The Secret to Dancing to the Beat of Your Soul (with Tiler Peck)

I’ve Got a Secret! with Robin McGraw

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Society & Culture

3.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dance your heart out! Tiler Peck, Prima Ballerina at the New York City Ballet, chats about the passion, dedication, and resilience that it takes to become a professional ballerina. She talks about how she's able to get through her long weeks (you will NOT believe the schedule of a ballerina!), and how she rests and recovers. Tiler dives into the debilitating neck injury that almost ended her dancing career, and how she made a recovery that 6 doctors told her she'd never make. Robin and Tiler discuss finding purpose in life outside of your career, how to prioritize your mental wellbeing, and why you should always bet on yourself. Get a dancer's mindset after listening to this one! More info at www.ivegotasecretwithrobinmcgraw.com Episode Resources: Tiler on IG: www.instagram.com/tilerpeck/ Tiler's NYC Ballet Profile: www.nycballet.com/discover/meet-our-dancers/principal-dancers/tiler-peck/ Katerina Ballerina: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Katarina-Ballerina/Tiler-Peck/Katarina-Ballerina/9781534452770 Play FREE Gin Rummy games at "Gin Rummy Stars" on the App Store! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back Secret Squad. This new episode of I've Got a Secret is going to make you want to get up and move.
0:10.6	I'm chatting with the incredibly talented Tyler Peck from the New York City Ballet.
0:17.6	Tyler is an award-winning prima ballerina at the company, otherwise known as a principal dancer,
0:24.6	and has authored the adorable Catarina Ballerina children's books.
0:30.1	We're going to be chatting about the passion, dedication, and resilience that it takes to become a
0:36.9	professional ballerina and how Tyler has
0:39.6	gracefully made it through times of injury, burnout, and doubt. This is the secret to dancing
0:46.8	to the beat of your soul. Welcome, Tyler. Oh, thank you so much for having me. Oh, I've been really, really excited to have you on this
0:56.8	podcast for so many reasons. I'm so impressed with your talent and all of your dedication. So just
1:05.0	tell us about when you started dancing, first of all. I actually started when I was about two.
1:13.3	My mother, I'm from Bakersfield, California, and my mother was a former dancer, and she
1:20.6	was my first dance teacher.
1:22.3	She still has a studio there.
1:23.9	Really?
1:24.5	So I, yes, I was kind of babysat in the studio and around dance from the very beginning and I just
1:32.3	loved it.
1:33.3	So I was always dancing, whether it was at the studio or at home in the kitchen and I just
1:39.3	loved moving.
1:41.3	It just felt like me.
1:43.3	So I started with her.
1:45.1	I love it because two years old.
1:47.5	And I knew you were going to say two years old because I've read so much about you.
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