The Enneagram is a personality typing method that I’ve been super interested in for a few years now. I try to type all of my friends, my clients, and other people around me to help me understand them better and have more compassion for them. Knowing my own type has helped me have more compassion for myself and to identify areas I want to improve on in my life, in and outside of climbing.

I recently met Becca Droz of sunrise-mindset.com, who is certified as an Enneagram coach, and she’s a climbing coach and guide. She often ends up talking with her clients about what Enneagram type they are and how it shows up for them. I asked her to be on the show to talk about what each of the types looks like in people in general, and how the types show up for us as climbers. We talk in depth about all of the types’ core fears, motivations, strengths, and challenges. We talk a little more extensively about our own types (I am an 8 and she is a 7).

• Becca’s website: sunrise-mindset.com
• Enneagram Test on Becca’s site: sunrise-mindset.com/enneagramtest
• Greece trip with Becca: sunrise-mindset.com/greece
• Suzanne Stabile Books on the Enneagram: Amazon list
• Suzanne Stabile podcast: The Enneagram Journey
• The Enneagram Institute RHETI Test: www.enneagraminstitute.com
• Integrative 9 Enneagram Test: www.integrative9.com
• Wisdom of the Enneagram Book: Amazon

Jana Unterholzner has her master’s degree as a Sport and Performance Psychologist and she recently helped create an online course at unblocd.com to guide climbers through mentally recovering from injuries. I asked her to be on the show to talk about some of the tools and information she provides in that course.

In this episode, we both share some of our key experiences going through our own injuries and Jana talks about the following:

• Why the mental side of injury matters as much as the physical
• How injury recovery can mirror grief in practice
• Strategies for working with fear after injury
• Why tracking progress makes such a difference
• Reframing injury: challenge vs. threat
• Building resilience (vs. being born with it)
• The role of self-compassion in recovery
• Tools for managing negative thoughts
• What kind of support actually helps during recovery
• Why rehab consistency is tough — and what helps
• Growing into someone new, rather than ‘getting back’ to your old self

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In this episode I do a full mindset coaching session with Robyn Steuber, a 33-yr-old climber whose main barrier in climbing is her fear of falling and inability to try hard above her bolt. She also struggles with performance anxiety and fear of failing. So I did a complete one-hour session with her, just as I would with any climbing client, and we dissected exactly what she's afraid of and made a plan for her to start overcoming her fears. We discussed fall practice, quantitative ways for her to start learning how to try hard in general (and eventually above her bolt), and I gave her strategies for dealing with the big emotions that come with a stressful day of climbing.

If you want to work with me on your own mental barriers in climbing, visit www.trainingbeta.com/mindset.