EP 281: Eryn Phelps — Healing Anxiety & Trauma, Navigating Time Scarcity, & Getting Clear on What You Want

Eryn Phelps is a licensed trauma counselor who specializes in helping outdoor athletes with anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. We talked about how EMDR helped cancer survivor and podcast guest Sol Wertkin, how to navigate time scarcity and get clear on what you want, overwhelm and panic attacks, grief and shame, labels and identity, and much more. Rúngne (Chalk & Apparel) rungne.info/nugget Use code “NUGGET” for 10% off storewide, and use code “SHIPPINGNUGGETS” for free shipping. Mad Rock (Shoes & Crash Pads) madrock.com Use code “NUGGET10” at checkout for 10% off your next order. Chilipad (Don’t Lose Sleep this Summer) Get 20% off any Chilipad sleep system NADS (Organic Cotton Underwear) Use code STEVEN for 15% off Become a Patron: patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing Show Notes: thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/eryn-phelps Nuggets: (00:00:00) – Intro (00:01:26) – Partners (00:05:56) – Sol Wertkin (00:12:54) – EMDR (00:27:19) – Sol continued (00:34:00) – Pity, empathy, & compassion (00:39:15) – Perception & victim mindset (00:54:41) – Preventing negative beliefs from taking root (01:00:08) – Mistakes, guilt, & shame (01:05:21) – Trauma from injury (01:10:21) – Grief (01:15:23) – Accepting risk (01:25:23) – Relationships (01:31:27) – Time scarcity & OCD (01:44:17) – Labels & identity (01:48:58) – Anxiety (01:51:53) – Overwhelm (01:58:39) – Panic attacks (02:04:06) – Curing anxiety, PTSD, & OCD (02:09:28) – Getting clear on what you want (02:24:02) – How Eryn makes decisions (02:26:40) – A grass kinda day (02:29:00) – Where to find Eryn (02:32:11) – Complacency & communication (02:36:44) – Dopamine

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EP 281: Eryn Phelps — Healing Anxiety & Trauma, Navigating Time Scarcity, & Getting Clear on What You Want is an episode from The Nugget Climbing Podcast by Steven Dimmitt.

This episode is 02:39:27 long.

This episode was published on Aug 18, 2025.

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