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Learn to Perform at Your Peak 🏆 🩰🚔🏃
🧠 Mental Performance Consulting
Persistence Performance Group, LLC
(formerly Persistence Psych)

10/28/2026

Because “just calm down” has never calmed anyone down…ever.

10/28/2026

Your nerves are a haunted house. 👻 Every performer walks through it before a show.

Swipe to meet the 5 ghosts. Each one has a simple way to bust it, whether you dance, play, act, sing, or compete.

Which ghost haunts you the most? 🧠

10/26/2026

Meet the team behind Persistence Performance Group! 🧠

Dr. Arianna Ciccarelli Shimits, Psy.D., CMPC

CO-OWNER | MENTAL PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT

A former professional ballet dancer with a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology and a Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology. Arianna combines her background in psychology and elite performance to help athletes, performing artists, and other high-level professionals strengthen their mental skills and perform at their best.

Meet the team behind Persistence Performance Group! 🧠

Lauren McArdle, MS, CMPC

CO-OWNER | MENTAL PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT

A former professional ballet dancer, Lauren holds a Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology. Lauren is passionate about bringing mental performance resources to high performance, performing arts, and aesthetic sport domains.
With experience supporting performers at IMG Academy and in military settings, she specializes in helping athletes and performing artists develop the mental skills needed for performance, resilience, and long-term success.

Meet the team behind Persistence Performance Group! 🧠

Ashley Wagner, BS, OLY

MENTAL PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT | pursuing CMPC

An Olympic figure skater, World silver medalist, and three-time U.S. National Champion, Ashley brings firsthand experience performing at the highest levels of sport. With a degree in Psychology and ongoing graduate training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, she helps performers build resilience, navigate setbacks, and pursue excellence beyond perfection.

Meet the team behind Persistence Performance Group! 🧠

Scott Armstrong, MA

MENTAL PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT | pursuing CMPC

A former collegiate soccer player with a Master’s in Sport Psychology and over four years of experience supporting military and tactical populations. Scott integrates evidence-based mental performance training, mindfulness, and nature-based approaches to help performers strengthen resilience, enhance focus, and support overall well-being.

10/26/2026

Same game. Same score. Same frustration. Two very different responses.

Emotion regulation is a mental performance skill that helps athletes recognize and manage their emotional responses in ways that support their performance.

It’s not about eliminating frustration, disappointment, or nerves. It’s about developing the skills to navigate those emotions without losing sight of what the situation requires.

And like any other performance skill, it takes practice- that’s what we’re here to help you with

10/25/2026

Your program is in a few minutes. The nerves start way earlier. ⛸️

The warm-up, the walk to the boards, the wait for your name. That’s where many skaters lose their calm, and it’s the part you can train. Four steps that help: shake out tension, breathe out longer, picture your start, and pick one cue word.

Practice this routine at everyday practices, not just at competitions, so it’s automatic when it counts.

Which cue would you pick for your next program?

Save this for later. Train your brain. Train your algorithm. Develop persistence 🧠

10/24/2026

AASP Annual Conference 2026!! 🩰🎭🎬🎤🤹‍♀️

This year the performing arts were represented at AASP like NEVER before and we are so encouraged!!

It was awesome to kick off the conference with Dr. Chelsea Pierotti and present an applied skills session on adapting mental skills for performing artists- thank you to everyone who came to learn and participate!

It’s pretty incredible to walk around and see Persistence Performance Group co-owners on the performing arts SIG coordinator poster too!

Tony Hebson Williams led the AASP Performing Arts SIG meeting and kicked us off with a dance party which should become a tradition for sure 🕺🏼💃🪩

Connecting wirh other passionate professionals and students in the field is one of the best parts of the AASP annual conference!

One final day of learning and networking- if we haven’t met, come say hi!! 🪩

10/23/2026

You can be dedicated to your craft and give yourself permission to rest. 🧠
Athletes and performers are often great at pushing through discomfort, fatigue, and challenges. But when pushing through becomes the default, it can be easy to miss the signs of burnout.
Rest is part of the process. Your worth is bigger than your performance. And asking for support is a strength, not a weakness.
You don’t have to wait until you’re running on empty to take care of yourself. 💛
Train your brain. Train your algorithm. Build sustainable resilience.
Follow for more mental skills for athletes and performers.

10/21/2026

Are you performing, or watching yourself perform? 👀

When your attention shifts to how you look, sound, or come across, your body tends to tighten and your timing gets stiff. Performers in every discipline call it “being in your head.” Four ways back in: look outward, feel instead of grade, pick one cue, and save the review for later.

Try it in your next rehearsal and notice what changes.

What pulls you out of the moment most?

Save this for later. Train your brain. Train your algorithm. Develop persistence🧠

10/17/2026

Excellence leaves room for mistakes, learning, and adjustment. Perfection leaves you feeling like none of it is ever enough.

Keep your standards high. Give yourself credit for progress. Let a mistake be something to learn from, rather than a verdict on your ability.

Excellence over perfection.

10/16/2026

We’re excited to partner with Ballet Northwest to bring mental skills training into the studio! 🩰

Together, we’ll help dancers build confidence, manage performance nerves, strengthen focus, and develop routines they can use in class, rehearsal, and on stage.

Thank you to Ken and Josie for making this work part a consistent of your dancers’ training. We can’t wait to get started! 💙

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Boston, MA

Telephone

8603025058

Website

https://www.persistenceperformancegroup.com/

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