Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

Skills to Turn Performance Anxiety to Ivy League Success #podcast #harvard #examtips

3 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this spoken reflection, the speaker credits their mother with teaching them brain‑based techniques during childhood that enhanced emotional regulation and resilience. These tools helped the speaker cope with performance anxiety experienced in pre‑professional ballet, music recitals, and public speaking throughout school. The speaker notes that the same strategies continue to be valuable in high‑pressure college situations and as they transition into the workforce. Expressing gratitude toward their mother, the speaker expresses enthusiasm for sharing these skills with a broader audience.

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There were definitely a lot of skills that you taught me as a kid, specifically based around how my brain works and how these tools were impacting my brain, that helped me to deal with my emotional regulation and develop resiliency. I used to do pre-professional ballet, and I also was in music a lot, so that resulted in a lot of recitals, dance and music. Throughout school, as many of you know, you have public speaking events or tests, and a lot of the time I would struggle with anxiety. So my mom taught me some really valuable brain-based tools that helped me to overcome this performance anxiety, and I still use them a lot today. Being in college, there's a lot of high-pressure situations that you come into, and now going into the workforce, there's a lot of situations where you have to rise to the occasion, and it's important to be able to manage your emotions when doing so. So thank you, Mom, and I'm excited to share these skills with more people.