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#1 Deep Dive: How to stay steady when something throws you
Something throws you mid-session: your mind goes blank, the energy drops, or someone challenges you out of nowhere. In this Deep Dive, we explore what’s really going on in those wobble moments, and four practical ways to stay steady.
In this episode:
* Why wobbles happen to experienced people too, not just beginners
* Donald Schön’s idea of moving from the “high ground” into the “swampy lowlands”
* Why your mind goes blank under pressure, even on material you know well
* The “second layer” we add on top of a wobble, and why it makes things harder
Four things that help:
* Notice it, and name…
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