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Blades, Bruises, and Breakthroughs: Transform Your Skating Mindset · The Nadia Chapman Show

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  Music.
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  Parents. Welcome to the first episode of the Nadia Chapman Show for figure skaters.
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  This is the podcast that's going to flip your mindset, boost your confidence,
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  and change the way you show up on the ice and maybe off the ice as well.
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  I'm Nadia Chapman, certified life and mindset coach, figure skating coach,
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  figure skating mom, and founder of the Mental Edge Academy.
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  And if there's one thing I want you to know right now. It's this.
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  This is not your average skating podcast.
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  This is not about technique. It's not about scores. It's not about history of
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  skating and who landed that jump and who won this competition.
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  It's all about you. And this is about what's going on in your head before,
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  during, and after you skate.
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  Because skating isn't just physical, it's mental, and most skaters only train one side of the game.
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  So today I'm kicking things off with a powerful first episode called Blades,
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  Bruises, and Breakthroughs.
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  Because that's what this sport gives us every single day.
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  The blades represent the pressure, the precision, the perfectionism,
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  and the constant demand to perform.
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  The bruises are the setbacks, the doubts.
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  The fear, the failures, and the mental hits no one sees.
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  And the breakthroughs, well, that's where the real magic happens.
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  When you finally step into your own power as an athlete and as a person,
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  and you start getting the results that you're looking for.
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  So this episode is about what this podcast is going to be about,
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  how it's going to help you, and why you need it in your skating journey.
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  So let me be super clear from the start, this show is not just motivational fluff.
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  It's not about just, oh, believe in yourself, you've got this,
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  and quotes and feel-good mantras, because that's not enough.
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  If motivational quotes worked on their own, we would all be so confident 24-7
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  and would crush every single goal that we set.
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  So this podcast is different. It's real mindset coaching, the kind that I do
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  with my skaters and my clients every single week, and I've been doing it for years.
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  I'm going to give you tools, I'm going to give you strategies,
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  and I'm going to give you things to practice that will help you actually change
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  the way you think and the way you feel when you step onto the ice.
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  We're going to be talking about how to stop overthinking during competition,
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  how to rebuild your confidence after a bad skate, how to handle pressure from
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  coaches, parents, judges.
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  Skating friends, how to break free from perfectionism or comparison,
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  how to stop letting fear hold you back, how to bounce back when you fall,
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  how to handle jealousy and performance anxiety, how to build unshakable mental
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  toughness without burning out.
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  So all these gorgeous topics we're going to be covering.
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  And if you have any ideas and topics that you want me to cover,
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  please reach out to me and let me know.
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  I would be more than happy to create podcasts based on whatever you want, you need help with.
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  But the most important thing that we're going to be talking about is how to
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  trust yourself in high-pressure moments.
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  Because skating is high pressure. We all know that.
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  Every episode will include specific mindset tools, exercises,
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  journal prompts, mental resets, coaching questions that you can answer. So grab a journal.
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  Maybe you can grab a journal. It can be your mindset coaching journal.
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  Because I believe in the power of writing things down, not just listening.
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  We're going to talk about real stories from skaters just like you who've turned
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  breakdowns into breakthrough, and you'll leave every episode with something
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  tangible, something you can use right now to improve how you think,
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  how you feel, and how you skate.
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  So let's get back to the name of this episode, Blades, Bruises, and Breakthroughs.
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  Let's break it down. Blades.
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  Skating demands a crazy level of precision. You're balancing on blades thinner
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  than your finger. I mean, you're performing under the light in a little outfit.
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  Maybe you're cold. The ice is hard. There's music, judges.
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  Everybody's watching you. Lots of expectations. And often, inside of you, self-doubt.
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  If you've ever stood at the boards before a program with your stomach in the
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  knot and butterflies, your heart is pounding, and maybe your hands are sweaty,
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  and your brain is screaming, don't mess up.
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  Well, you're not alone. That's real. That's pressure. And that's what this sport does.
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  And without the right mindset tools, the pressure crushes a lot of skaters.
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  That's why this podcast exists, to help you stop letting pressure control you
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  and instead teach you how to use it as fuel. Bruises.
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  Ah, there's physical bruises, but there's also mental bruises.
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  Every skater has bruises. Not just the physical one, though we all know those
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  are real too, and they hurt.
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  But I'm talking about the emotional bruises.
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  The frustration after a clean skate that's still in place, or the heartbreak
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  of skating for months and doing terribly at competition, or anxiety before a
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  test, or a competition, or a performance.
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  The voice in your head that says, maybe you're not meant for this.
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  That's the bruises I'm talking about. If you don't deal with them,
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  they will build up and they will slow you down. They chip away at your confidence.
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  But here's the good news. You can train your mind to handle them,
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  to recover faster, and to come back stronger.
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  And that's what I'm here to teach you.
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  Breakthroughs? This is what we're chasing. Not just the better jumps,
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  not just the medals, the real breakthroughs.
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  The kind that change how you skate. The kind that change how you show up in life.
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  Confidence is not something that you're born with. It's built through your mindset,
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  through repetition, through small mental wins that will stack up.
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  You can have that. Every skater can.
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  You just need the right tools. And that's exactly what I'll give you every single week.
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  So what makes this show so fun? I'm going to keep it real with you.
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  We'll have tough conversations. We'll laugh. I'll probably tell some really
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  good stories that you will 100% relate to.
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  We'll break down mental skills and very simple practical ways for you to understand.
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  And I'll challenge you every week with one action step, one reflection,
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  or one exercise to take your practice into the next level.
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  This is coaching that you can actually apply because skating is hard enough.
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  You don't need a mindset podcast that is vague and fluffy.
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  You need real strategies that work when your heart is pounding,
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  when you need help, and when you're standing at the center of the ice with everything on the line.
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  So if you're in, here's what to do next.
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  Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss an episode.
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  Share it with somebody you know who's a figure skater. Let me know what topic
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  you want me to cover and get ready.
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  Because next week, we're going deep into what to do when fear takes over and
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  you'll learn how to stop skating like you're afraid to mess up and start skating
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  like someone who trusts themselves.
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  Let's wrap this up with your first coaching moment. Here's three questions to reflect on this week.
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  And again, I highly encourage you to just write it down, not just think about it in your head.
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  Number one, what's one mental bruise you've been carrying that still affects how you skate?
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  Number two, what's one shift you can make in how you prepare mentally,
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  not just physically, for practice or competition?
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  And number three, what would your breakthrough look like this season?
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  What kind of mindset would take it to the next level?
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  Write it down, talk it out, do the work. Because here's the truth.
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  Blades will challenge you. Bruises will test you.
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  But breakthroughs, they're built by skaters who train their mindset as hard
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  as they train their bodies.
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  This is the Nadia Chapman Show for figure skaters. And we're just getting started.
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  So lace up, let's go. And I'll talk to you next week.