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Heartmind, Technique, Body: applying an integrated martial arts pedagogy to climbing

In this article, we examine several mindset-related concepts taken from the Zen philosophy of Japanese martial arts and consider their application to climbing.

Episode 22: From Childhood to Motherhood - Emily Harrington

In this episode, Hazel speaks with Emily Harrington about her life as a professional climber from when she was a kid competing to now as a mother herself.

Episode 21: Social Risk and Self Trust with Africa Brooke

In this episode, Hazel speaks with Africa Brooke. Africa is a consultant, coach, strategist, and speaker with a unique focus: tackling self-sabotage and self-censorship.

Episode 20: Mind Games - Allison Vest

In this episode, Hazel speaks with Allison Vest about her struggles and progress with mental training in climbing.

Episode 19: Performance Hacks Bonus Episode

In this bonus episode, Angus Kille interviews Hazel about how to leverage mental training for performance and their upcoming course Performance Hacks.

Performance Hacks - FAQS

We've laid out in this article some of the common questions we've received about Performance Hacks which is now available all year round.

Episode 17: Working With The Mind - Lor Sabourin

Lor Sabourin is a professional climber, mental training coach, and Training Leader for the Warrior’s Way, an organization that uses climbing-based mental training to optimize performance and improve mental health. Lor’s work is trauma-informed and they have just finished a Masters's degree in mental health counselling with an emphasis on somatic therapy and adventure-based counselling.

Episode 16: Mastery and Flow in High Level Bouldering Part 2 - Aidan Roberts

This is the second part of a conversation Hazel had with Aiden Roberts about mastery, flow and motivation in high-level bouldering.

Episode 15: Spontaneity - Jeff Charno

In this episode, Hazel speaks with Jeff Charno, the founder and host of "Being & Doing" online conferences.

Episode 14: Flow Philosophy - Cameron Norsworthy

In this episode, Hazel speaks with Cameron Norsworthy (PhD in Flow and director of the Flow Centre) about flow.

Episode 13: Understanding Intuition - Lauri Jarvilehto

Hazel speaks with musician, researcher and lecturer in philosophy of mind Lauri Jarvilehto. They talk about what intuition is, creativity and intuition, flow and intuition, the difference between skill and conceptualising that skill, how system 2 can distract us (choking in sport), flow and good performances in system 1, the differences and similarities between flow and intuition, pattern recognition, the difference between instinct and intuition, how to better access intuition and flow with this knowledge.

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

Hazel talks to Adam about what makes a good climber, flow state, his childhood, motivation, mastery, processes, competitions, outcomes, the problem of under-eating in climbing, big goals and much more.

Flow: the basics

This intriguing mental state describes everything about optimal climbing performance, and our best experiences.

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.

Hazel chats to Aidan Roberts about climbing Alphane 9A

Aidan Roberts recently climbed Alphane, a 9A boulder in Chironico Switzerland. As Aidan has also been doing one-to-one performance coaching with me (Hazel), I caught up with him to hear his reflections on the process of climbing Alphane from a psychological perspective.

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.

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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