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Shawn Byfield | Confidence Coach

@shawnbyfield

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I teach performers and coaches how to build confidence when it counts.
🎓 Leadership Coach + Adjudicator
🎯 Training teachers & teams here 👇🏾

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Teachers and directors, which of these students do you currently have? 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Comment below or DM if you want to finally change that and do something about it! by @shawnbyfield

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24 days ago

Most comp weekends are already booked, 3 weeks still available. Let me know how I can be of service! DM for availability. by @shawnbyfield

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a month ago

Just one of a few lessons that I've already been sharing this week. I know I only have a few minutes on stage each time but I hope something sticks.

❤️ Is there something I've shared that you've resonated with recently?

I can't wait until my summer tap dance intensive where I can share actual tools to help dancers elevate their belief in themselves on and off the stage. by @shawnbyfield

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7 months ago

Why is no one talking about who coaches the coaches?

Spoiler alert: I do! 😁 Let me introduce myself.

WHO: I'm a national adjudicator and leadership coach with 40 years on stage and 30 at the judges' table.

WHAT: I teach coaches the words to say when a performer's confidence wobbles.

WHERE: Inside The Confidence Vault, a private online community for coaches in dance, gymnastics, cheer, skating, theatre and athletics.

WHEN: 24/7 access. One short video a week, plus live office hours with me twice a month.

WHY: Coaches were trained in craft and nobody taught them the words. A steadier coach builds a braver performer.

SECRET: The early rate closes October 31 at 11:55 pm Pacific. Comment LET'S GO or message me.

Tag the coach or director who needs a nudge to stop doing everything themselves! by @shawnbyfield

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Swipe if you’ve been meaning to train your teachers all season. Three jobs have been standing in the way:

📋️ Planning the training:
- the topic, the speaker, and a date when every teacher is free is like herding cats!
📋️ Running the sessions:
- the room, the agenda, and the staff meeting you never had space for...
📋️ Following up:
- checking that anyone actually used it?

Directors, here’s the good news:

You can cross all three off your list. Inside The Confidence Vault, I write every lesson and teach it, so the training is already built. Each lesson comes with a ready to use workbook, so your coaches skim and walk in prepared.

I add fresh lessons and real research every month, and I answer their questions myself, live on Zoom twice a month and in the community in between. One Team seat covers you plus 9 coaches.

One director told me: “What Shawn gave them wasn’t theory. It was something they could walk into class with on Monday.” That’s what a Monday looks like when your coaches have the words.

Swipe to see where each job goes.

Comment LET’S GO or DM me, and I’ll explain everything and handle it for you.

Send this to the director who does it all. by @shawnbyfield

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8 days ago

Does any other director ever think, on a Sunday night: “I really should be training my teachers”?

The inbox is full. A parent wants a call first thing Monday. And that one thought lands on top of the pile again.

Here’s what I want you to hear: you can cross it off. Directors, I do all the work for you!

Inside The Confidence Vault, I teach your teachers exactly what to say when a correction needs to land, when a casting list disappoints, and when nerves hit before a performance. I write every lesson and teach every one. Each lesson comes with a ready to use workbook and teaching slides, so your coaches skim before they teach and walk in prepared. I add fresh lessons and real research every month, and I go live on Zoom twice a month to answer their questions myself.

Phew!
Your calendar stays exactly as it is.

Your part is simple: you sign up, and you add your coaches’ emails yourself. One Team seat covers you plus 9 coaches!

Swipe to see how it works, start to finish.

If this sounds like the weight off your shoulders you’ve been waiting for, comment LET’S GO or DM me. I’ll explain everything and handle it for you.

Send this to the director who does it all. by @shawnbyfield

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8 days ago

Who does that?! 🤯

If you're the director of a performance-based program like dance, cheer, gymnastics, skating, or athletics, this is a literal no-brainer. If you're the parent of a performer, SHARE THIS with your directors.

Comment "Let's go!" or DM me for info. by @shawnbyfield

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10 days ago

September 9th, 2026 — Kanyon’s first dance class. 🤍

Dance has been such a huge part of both of our lives, so getting to sit back and watch our little boy walk into the studio for his very first class felt pretty special.

We have no idea where dance will fit into his story as he grows — maybe he’ll love it, maybe he won’t — but this moment will always mean something to me.

Watching him explore, move, learn and have fun while Mama and Dada watched from the sidelines is one of those little memories I know I’ll hold onto forever.

His very first dance class. 🥹 And somehow, another reminder that he’s growing up way too fast. 🤍 by @shawnbyfield

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15 days ago

Simone Biles is the best gymnast alive. She still needed someone in her corner! Swipe to see what she did about it, and why The Confidence Vault opens this Friday with a founders rate.

This is a big deal! Comment LET'S GO or DM me, and I'll send you everything inside.

Who do you know that wants to empower performers to live their best lives? Tag them below. by @shawnbyfield

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17 days ago

Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever because of one bedtime habit his coach taught him as a kid. Swipe to see exactly what it was!

If you're ready to give your team that same kind of tool, something simple enough to teach this week, and powerful enough to change how they show up all season, comment "LET'S GO" and I'll send you your next step. 👇 by @shawnbyfield

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19 days ago

OnStage 2027 is calling? Are you ready to answer the call?

Don’t miss reserving you spot today through DanceBUG! Tell us what your most looking forward to below!

#onstagerocks #incomingcall #dancecanada #ontariodance #bethebestyoucanbe by @shawnbyfield

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20 days ago

** ATTENTION DANCE PARENTS **
That water bottle's heavier walking out than it was walking in. You filled it. You reminded her twice on the drive over. Three hours later it's back on the counter, still full, and she's flopped on the couch too wiped to tell you how it went.

That's not an attitude problem. That's a kid running on empty, and pep talks don't fix empty. Food does!

Here's the fastest fix I've got. Peanut butter, banana, milk, a scoop of protein powder if you've got it, honey. Blend it, pour it, hand it to her before she's done untying her shoes. Thirty seconds, tops.

<< SWIPE to see results >>

That recipe lives inside Fuel Your Confidence with eight more just like it, the zero prep snacks that actually get eaten in the car, the real competition day timeline, and the hydration plan that keeps her out of that flat, flopped on the couch state altogether. $19.

Comment HANGRY FOR THE CURE and I'll send you the link.

P.S. Bottle still full on your counter right now? Comment anyway. This one's for you. by @shawnbyfield

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