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Let Go to Stay Balanced: What Tightrope Walkers Know About Control

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like the harder you try to stay in control, the more things wobble? In this episode, Dora shares a story about tightrope walking that reveals why true balance comes from trust, not tension. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.0

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0:47.3

Hi, I'm Dora, and welcome to Radio Headspace. I am so glad that you're here.

0:50.3

Have you ever tried walking on a balance beam?

0:53.3

If you haven't, let me save you some time. It's

0:56.0

not as easy as it looks. I learned this the hard way at a friend's kids' birthday party. They

1:01.8

had a backyard gymnastics setup, and while the kids were off doing cartwheels, I thought,

1:07.0

how hard could this be? I stepped onto the balance beam and immediately started wobbling.

1:13.6

And the point is, the harder I tried to stay perfectly balanced, the harder it got.

1:19.6

Then, my friend's seven-year-old niece, who, for the record, has been taking

1:23.6

gymnastic classes for like three months, she hopped up and walked across the beam with zero hesitation.

1:30.9

Before she ran off, she tossed me a quick pointer.

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