Playing Scared (30 page)

Fitzgerald, Ella,
(1)
,
(2)

Fleisher, Leon,
(1)

Flett, Gordon,
(1)

fly agaric,
(1)

focal dystonia,
(1)
,
(2)

focus,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
.
See also
mindfulness

football,
(1)
,
(2)

Foster-Hylton, Brigitte,
(1)

Freer, Peter,
(1)

French Open (2004),
(1)

Freud, Sigmund, and Freudian psychology,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

Fry, Stephen,
(1)

gabbai
,
(1)

Gabbard, Glen,
(1)

Gabrilowitsch, Ossip,
(1)

Galen, Mary Lou,
(1)

Gambon, Michael,
(1)

gamma waves,
(1)

Gandhi, Mahatma,
(1)

Gaudio, Gastón,
(1)

generalized anxiety disorder,
(1)

Georgeff, Phil,
(1)

George (student of van der Linde),
(1)

Gesamtkunstwerk
,
(1)

Gibson, Mel,
(1)

Gillespie, Dizzy,
(1)
,
(2)

Gladwell, Malcolm,
(1)

Glenn Gould School,
(1)

glossophobia,
(1)
.
See also
public speaking, fear of

Golden, Arthur,
(1)

golf,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

Gould, Glenn,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Gradova, Gitta,
(1)

Graffman, Gary,
(1)

Grant, Hugh,
(1)

Great Expectations
(Dickens),
(1)

Greenberg, David,
(1)
,
(2)

Greene, Don

author’s work with,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

as Kagayema’s mentor,
(1)
,
(2)

performance anxiety of,
(1)
,
(2)

performance inventory of,
(1)
,
(2)

work with athletes and musicians,
(1)
,
(2)

Griffin, Johnny,
(1)

Gross, Terry,
(1)

group therapy,
(1)
,
(2)

Guevara, Che,
(1)

Gutierrez, Martha,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Gwynn, Landis,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

gymnasts and perfectionism,
(1)
,
(2)

Hancock, Herbie,
(1)

hashish,
(1)

Haydn, Joseph,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Hayes, Dorsha,
(1)

Held, Woodie,
(1)

Hewitt, Paul,
(1)

Hinton, Devon,
(1)

hippocampus,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

history of stage fright and famous sufferers,
(1)
,
(2)

Alcibiades,
(1)

changing roles of performers and,
(1)

contemporary culture and,
(1)

Donald Verrilli,
(1)

electric lighting and,
(1)

Eric Brown,
(1)

Laurence Olivier,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Mahatma Gandhi,
(1)

Mark Twain,
(1)

Michael Gambon,
(1)

Moses,
(1)

Rick Warren,
(1)

Steve Blass,
(1)

terms used,
(1)

Thomas Jefferson,
(1)

tightening up and,
(1)

Hofmann, Stefan,
(1)

Hofmann, Josef,
(1)

Hogan, Ben,
(1)

Hornell, New York,
(1)

Horowitz, Vladimir,
(1)
,
(2)

Howard (Zeitlin’s uncle),
(1)

Human Performance Lab, Univ. Chicago,
(1)

human stirpiculture,
(1)

hurdling (track event),
(1)

Huxley, Aldous,
(1)

hypnosis,
(1)

imperfection and integrity,
(1)

Inber, Vera,
(1)

Indian
dhat
,
(1)
,
(2)

insomnia,
(1)
,
(2)

Institute of Sports Psychology, Munich,
(1)

integrative psychology,
(1)

integrity, archetype of,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

internal audience,
(1)
,
(2)

Ivan Ilyich (Tolstoy character),
(1)

Iyengar, B. K. S.,
(1)

Jamal, Ahmad,
(1)

James, William,
(1)
,
(2)

Japanese
taijin kyofusho
,
(1)
,
(2)

Jay-Z,
(1)

jazz

Jesse’s passion for,
(1)

progressive scene in NYC,
(1)

Strassmayer’s passion for,
(1)

Zeitlin’s introduction to,
(1)

Jefferson, Thomas,
(1)

Jerusalem,
(1)

Jesse (author’s son),
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

Jews in St. Petersburg, Russia,
(1)

jikoshisen-kyofu
,
(1)

jikoshu-kyofu
,
(1)

Jiro Dreams of Sushi
(documentary),
(1)

the jitters,
(1)

Joseph (author’s brother),
(1)

Judaism and
aymat zibur
,
(1)

Juilliard School,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

Jung, Carl, and Jungian psychology,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Kabat-Zinn, Jon,
(1)

Kabbalists,
(1)

Kageyama, Noa

author’s work with,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

bullet-proof approach to performance anxiety,
(1)

childhood of,
(1)
,
(2)

in college,
(1)

Greene’s mentorship of,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Kansas,
(1)

Kathie (author’s friend),
(1)

Kenny, Dianna,
(1)

Khmer Rouge,
(1)

khyal cap
,
(1)

