305. Here To Climb: Sasha DiGiulian On How She Sets Goals, Riding The Injury Rollercoaster & Her New Documentary
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
I couldn’t be more excited to share my conversion with professional climber Sasha DiGiulian on the eve of her documentary premiere “Here to Climb” on HBO Max. We talk about what it’s like to look back on the last 4 years of Sasha’s story and the journey toward a career that’s been nothing short of stellar. She talks about her goal setting process, what it looks like to go after something that scares you, and how to recognize when goals don’t serve you anymore. Sasha also shares what excites her right now, which includes her nutrition bar business, Send Bars.
IN THIS EPISODE
What it’s like for Sasha to watch herself back in the documentary (5:20)
The lessons from Sasha’s all-female expedition in South Africa (7:40)
What goal setting looks like for Sasha (12:30)
A perspective on reflection and the importance of both success and failure (17:14)
How to navigate when things don’t go according to plan (22:15)
Sasha’s experience with hip surgery how she was able to focus on the controllables (26:30)
Navigating body image through a major surgery and recovery process (36:12)
The importance of gaining clarity and accepting reality in order to move forward (39:20)
What’s exciting Sasha right now and what it’s like to work with friends (43:20)
Why it’s ok to stay in the ‘figuring it out’ phase (49:15)
What Sasha’s next chapter is all about (53:10)
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| 0:00.0 | If you're at a place that you don't want to be, you can always change that. |
| 0:05.0 | And that's the beauty of life. It's not stagnant. What's going on everyone? |
| 0:14.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:15.0 | What's going to do? |
| 0:16.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:18.0 | What's going on everyone? Emily Abbadi here. You are listening to |
| 0:27.0 | episode 300 and 5 of hurdle. A wellness focused podcast where I talked to |
| 0:32.2 | inspirational people about everything |
| 0:34.3 | from their highest highs and toughest moments to essential tips on how to live a healthier, |
| 0:40.0 | happier, more motivated life. We all go through our fair share of hurdles. |
| 0:45.0 | My goal through these discussions is to empower you |
| 0:48.0 | to better navigate yours and move with intention |
| 0:51.0 | so that you can stride toward your own big potential and of course |
| 0:54.7 | have some fun along the way. For today's conversation I could not be more elated |
| 1:01.8 | to be able to sit down with the one and only |
| 1:04.8 | Sasha de Julian. She is a professional climber and her documentary premieres |
| 1:10.1 | tomorrow on HBO. |
| 1:13.0 | The movie called Here to Climb |
| 1:16.0 | capturing gosh, the last four plus years of Sasha's story |
| 1:21.0 | but really encapsulating 30 plus years of her life a journey toward an |
| 1:27.5 | evolving career which has been nothing short of Stellar thus far. I had the privilege of hosting the world premiere of Sasha's film in Denver last week and so it was an honor for me to sit down with her in my own studio in Brooklyn this week. |
| 1:46.5 | In today's episode, Sasha and I talk a lot about goal setting and what goes hand in hand |
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