58: The Discipline of Ballet — Terry Hyde

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on 5.6.7.EIGHT, Aleksandra interviews Terry Hyde, a psychotherapist at</span> <a href="https://www.counsellingfordancers.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Counselling for Dancers</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, where he offers support specifically for dancers dealing with emotional and mental health issues. Terry’s journey into psychotherapy has been extremely unique. Upon retiring from a seasoned dance career, Terry successfully sold two businesses that were linked to the performance industry. Terry went on to pursue an education in psychotherapy and now hosts workshops, Skype sessions, phone, and face-to-face meetups to support dancers, wherever they are.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terry understands the value of a healthy mental state in the performance world, where rejection and heartache are commonplace. And, after retiring from dance, Terry used the very same skills he learned from dance to build a business so that he could help other dancers. On the podcast, Terry walks through his entire career and speaks to best practices in mental health, how dance can help in other walks of life, his upcoming book, and how we can all be our best selves.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Moving Quotes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We, as dancers, are disciplined. It’s the discipline of doing ballet. It’s that feeling of wanting to do it right — wanting to do it properly. Instead of doing any structured education in business, I just learned as I went along. Just picked things up."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Dancers have translatable skills. When you come to an intersection point — when you don’t want to dance anymore — you still have those skills. The determination, the focus, the drive — everything like that."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Look after yourself. You are unique, and you are the most important person in your life. And that’s not being selfish either."</span></p> <p><span sty