Attention Climbers

Send a question or comment! I interview my climbing coach, Louis Parkinson, former Team GB climber and head of Catalyst Climbing, on how he experiences his own mindset training - so that we can all learn from his insights. We had such a great time recording, and hope you enjoy listening!  Get ready for a gripping episode where Louis deep dives into his internal monologue and how he works with it,...

Send a question or comment! We sit down with Belinda Fuller—known and loved in the climbing community as "Coach Be"—who coaches everyone from complete beginners to Team GB athletes. Coach Be unpacks the paradox of structure and freedom in movement. We discuss why a lack of "natural talent" forced her to break down 15 years of complex climbing movement into intuitive, feeling-ba...

Send a question or comment! Body awareness is crucial for learning and performing climbing movement in a state of enjoyment. Yet if we pay attention to our bodies only to make them perform, send or do we make them do, our progression in body awareness as a skill and a source of pleasure - is limited.  In this episode, Norwegian jazz and contemporary dancer and activist, Sigrid Vik, shares experien...

Send a question or comment! If you're a climber or a human who overtrains, overworks, and gets stressed at the mere idea of resting - this episode with Bunny Love- Schock is for you.  Our conversation draws attention to the following and more: - Microdrills and techniques to get you more comfortable with resting | - Exploring shame around resting despite its importance for performance - A gro...

Send a question or comment! As climbers, we may have internalized that our fear, negative thoughts, and unpleasant emotions are "bad" or "wrong", in either explicit or subtle ways.  This fearful reaction to our own fears most often comes from the positive intention to focus on the climb, what is "objectively true" about ourselves and the climb, and the factors we can...

Send a question or comment! We are back with clinical EFT practitioner, inner work coach and professional jazz musician Evan Gregor to dive deeper into how to "allow" fear, negative thoughts and uncomfortable sensations into the climbing (and life) experience, how to avoid shame-plateaus while doing mindset work for climbing, and how to use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) consistin...

Send a question or comment! Climbing too much. Resting too little. Under-committing to moves. "Negative mindset" in social settings around other climbers. These sound like issues that we climbers can simply "behave differently" in response to.  But for many of us, what if these and others problems negatively impacting climbing performance and enjoyment, are rooted in unprocesse...

Send a question or comment! A big thank you to all listeners of Season 1, and welcome back! If this is your first foray into the world of Attention Climbers, welcome! 

Send a question or comment! Can music make your ankles stronger and more mobile in the full range needed for climbing? Join me as we sing to find out It's no wonder that British Olympian and World Series gold medalist Erin "McBeast" McNiece cites training ankle proprioception as a key ingredient of her success. Who knew a few notes could deliver a climbing-imactful foot workout.  --...

Send a question or comment! *ANNOUNCEMENT A/O JULY 2026** Vision Training for Climbing Mentorship!  I have 1 opening for vision and multisensory embodied visualisation training mentorship for climbers - targeting performance and wellbeing on-and-off the wall in a systemic way, tailored to your lifestyle learning style, and goals. Contact me via podcast mail for an exploratory call. We will dive in...

Send a question or comment! My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  There's one thing I enjoy infinitely more than solving problems - asking questions. This episode asks the question: what if giving up too soon on a boulder is NOT a psychological limitation, but rather - a perceptual-cognitive one?  Here are 50 questions you can ask yourself when you are repeatedly fallin...

Send a question or comment! Today, I am back broadcasting to you guys with 🐈 Oskar. This time, we are lounging together facing one another on our balcony couch. Oskar serves as my muse throughout this meditation, and I welcome you to involve a furry friend too. If you don't have one - simply replacing the pet-invitation, with any meaningful object, will do.  Let's sharpen our awareness...

Send us Fan Mail My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers. This episode may pique some heated discussion, and I'd love to hear from you if you either resonate or disagree!  Nearly every climber wanting to improve - struggles with "mindset issues" - some form of negativity or inner resistance arising from their experience or perception of their climbing experience,...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Whispered whilst crouching at the dining room table and staring at adorably sleeping little Oskar 😽 - this rest-day guided meditation is for you AND your...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Today's episode is both philosophical and practical. We dive into a common long-term plateau generator: choosing lock off strength gains over dynamic...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  I'm excited to share and demonstrate an off-the-wall version of the "Fall Necklace Drill", one of my favourite mental training drills! You&a...

Send us Fan Mail My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  Today, we depart from our recent run of mind-training meditations - to address a crucial topic: the experience of grief and loss in climbing and in life.  I assert that intentionally leaning into and exploring our experience of grief and loss from falling off the climbs we love - allows for a safe, effective "microd...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute sound bath meditation (from 2:00) where we hold challenging and painful experiences in the mind and the body - in a state of mindful pre...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  In climbing, presence is NOT created equal. The timing and dosing of presence is most crucial at our physical, emotional, and neurological cruxes, which ar...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome back to Attention Climbers.  This is a medium to high intensity 2 minute body scan meditation in elbow plank position (from 1:00) where we focus alternating bilateral attention on each...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  I'm Crystal, and I help climbers transform their state from compulsive control to radical self-trust. Welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 3 minute guided meditation (from 2:00 with explanation prior) where...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Ingrain climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers!  This is a 6 minute guided meditation (from 3:00 with explanation prior) to practice a particular eye movement technique called "smooth pursuits". We...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute guided meditation (from 2:00 with explanation prior) where we generate movement by holding a visualised position in our minds, then waiting p...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 3 minute guided meditation (from 4:00 with explanation of "shadow externalisation" prior - would highly recommend you listen to this first :...

Send us Fan Mail Sharpen your senses. Peak your perception. Build climbing instinct and adaptability off the wall from the inside out, so that you can climb your hardest on the wall.  My name is Crystal, and welcome to Attention Climbers.  This is a 5 minute guided "mobility meditation" (from 3:00 with detailed explanation prior) to train high-feet climbing mobility with directional prec...