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Psychologist Offers Tips to Ease Performance Anxiety Before High-Stakes Events

Psychologist Cindra Kamphoff shares creative ways to manage nerves and build confidence before a race, job interview or other high-pressure moment.

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Psychologist Offers Tips to Ease Performance Anxiety Before High-Stakes Events

Psychologist Cindra Kamphoff offers strategies for handling performance anxiety ahead of high-stakes events, NPR reports. The advice addresses nerves that can arise before challenges such as a race or a job interview.

One creative approach involves imagining flushing a mistake down the toilet. Kamphoff’s strategies focus on overcoming jitters and building confidence in the moment.

Originally reported by NPR. Read the full story at NPR

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