About this episode
Emily Harrington discusses her journey from childhood climber to motherhood, including her struggles with eating disorders and performance anxiety.
WARNING - we do talk about eating disorders in this podcast. In this episode, Hazel speaks with Emily Harrington about her life as a professional climber from when she was a kid competing to now as a mother herself. We talk about how she started climbing and how she fell into competition climbing. We talk about her struggles with having an eating disorder at a young age but how she recovered from it and how she thinks about it now. We talk about how she's stayed motivated throughout her climbing career and how she's managed performance anxiety and stress around big goals. We also talk about social media and external pressure. Then we finally talk about motherhood, how she's taken to motherhood so far and how she thinks about risk as a mother.
People in this episode
Host: Hazel
Guest: Emily Harrington
Topics covered
- climbing
- eating disorders
- motherhood
- competition
- performance anxiety
- social media
Keywords
- climbing
- eating disorders
- motherhood
- performance anxiety
- social media
- competition climbing
- motivation
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