with Em Sandberg, LSW, MSW, PhD.
A workshop for adults in their 20s and 30s who are learning to navigate performance anxiety in the workplace, school, and relationships.
You might be familiar with a similar experience: the way your mind starts auditioning the worst version of how something could go, the work you know how to do but can't make yourself start, the way even love can start to feel like something to optimize or get exactly right. Performance anxiety, often born from the desire to be “good enough,” isn't a problem in itself — it's often a sign that something matters to you. The trouble starts when it begins to shrink your life: the opportunities you don't take, the things left unsaid, the self you don't quite let anyone else see.
In this gentle, supportive, and direct 2-hour online workshop, you're invited to join Em, one of our behavioral therapists at Room to Breathe, to:
Normalize, validate, and deepen your understanding of performance anxiety — where it comes from and what it's protecting you from;
Engage in somatic and mindfulness practices to increase your capacity to stay present in the face of pressure;
Learn about orientations to live with and move through anxiety;
Be in community with others who know what it's like to feel like they're always being watched, measured, or judged.
“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.” -Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra.
What to expect:
Psychoeducation on performance anxiety and the patterns that keep it going
Somatic and mindfulness processing exercises
Written and oral reflection, individually and in community
All registrants receive access to the recording for 30 days, plus a follow-up email with slides and additional resources
Cost: Tiered pricing, $80-60; choose the amount that aligns with your financial situation. If this doesn’t feel financially feasible for you but would like to join the workshop, please reach out to Em directly to inquire about additional sliding scale options!