celebrating womxn in climbing ⭐️ | gracedoingthings

[@jessiehelentu9437]

Love it

[@xtianeroc]

Love, love, LOVE this content. Thank you and keep it up 💪🤙😻

[@gracedoingthings]

Thank you very much!

[@hannahmorrisbouldering]

Such a great video Grace! 😍

[@gracedoingthings]

Thank you Hannah! 😇 Hope you can climb at the gyms soon and are staying safe!

[@edenrussell8365]

honestly why are you not at 100k?? your editing and video quality is amazing :))

[@courtclimbs]

It’s insane how much work goes into her videos, I’m always impressed when I watch

[@gracedoingthings]

Wow, thank you guys so much! This really made my day ✨✨ making videos is a really good creative output for me so I am really glad you enjoy! Have a wonderful day/night 🤍

[@Tea-qk6ii]

really digging the style you did this one in!!!

[@yuisblind]

so wholesome! build each other up, not bring them down! 🥰

[@gracedoingthings]

Yeah! Thanks Jacky! 🌞

[@PurplePies1]

Holy moley this video is sooo strong and well done keep it up Grace :D

[@gracedoingthings]

Wah thank you very much Grant ⭐✨😊

[@CourtneyWarren]

Awesome video! Loved the montage at the beginning. The lessons you chatted about hit home for me, couldn’t agree with you more!

[@gracedoingthings]

Thank you Courtney for your support! We’ve got this! 🥳🥰

[@FearlessTofu]

Great tips! Will seek to apply these to reframe my mindset! I’ve definitely been guilty of letting my mind ruin a fun climbing trip with friends because I’d defined a “great trip” as one where I’d “sent something hard”.

[@gracedoingthings]

Thanks Megan! What you said is so relatable, we can be so hard on ourselves sometimes 😅😅

[@justplaindom]

awesome video! i actually really liked the advice you gave about supporting woman in climbing and i feel like some of the tips you gave can also apply to other climbers in general. Keep up the good work!

[@gracedoingthings]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your wonderful and supportive words, it can be a hard mental game sometimes so it’s good to help ourselves feel better also! 🥳

[@skinnygenesT09]

Great video and interesting tips! I think they’re a great starting point and in the interest of further discussion I just wanted to share some of my personal thoughts to add to what you’ve said and maybe leave you with some food for thought. 1. Definitely agree that our self worth should not be defined by the climbing grade or our strength. However, when in the right headspace I think climbing grades can be a good way to keep us motivated to improve. I think it’s nice to have an arbitrary number remind me that I have come so far from where I was but also that there’s still room to grow. The danger definitely comes from taking it personal and equating climbing grade to self worth and/or happiness/personal satisfaction. 2. It’s definitely important to be ok with not sending. However, I think it’s important to place value on the send (from time to time) because it actually does reflect life and reality. We have deadlines at work or university and there are times when we need to step up and perform and climbing is a great way to practise getting into this performance mindset. 3. Comparison can be the thief of joy but without comparison we can’t see where we’ve been, where we are currently, and where we want to be. I strongly believe that competition and comparison when used in a healthy way is good for us. It forces us to reflect and it forces us to challenge ourselves to be better than our current self or to be ok with where we are. I agree that there is an ugly side to comparison and I think if you’re not in the right head space comparison definitely can be quite negative. However, without comparison it would be hard for us to recognize and celebrate other people’s strengths and the amazing things they can do. I appreciate you sharing your opinions and am glad that you brought up these ideas. Super grateful you’ve created a dialogue :)

[@gracedoingthings]

Thanks Tim! Appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts. Although I agree with you largely about everything you’ve said above, the tips I talk about are more of a reminder to those who may be feeling or have felt similarly to me in the past. Ideally we’d love to be in the right head space always to remain motivated and have competition because yes it definitely has beneficial aspects but in my experience, this is not reflective of my own reality. I recognise and admit that I do have these internal struggles so yes it’s my responsibility to help myself :) My video does not aim to instruct people how to do anything, rather take the advice if it’s something that applies to you/you can resonate with. It’s all a bit tricky and everyone has different purposes and motivators so my opinion is just one view! There is no right or wrong, just whatever works for whomever. I am really happy that you’re at a stage where you can recognise the benefits of competition and how it can be used to motivate your climbing journey, this video is just offering an alternative to that in case others don’t align with the largely emphasised narrative of competition in sports and life etc. also to celebrate womxn in climbing! 😇 Thanks again for sharing, both our opinions are valid and reflective of our own experiences so I am very thankful that you took the time to express yours. Happy climbing!

[@skinnygenesT09]

Thanks for responding! Definitely agree that people can be in different head spaces and I acknowledge that you’re not instructing but rather people can take what resonates with them. But I also think that people watching this could also take some of these messages to heart as ways to cope and manage so it’s important to be mindful of what’s being said. After a listening to this a couple of times I just felt like the message was that competition and comparison are bad and it felt a little negative so I wanted to provide a more positive point of view and maybe a perspective shift that people hadn’t thought about. Anyway best of luck with everything and thank you for the open dialogue.