World Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian on Risk, Fear, and Thriving Under Pressure

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

What happens when your biggest obstacle isn’t the mountain—it's your own self-doubt?

Sasha DiGiulian is one of the world’s top rock climbers and a pioneer in the sport—with multiple first female ascents, national titles, and a world championship under her belt. Sasha’s unique approach to navigating fear, risk, and doubt is masterful. In this conversation, you’ll hear how Sasha balances the tension of caring, while letting go—a mindset that fuels her success in climbing and life. Outside of scaling epic walls, Sasha has seamlessly blended extreme sport with entrepreneurship, public speaking, and environmental advocacy.

In this conversation, we discuss how vulnerability plays a key role in Sasha’s mental performance, and how she learned to tune out external judgment while remaining authentic to herself. She also opens up about her struggle though multiple hip injuries, the importance of resilience through challenges and how recovery is important for all of us to live our best lives.

This episode with Sasha is full of actionable insights that can help you perform under pressure, stay grounded, and embrace your ever-changing journey in life. Dive in.

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0:00.0	What happens when your biggest obstacle isn't the mountain?
0:03.0	It's your own self-doubt.
0:04.6	Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast,
0:07.6	where we dive into the minds of the world's greatest thinkers and doers.
0:11.2	I am your host, Dr. Michael Jervais, by trade and training a high-performance psychologist.
0:16.0	Today we have a very special guest, Sasha DeJulian,
0:19.7	one of the world's top climbers and a true pioneer in her
0:22.9	sport. In today's conversation, we dive into Sasha's unique approach to navigating fear,
0:29.1	risk, and doubt. You'll hear how she balances the tension of caring while letting go, a mindset
0:36.6	that fuels her success in climbing and in life.
0:39.4	We also discuss how vulnerability plays a key role to her mental performance and how
0:44.0	she learned to tune out external judgment while staying authentic to herself.
0:49.1	She opens up about her struggle through multiple hip injuries and the importance of resilience
0:53.8	through challenges
0:55.0	and how recovery is important for all of us to live our best lives. I know you're looking to
1:00.4	explore what it takes to master your own craft, whether you're in sport, business, the arts,
1:05.9	or as a family member. This conversation is full of actionable insights that will help you perform under pressure,
1:13.2	stay grounded, embrace the ever-changing journey ahead. Let's dive into this week's conversation
1:19.6	with Sasha to Julian.
1:25.9	Sasha, what a treat to have you here.
1:30.4	It's a rare opportunity to be able to speak to somebody that has multiple firsts that
1:36.7	carved a unique path in life that most people do not understand.
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