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Long-form adventurous conversations with experts in mindset, resilience, sport psychology, fear management, presence, attention, distraction, flow-state, performance psychology, well-being and more with professional climber and coach Hazel Findlay.

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Podcast Episodes

Episode 11: Adam Ondra – It's all about the psyche

This episode was recorded live as a SHAFF (Sheffield adventure film festival) event, so it's a little different in format compared to our other episodes.

Episode 10: Mike Weeks – Exploring the embodied mind

In this episode Hazel chats to Mike Weeks. Mike is a serial entrepreneur, coach and speaker, specializing in resilience and peak performance for emergency services, police, special forces and elite athletes.

Episode 9: Mason Earle – A different kind of mountain

In this episode Hazel talks to former pro-climber Mason Earle about his journey with ME/CFS.

Episode 8: Flight School Special – Busting myths about fear of falling in climbing

In this episode, Hazel and Angus Kille chat about fear of falling.

Episode 7: Tim Emmett – Which does Tim Emmett find scariest: base jumping or sport climbing?

In this episode Hazel speak with climber, ex-base jumper and all round adventurer Tim Emmett. They talk about Tim's relationship with all the risky activities he gets up to and what attracts him to sports with consequences.

Episode 6: Ross Bentley – Thinking fast

In this episode Hazel speaks with race car coach Ross Bentley about the mind of race car drivers and how he coaches drivers to be at their best.

Episode 5: Emma Wood – Competition, performance and fear

In this episode Hazel and Angus speak with Emma Wood, one of the great minds working in the space of psychology in our community.

Episode 4: Lorraine Huber – The best way to win

In this episode Hazel speaks with free ride world champion Lorraine Huber about her journey to win.

Episode 3: Aidan Roberts – Mastery and flow in high level bouldering

This is the first part of a long conversation with Aidan. Aidan is one of the world's best boulderers and recently sent Alphane, 9a making him one of the few people in the world to climb the grade.

Episode 2: Miguel Lozano – Lessons from the deep

In this episode, Hazel speaks with professional free diver Miguel Lozano.

Episode 1: Sue Jackson – The relationship between flow, mindfulness and performance

Hazel talks to Sue Jackson about flow, mindfulness and performance and how they all relate. Sue is a psychologist, researcher and mindfulness practitioner.

Fight, flight, freeze

Fight, flight, or freeze is activated by our sympathetic nervous system in response to a stressful situation. The stress caused by the fear of falling or failing can be detrimental when climbing. So, how do we recognise this response and overcome it? This article provides a small insight into what is a very broad and well-researched topic. In the Strong Mind Course, we cover this topic in depth.

A conversation with flow-state expert Cameron Norsworthy

Cameron Norsworthy from the Flow Centre chats to Hazel Findlay about what flow state is, how to access it and what the barriers to flow are. This conversation was recorded for the Curious Climber podcast.

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