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When Your Nerves Skate With Them — Managing Your Own Anxiety as a Parent
Host Nadia Chapman speaks directly to figure skating parents about vicarious anxiety and emotional contagion, why you feel your child’s pressure as your own and how that affects focus and performance.
She shares simple, practical tools; breathing patterns (5-5-7 or 4-2-6), anchor phrases, detached presence, and post-performance grace to help parents regulate their nervous system and become a steady, confident support for their skater.
The episode emphasizes that calm, consistent parental support builds long-term athletic confidence and emotional resilience, and invites parents to practice…
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