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Fallon Rowe: Escaping an Abusive Climbing Relationship, Finding Freedom, and Rekindling the Stoke


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In this episode Fallon Rowe, climber and author of Pay No Mind, explores:
  • How she fell into a charismatic climbing relationship that turned very dark, controlling, and abusive 
  • The manipulative tricks her partner used to keep her under his control
  • Power imbalances that can occur in some climbing relationships
  • Her harrowing escape
  • The evidence based therapy (EMDR) that she used to process and recover from the trauma 
  • Stoic philosophy
  • Why she feels more deeply connected to climbing and mastery everyday 
  • Struggling with chronic health conditions and how she manages them
  • Being psyched on sport multi-pitch and FAs
  • How to identify red flags in your relationship or belaytionship
  • Being mentored by John Long
     
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    Here are some AI generated show notes (hopefully the robots got it right)

    00:00 Introduction and Welcome
    00:37 Introducing Fallon Rowe and Her Story
    01:19 Fallon's Book: Pay No Mind
    01:45 A Different Kind of Episode
    04:00 Starting the Conversation with Fallon
    05:12 Fallon's Journey and Writing Process
    07:53 The Abusive Relationship Unfolds
    11:12 Climbing and Control
    33:32 The Final Escape
    37:47 Healing and Moving Forward
    49:23 The Downward Spiral of a Friend
    50:12 Rediscovering the Joy of Climbing
    52:03 Living with Chronic Illness
    55:28 Navigating Climbing with Health Conditions
    01:01:32 Addressing Abuse in Climbing Relationships
    01:08:44 The Impact of Sharing Personal Stories
    01:11:39 Fallon's Future and Stoic Philosophy
    01:22:06 Final Thoughts and Acknowledgements
     

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