Coaching
Hi, I'm Natasha Burns, and I'm here to help you reclaim your identity as a musician that you never knew you lost.
"So many musicians aren't taught the mental skills they need to thrive in their careers"
You likely had to squash your thoughts and feelings each time you stepped onstage. You found yourself taking on others’ judgements – not out of true alignment, but from a desperate need for acceptance. In doing so, you’ve learned to become a performer for others, trying to be seen for the musician you really are.
The result is a career where you’ve been so focused on what others think about you that you’ve lost sight of who you actually are.
I can teach you the mental skills to help you overcome perfectionism, self-doubt, and performance anxiety, and fall back in love with being a musician
About me
Prior to becoming a performance coach, I spent years working as a music teacher. As someone who is passionate about music teaching, I expected to work solely as an educator for the rest of my life.
But I had been blighted by performance anxiety throughout my musical education and it followed me into my work as a teacher. Not only that, I realised that my students were also suffering, either with anxiety or just lacking the mental tools to perform stress-free – and I didn’t know how to help them. And yet to my surprise (and mild rage), no one seemed to bat an eye at this growing problem.
In a world where performer’s emotional stress often goes unrecognised, my mission: to help you rebuild your trust in yourself so that you can perform confidently under pressure and love being a musician again.
I am not a jack-of-all-trades coach. Instead, my writing and work exist to help musicians everywhere recognize their worth, restore their trust in themselves and build a joyful, sustainable career.