When Everything Hits at Once:

This episode wasn’t planned. I recorded it in the middle of one of the most overwhelming stretches I’ve had in a long time — tech week for a musical, a new puppy, a concert on the horizon, and a business I’m trying not to let slip. I almost didn’t record it at all. But I think there’s something valuable about showing you what it looks like to use these tools from inside the mess, not looking back on it. I hope it resonates. What happens when everything hits at once — and your brain starts making it worse? In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on a genuinely hard season in my own life and walking you through how I’m using the coaching tools I teach on this podcast to get through it. Not perfectly. Not gracefully. But forward. In this episode, you’ll learn: * The difference between the actual difficulty of a hard season and the unnecessary suffering your brain adds on top of it * How to use the model in real time when guilt, shame, and resentment start showing up (with a real example from my week) * Why the thought in a model doesn’t have to be positive — it just has to be intentional * How to keep making progress when your plans fall apart, even in 10-minute increments * Why recognizing a hard season as a season changes how you move through it * The difference between coaching tools making things easy vs. making things manageable P.S. Sorry for the Sonny barks in the background. I’m in the messiness of life right now and choosing the thought that B- level podcast posted is better than waiting for the perfect conditions to record and not creating the episode. That is honestly a game changing mindset! 📲 Connect with Sarah I’d genuinely love to hear from you on this one — is this kind of episode (teaching from inside the experience) something you find valuable? Send me a DM on Instagram @your_passaggi_professor (https://www.instagram.com/yourpassaggiprofessor) or leave a comment and let me know. Download your free copy of The Singer’s Survival Guide: 5 Mindset Shifts for Life, Auditions, and Everything In Between at the link in my bio or at (https://sarah-neely.kit.com/d7d3234f95) https://sarah-neely.kit.com/4e1c5a7382. 🔔 Subscribe & Review If this episode helped you, please share it with a fellow singer or creative who needs a dose of healthy self-confidence. And if you’re enjoying the podcast, leaving a rating and review is one of the best ways to help more singers find this work. 🎵 Music Credit “Carpe Diem” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yourpassaggiprofessor.substack.com (https://yourpassaggiprofessor.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)