EP 282: 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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Show Notes:

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)

Resources:

Rethinking Positive Thinking

The Confidence Gap

Adam the Climber

Waking Up App

Alex’s Links:

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Nuggets:

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

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