive May 09, 2024

Confidence is a massive aspect of Irish dancing, but that doesn’t just relate to Feises. There are lots of dancers who feel like they lack confidence during dance class. Often this isn’t spoken about a lot because dancers feel like they are talking negatively about their teachers or...

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Parents Guide to Helping Your Dancer at Oireachtas calming nerves coaching community confidence dance competition feis focus irish dance irish dancer irish dancing managing performance anxiety mental conditioning mindset caoch positive self-talk positivity self talk thinking positive young irish dancers Nov 22, 2023

 Oireachtas season is upon us and we are always here to use our MWM expertise to help as many dancers as possible. But we understand that many parents often feel confused and overwhelmed by the whole process too - so we’ve come up with five helpful tips that will help you, as parents,...

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Your Ultimate Oireachtas Guide calming nerves confidence dance competition feis focus irish dance irish dancer irish dancing irishdancing managing performance anxiety mental conditioning mindset mindset caoch positive self-talk positivity self talk thinking positive Nov 22, 2023

  Oireachtas season is here and you may be an Irish dancer who is looking for help. Whether you’re unsure about what to do the week before dance day, what to do on dance day and how to deal with the highs and lows of the day - your MWM Ultimate Oireachtas Guide is here to help!




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Your words matter! The power of positive self talk irish dancer irishdancing mindset positivity self talk thinking positive Mar 22, 2023

Do you have any idea how powerful your words are? 

 

If you are anything like the MWM Team, you talk quite a lot! But we experience language in so many other ways than just what we say. We experience language every time we think, when we hear other people talk, when we watch TV, listen...

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