EP 276: Alex Bridgewater Returns
July 7, 2025
Alex Bridgewater (M.S. in Sports Psychology) returns to the podcast to discuss tools that can help elevate your climbing performance. We talked about finding your values, the dark side of expectations, a framework for working toward goals, how to develop confidence, building awareness, whether climbing is separate from life, the cost of masochism, acceptance, unhooking, mindfulness practice, and much more.
You can work with Alex at innersourceperformancepsychology.com
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Check out other episodes with Alex:
EP 36: Climb Strong Team (Sept, 2020)
BONUS: Alex Bridgewater (Sept, 2020)
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Related Episodes:
BONUS: Alex Bridgewater (Sept, 2020)
EP 35: Steve Bechtel (Sept, 2020)
EP 36: Climb Strong Team (Sept, 2020)
EP 226: Justen Sjong (Jun, 2024)
EP 214: Neely Quinn Returns (Apr, 2024)
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00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:38 – Graduate school
00:10:21 – Psychology for climbers
00:18:54 – Finding your values
00:28:52 – Expectations
00:38:27 – WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan)
01:07:07 – Manifesting flexibility
01:16:24 – Confidence
01:20:37 – Building awareness
01:32:43 – Is climbing separate from life?
01:43:32 – What is the cost?
01:54:37 – We’re not professional athletes
02:00:36 – Many different selves
02:08:32 – Acceptance
02:14:57 – Unhooking
02:18:38 – Mindfulness practice
02:35:53 – Alex’s practices
02:43:06 – Alex’s coaching offerings