#16 – Why You Need to Have a Life Outside Your Sport (Rat Park)

It's great to be obsessed with your sport and the community around it.Until ...There's a pandemic and a lockdownYou get hurtYou come down with some kind of chronic illness that makes exercise hardSomething happens in the community that's against your values and that you can't get behindYou get ostracized by that community for whatever reasonEtc.So what's the antidote? Building a RAT PARK.What the cheese balls am I talking about?It's a concept from addiction science.The gist: having a rich and pleasurable life is good insurance against compulsive and self destructive behavior.(Including, ahem, exercising and achieving excessively as ways to avoid facing your problems.)This week on the Climb Your Mountain podcast, we're going to talk about all the reasons it's worth having a rich and pleasurable life OUTSIDE your sport.Listen, learn, and get to work creating your own rat park.Resources Mentioned:Savage Summit [Book] (aff.)Coach With SarahSarah offers a 6-month nervous system coaching program for humans who are neurodivergent, sensitive, and highly creative. Learn to rewire your brain for calm, load up your stress toolkit, and address the root causes of overwhelm . To learn more and get started, schedule your free consult or email [email protected].