EP 268: Tess Driessens — Tools for Chronic Pain, Learning to Move Effortlessly, & Three Sentences That Will Change Your Life

EP 268: Tess Driessens — Tools for Chronic Pain, Learning to Move Effortlessly, & Three Sentences That Will Change Your Life

Tess Driessens is a professional climbing coach and lives with chronic pain. We talked about getting diagnosed with five herniated discs from a cliff jumping accident, tools for chronic pain, why hope can be negative, finding true acceptance, meditation, Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method, finding happiness within, why love is the key to life, and three sentences she tells herself every day. You can work with Tess at motion-coaching.be

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:00:57) – The North Pole

(00:16:14) – Gymnastics & childhood

(00:22:38) – Early climbing

(00:24:32) – 5 herniated discs

(00:41:16) – Developing chronic pain

(00:46:57) – Pain drugs & alternatives

(00:52:39) – Hope, expectations, & acceptance

(00:57:24) – A healing sabatical

(01:05:01) – A healing sabatical continued

(01:10:20) – Meditation

(01:12:38) – Alexander Technique & Feldenkrais Method

(01:18:37) – Tools for chronic pain

(01:27:39) – Happiness within

(01:33:55) – Meditation continued

(01:38:45) – Love

(01:42:34) – Tess’ three sentences

(01:48:52) – Long covid

(01:58:20) – Sending 8a without physical training

(02:02:53) – Visualization

(02:09:24) – Low-load training

(02:11:06) – Adaptability & taking control

(02:12:41) – Recovery tips

(02:17:55) – Investing in relaxation

(02:19:55) – Heart coherence breathing

(02:26:10) – Quotes & gratitude

(02:30:31) – Closing questions

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EP 247: Todd Perkins — Protecting Moe’s Valley, and What We Can Do to Help

EP 247: Todd Perkins — Protecting Moe’s Valley, and What We Can Do to Help

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EP 246: Fundamentals — How to Break a Plateau

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EP 245: A Political Discussion About the Health Crisis, Foreign Wars, the Future of Democracy, and More | ft. Kaizen Asiedu

EP 245: A Political Discussion About the Health Crisis, Foreign Wars, the Future of Democracy, and More | ft. Kaizen Asiedu

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EP 244: Felipe Camargo — The Power of Drive + Creativity, Tropical Lines in Brazil, & Moonboard Endurance Circuits

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EP 243: Fundamentals — How to Recover From an Injury

EP 243: Fundamentals — How to Recover From an Injury

Fundamentals Season 2 (Part 5 of 6) — Injuries suck. And unfortunately, they happen to most of us who push against our limits. In part 5, we talk about what to do when you get injured. We cover the em...

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EP 242: Molly Beard — The Language of Movement, Budgeting Your Body Dollars, and Advice From an L5 Routesetter

EP 242: Molly Beard — The Language of Movement, Budgeting Your Body Dollars, and Advice From an L5 Routesetter

Molly Beard was the first female L5 routesetter in the US. We talked about what climbing gyms were like in the 90s, how she got started in routesetting, learning the language of movement, getting her ...

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EP 241: Fundamentals — How to Train Your Fingers

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