Climb Your Mountain

Has an illness or an injury got you feeling like you’re down in some kind of fitness hole? Not sure you’ll ever be able to dig yourself out? Than this short video is for you! Here are three tips that are helping me cope during long COVID.

You can also watch the video on Instagram right here.

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Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

Afraid of heights? Nervous about bears on trail? Does fear of failure hold you back? Here's my simple, three-step process to overcome fears and feel less afraid in the outdoors. Plus tips to help you do it all with self-compassion and while protecting your central nervous system.

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

Think you don't have the time or money to live a life of adventure? Then maybe it's time to get out of your own way! 

Believe it or not, most of the limitations in our lives don't come from outside of us. They actually come from our own heads. 

And the good news about that is that once we're aware of them, we can release them. 

So in today's podcast episode, I'm going to share with you my 9 rules of living a life of adventure.

Warning: listening to this episode may inspire you to sell all of your possessions and walk across Mongolia with $20 in your pocket. 

And actually, that sounds like a lot of fun. 

So buckle up, here we go!

RESOURCES:

• The Road to Macchu Pichu Starts at 385 Pounds – essay by Carla Powell
• Sarah's Breathwork Meetup - FREE and low cost breathwork sessions online

Friends, I have some bittersweet news.

After 74 episodes, the Climb Your Mountain Podcast is coming to an end.

Yes, I was super surprised by it too.

In this week's episode, I'll (briefly) share my reasons for winding down the show, what I'm up to next, and how to keep in touch.

I'll also share the 3 "big ideas" I want you to remember from the podcast.

If you can live by these 3 simple rules, I know you will live an amazing life of adventure!

Thanks so much for your support of the podcast. I have had so much fun getting to know you and hope we can stay in touch.

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/74

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

A whole podcast about hydration? That's not a very sexy topic, you might be thinking.

What if I told you that proper hydration could boost your endurance by 50%?

Imagine going twice as long and feeling strong without grueling workouts.

Yes, it really gets to be that simple.

But the funny thing is, pretty much every hiker I know is walking around semi-dehydrated. And that is not the fate I want for you!

So this week on the podcast, we're talking about how to hydrate before, during, and after a hike.

I'll also share the skinny on electrolytes and sports drinks.

And you'll get my best tips on hydration system gear.

When you put these simple tips into practice, you won't believe how good you feel out there.

Ready? Let's do this!

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/73

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

When you're at your fitness peak after a summer outdoors, the arrival of fall can provoke anxiety.

You may be wondering ... NOW WHAT?

Like all good things, the training season must come to an end. And a lot of athletes struggle with this.

They fight like mad to hold on to gains that are not sustainable.

They train all the time like they are about to climb a mountain — and end up physically and mentally burned out.

Friend, that's not what I want for you!

That's why this week's podcast is all about the off season.

Why you need it.

How to plan it.

Where to focus your cardio and strength training.

And how to make it fun. (This is actually one of the most important parts.)

Learn how to rest so you can dive into next year's mountaineering season fresh and bursting with motivation.

Ready? Let's do this!

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/72

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

Does fear hold you back from your mountaineering dreams? Me too!

But here's the thing. Everything you want in life is on the other side of fear.

Learning how to manage fear and anxiety will supercharge your mountaineering life — and every part of your life.

So in today's podcast episode, we're going to lean into fear. (Sound scary? It will be OK, I promise!)

We'll talk about where fear comes from — and why it's actually a sign our brains are healthy and functioning correctly.

Then I'll share a simple but super effective mind-management tool I use on every trip to keep fear in check. I've also taught this to clients, and we all agree it's magic.

Finally, you'll learn how to use step-wise exposure to get more comfortable with heights, snow climbing, scrambling, and other scary mountain stuff.

Ready? Let's do this!

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/71

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

There's no way around it. Endurance training involves discomfort. A LOT of discomfort.

First there's the physical and mental strain of training.

Let's face it. The kind of exercise that gets results doesn't exactly feel like a massage! There's a lot of gasping and sweating and burning and feeling like you want to stop.

Then you need to change your eating habits. You can still eat foods that give you pleasure, but it might happen way less often.

You get to go to bed early while everyone else is up having fun.

On vacation, you get to train while your friends and family go to the beach.

"Normal" people change one area of their lives at a time. You, however, have to break all the chains at once.

So how do you make friends with discomfort so you can reach your goals?

By realizing that discomfort is the price of admission to your dreams!

On this week's podcast episode, I'll share some thoughts on getting comfortable with discomfort so it doesn't hold you back.

Ready? Let's do this!

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/70

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

What's more important – strength training or cardio training?

As a coach, you wouldn't believe how often I get this question. And my extremely aggravating answer is: IT DEPENDS.

Asking whether you should focus on strength or cardio to prepare for a trip is a little like asking whether you should go to college or start your own business. There are just so many variables to consider. And the answer is going to be different for human.

But that doesn't mean it's not a useful question. So today on the podcast, I'll share a metaphor to help you understand how both strength and cardio benefit you as an athlete. And we'll also talk about some ways to find the right balance as you prepare for your goal trip.

Ready? Let's do this!

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/69

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Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].

Could your healthy lifestyle actually be making you tired? The answer is yes.

As humans, we absorb a lot of misinformation about healthy diet and behavior.

Endurance athletes are especially vulnerable, because we really do need excellent nutrition and exercise habits in order to reach our goals. But a lot of conventional wisdom about healthy lifestyle is actually wrong.

And let's be honest. How healthy do we actually need to be anyway to reach our goals? Do we have to be perfect? Of course not — even though we're bombarded with this message from advertisers and fellow athletes.

So in today's podcast episode, we'll talk about five ways your healthy lifestyle might be wearing you out, and how you can correct these missteps.

Ready? Let's do this.

Read Detailed Show Notes At:
https://missadventurepants.com/68

Mountain Fit Course:
https://missadventurepants.teachable.com/p/mountain-fit/

Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/missadventurepants/

Try Breathwork with Sarah:
https://missadventurepants.com/breathwork

Coach With Sarah

Sarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].