Coaching practices for Pre Performance Anxiety Reframe

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• Right before anything that matters my heart pounds and my hands shake, and I read all of it as proof I’m not ready and about to fall apart
• Every time I face the same kind of high-stakes moment my nerves hit me cold and unpredictable, and I want some small repeatable thing I do beforehand
• Right before something big, the people around me pile on the "you’ll be amazing, don’t worry"
• Right before the test or the big moment, my head is so jammed with what-ifs and dread that there’s no room left to actually think
• Right before I go on, my heart is pounding and my hands are shaking and I read all of it as a sign I’m about to fall apart

Practices that may help

1. Recalibrate arousal as readiness, not threat
   Reinterpret pre-performance anxiety as energy and readiness rather than evidence of inadequacy.
   Mastery Experiences
2. Create a pre-performance ritual that includes posture
   A consistent pre-performance ritual — including posture — reduces anxiety and improves performance more reliably than any single element.
   Power Posing Revisited
3. Protect the strategy from well-meaning optimism
   Recognize that others’ "positive thinking" attempts before your performance will disrupt your preparation — and manage that proactively.
   Defensive Pessimism, Made Practical
4. Write about your worries before a high-stakes performance
   Offload performance anxiety by writing it out in full immediately before the event.
   Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
5. Reappraise physiological arousal as activation, not anxiety
   Tell yourself "I’m excited" rather than "I’m nervous" — the physiology is identical; the label changes performance.
   The Clutch State: Performing Under Pressure
6. Shift to task-focused attention under performance anxiety
   Redirect attention from self-monitoring and outcome worry to the specific process cues of the task at hand.
   Attentional Deployment, Made Practical
7. Use paradoxical intention for performance anxiety
   Before a performance, commit to performing as badly as possible — notice what happens to the anxiety.
   Logotherapy: Paradoxical Intention
8. Reappraise anxiety as excitement before high-stakes performance
   Tell yourself "I’m excited" rather than "I’m nervous" — the physiology is the same, the performance effect is not.
   Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
9. Apply EFT to specific performance anxiety triggers
   EFT has the strongest self-guided evidence for test anxiety, public speaking, and sports performance stress.
   EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
10. Reframe high-stakes moments as opportunities to demonstrate capability
    Treat pressure as validation that the performance matters — which is exactly why you prepared for it.
    The Clutch State: Performing Under Pressure

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