Bridgett Thom: Rock Climber / Director of Store Operations, Whole Earth Provision Co. / Solid Sister

@pidge1000

The scene:
We are in Austin, Texas sitting in the upstairs lounge of Bridgett’s climbing gym watching a guy get at it on a stairclimber while we pour our guts out to each other. We just met. Our connector knew we’d get on like this. A rare and wonderful encounter for sure. Bridgett is ripped, but in a dainty way - I’m still trying to get shoulders like hers. Her spirit and tenacity are inspiring, her humor eases, and her love everyone goal is noble. Join us as we climb adventurously up, down, and through life together like it’s not the first time.

Highlights:
+ Exploring the world through your body
+ KINDNESS
+ “We all came here madly in love with one another”
+ You are me living another life
+ Resentment and anger are “low vibes”
+ Book: Letting Go - The Pathway of Surrender - David R. Hawkins
+ All feelings and emotions have a vibration
+ Learning boundaries
+ It’s a bummer when cute people can’t love well
+ You better come at me courageously
+ “Fuck yeah! energy” - the only thing we should make time for
+ Fave new term: “meat machine” (the body)
+ Our body pains are notifying us of emotional stressors
+ Somatic healing for our nervous system
+ Active recovery with Wim Hof and ice baths
+ “No sad stories”
+ Using ice baths to reset your nervous system
+ Ayahuasca ceremonies
+ Psilocybin for emotional release
+ Forming an outdoor mask-less park workout group…during covid
+ Saying I LOVE YOU - and what it means to others
+ Your mom not saying she loves you until the end of her life
+ Figuring out your daddy issues
+ Love is staying curious
+ Being an operator - getting shit done
+ We want men to show up as men and stand in their own power
+ Needing to be in control
+ Running away from an abusive relationship
+ Choosing to be the primary breadwinner to prevent abuse of power
+ Having a high tolerance for failure (makes you a good climber)
+ Dating attachment-avoidant men
+ “Nothing is so addicting as something that almost works” - Gabor Maté
+ Thank you @shanedante for introducing us!
+ Traveling the world climbing
+ Just wanting a toaster oven and a couch
+ Sharing the same mission as the co. you work for
+ “Integrity is not cheap”
+ Austin born and raised
+ Coyote the trickster
+ Starting a women’s commune…in Kentucky…possibly someday
+ Motherhood makes you softer, and stronger
+ Gracefully navigating failure, struggling with impulse control
+ Being sort-of good at a lot of things
+ “You weren’t born typical” - and keep doing you
+ The art can’t go up until we heal and we can commit
+ It’s easy to love everyone if you give them a chance
+ We are enough as we are
+ Learning to listen to our nervous system
+ Taking 10 hits of acid and learning to make better choices
+ Climbing is calculated risk
+ Planning to live no longer than about 70 years (unless the stem cells work)
+ “A dumpster fire in a hurricane”
+ Learning to get intimacy non-sexually
+ Growing your fuck yeah! circle
+ Not having to be the special snowflake

A taste:
“Why do we prioritize and celebrate relationship when it’s like friendship? Friendships are often not based on sexual attraction or raising kids or financial, it’s just two people that are like, ‘Hey I kinda like you and we’re gonna continue to do stuff together’…that’s kind of beautiful.”

Favorite saying:
“Failure is just new information.”