Kidder, Lynn,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Kind of Blue
(Davis),
(1)

Kiran (competitor at St. Catharines),
(1)
,
(2)

KLARO!,
(1)

Knisley, Miss (author’s third grade teacher),
(1)

Knoblauch, Chuck,
(1)

Kostya (in
An Actor Prepares
),
(1)

Krishnamurti, Jiddu,
(1)

Kristel, Sylvia,
(1)

Krupa, Gene,
(1)

Lacan, Jacques,
(1)

Lahr, John,
(1)

Larsen, Irene,
(1)

Lasorda, Tommy,
(1)

lawyers and performance anxiety,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Leary, Timothy,
(1)

LeDoux, Joseph,
(1)
,
(2)

left-handedness,
(1)

left hemisphere of brain,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

Lehnert, Doris,
(1)

Le Roy, New York,
(1)

Lewin, Kurt,
(1)

The Lightning Concerto
(Cicoria),
(1)

Linn, Amy,
(1)
,
(2)

Loiseau, Bernard,
(1)

Los Angeles Dodgers,
(1)

Madam B. (Aunty Maddy’s teacher),
(1)

Madame Defarge (in
A Tale of Two Cities
),
(1)

Maddy (author’s aunt),
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)
,
(7)

Magyar, Gabor,
(1)

Maimonides,
(1)

Mama’s Family
(TV show),
(1)
,
(2)

Mary (author’s friend),
(1)
,
(2)

Mass Appeal
(play),
(1)

mass hysteria,
(1)

Max (author’s son),
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

May, Rollo,
(1)

McCartney, Paul,
(1)

McCroskey, James,
(1)

McGaugh, James,
(1)

McKenzie, Jon,
(1)

McMahon, Elizabeth Jane,
(1)
,
(2)

meditation,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)
,
(7)

Memoirs of a Geisha
(Golden),
(1)

Memory and Emotion
(McGaugh),
(1)

Mendez, Celia,
(1)

merger state,
(1)

Michigan State University,
(1)

Midler, Bette,
(1)

mind-body disconnect,
(1)

mindfulness

attentiveness,
(1)
,
(2)

concentration,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

focus,
(1)
,
(2)

tools for

biofeedback,
(1)

meditation,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)

third-person reflection,
(1)

yoga,
(1)
,
(2)

Mingus, Charles,
(1)

ministers and performance anxiety,
(1)
,
(2)

Minnelli, Liza,
(1)
,
(2)

Mok, Gwendolyn,
(1)
,
(2)

Mondlak, Drori,
(1)

Moose, Bob,
(1)

Morita, Shoma,
(1)

Morita therapy,
(1)

Moser, Jason,
(1)

Moses (Biblical),
(1)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

author’s feelings about,
(1)

concertos,
(1)

Piano Concerto no. 15 in B-flat Major,
(1)

Piano Concerto no. 23 in A Major,
(1)

sonatas,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Sonata in A Minor K. 310,
(1)

Sonata in F Major,
(1)

Sonata no. 8 in A Minor,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

Mr. C (perfectionist),
(1)

Muhammad, Fatimah,
(1)

Murphy, Davy,
(1)

musicians.
See also
Solovitch, Sara

athletes compared to,
(1)

beta-blocker use by,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

fear of public speaking and,
(1)

merging by,
(1)

mindfulness and,
(1)

parental expectations and,
(1)

perfectionism in,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)

performance anxiety in,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

Nagel, Julie Jaffee,
(1)

Nancy (competitor at St. Catharines),
(1)

National Symphony Orchestra,
(1)
,
(2)

Nepal,
(1)

neurolinguistic programming,
(1)

neuroplasticity,
(1)
,
(2)

Newland Archer (in
The Age of Innocence
),
(1)

New School,
(1)
,
(2)

New York, New York
(film),
(1)

New York Yankees,
(1)

Noyes, John Humphrey,
(1)

Noyes, Pierrepont,
(1)

Oberlin Conservatory,
(1)
,
(2)

obsessive-compulsive disorder,
(1)

Ogilvie, Bruce,
(1)

Olivier, Laurence,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)
,
(4)
,
(5)
,
(6)

Oneida Perfectionists,
(1)

Oregon State University,
(1)

orgasm, winning compared to,
(1)

Orlando, John,
(1)
,
(2)

Othello, role of,
(1)

Outliers
(Gladwell),
(1)

overthinking,
(1)
,
(2)

Oxford University,
(1)

Paderewski, Ignace,
(1)

panic disorder,
(1)

Papillons
(Schumann),
(1)

paralysis by analysis,
(1)

parental expectations and performance anxiety,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

paruresis,
(1)
,
(2)

Paul (author’s friend),
(1)

Pavarotti, Luciano,
(1)

Pavlov, Ivan,
(1)

perfection, pursuit of

anxiety and,
(1)

by author,
(1)

effect on performance,
(1)
,
(2)
,
(3)

feelings of self-worth and,
(1)