MindShift Power Podcast
MindShift Power Podcast
Fatima Bey The MindShifter
PACE Yourself: A 13-Year-Old's Method for Not Losing Your Sh*t (Episode 119)
20 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
Welcome And Guest Introduction
Impulsivity And The Tennis Racket Moment
The Car Incident And Staying Calm
Breaking Down PACE: Pause, Assess, Choose, Engage
Using PACE In Sports And School
Consequences Of Not Pausing
Advice To Peers: Let Wisdom In
Filtering Inputs With PACE
Recap, TEDx Links, And Contact
Host’s Mind-Shifting Moment And Closing
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What if the difference between chaos and clarity is just one breath? We sit down with 13-year-old TEDx speaker Vihan Reddy, whose calm response during a terrifying accident—a car running over his foot—reveals how a simple method can reshape choices under pressure. Vihan walks us through PACE: Pause, Assess, Choose, Engage. It’s a clean, four-step framework that turns raw emotion into practical action, whether you’re melting down during practice, stuck on a test question, or trying to repair a...