Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley
Kate Hanley
Finding the Throughline: Conversations about the Creative Process invites you into the minds of writers and other creatives as they open up about their process, their doubts, and what kinds of changes they’re thinking about making. The questions are mildly invasive, honestly, and the answers are unvarnished…and so refreshing! Whether your creative work is writing, painting, making music, parenting, or simply living, Finding the Throughline can help you get—and stay—inspired. Invigorated, even. For detailed show notes on each interview, visit katehanley.substack.com. And if you’d like to hear these interviews in one ad-free episode (as opposed to broken up into three shorter episodes with a few ads sprinkled in to keep the lights on), become a paid subscriber once you’re there..
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Dec 3, 2021 • 12min
The Problems with Wellness 4 Its a Slippery Slope to Rigid Thinking. EP: 591
Consuming wellness content is kinda like that board game for kids Chutes and Ladders. It starts off like a ladder Take these steps to get your health to a better place. It’s cool, you’re learning things, getting ideas, trying them out in your own life, hopefully enjoying some tangible evidence of feeling better. But you can also be moseying along and then boom, fall down a chute into some pretty hairy spaces. For example, falling pray to conspiracy thinking. Today I look at why that is and how you can keep your wits about you.More resources:Maintenance Phase, "The Wellness to QAnon Pipeline"Conspirituality podcastDr. Timothy CaulfieldAbbie Richards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 2, 2021 • 11min
The Problems with Wellness 3 Its Freaking Expensive. EP: 590
One of the problems with wellness is that it’s freaking expensive. And for that reason, it’s also elitist. Buying organic, grass-fed, Fair Trade all costs more. Add to that supplements, like omega 3s, and probiotics, and protein powders, organic mattresses and infrared saunas and it's like an exclusive realm only for 1 percenters. Today I'm sharing five FREE and powerful ways to boost your health and helping you think of the money you do spend on your health as a worthy investment instead of chasing the latest fad.B BreatheO Open the windowN Get out in natureE Eat mindfullyS Sleep! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 1, 2021 • 36min
A Better Barometer of Health than Weight. EP: 589
This week on the podcast we’re taking a look at some of the aspects of the health world that maybe deserve some re-thinking. And one of those things is weight. Today I’m interviewing Dr. Kara Fitzgerald, a functional medicine doctor, author of the soon-to-be-released book Younger You, and award-winning clinician and researcher who has a cutting-edge and evidence-based way to assess health and reduce the risk of disease that takes weight out of the equation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 12min
The Problems with Wellness, #2: It’s Shaming EP:588
The issue with wellness that I’m taking aim at today is that it can be awfully shaming--whether that judgment is coming from your doctor, an article or podcast or book, a friend or loved one, or even yourself. Let's unpack this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2021 • 14min
The Problems with Wellness 1 Its Confusing as Hell. EP: 587
This week on the podcast I’m taking a look at health and wellness and trying to help you and me and everyone navigate this super important topic that also can be, for lack of a better term, crazy-making. And the first issue I’m taking aim at is the fact that when it comes to health advice, it is confusing as hell. How in the heck can you figure out what's the right way to be healthy?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2021 • 12min
The Positive Emotion That's Hiding in Plain Sight, Just Waiting for You to Notice It. EP: 586
There’s a positive emotion that can help you be happy with what you have and shift out of that mental state where you’re feeling incomplete and like you might need something to fill a hole in your life. It's contentment. Not the "I have the remote, a blanket, and a cup of tea" kind of contentment. That's nice, but this is way deeper. And if you play along, you can feel it by the end of this episode. True story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 25, 2021 • 10min
Don't Let Eating Be the Only Reason You Open Your Mouth This Thanksgiving (Or, Why You Want to Share Your Gratitude Out Loud). EP: 585
Today’s big idea is, no surprise about gratitude. After all, it’s Thanksgiving in the US--essentially a national day of gratitude. But it's about a specific way of sharing your gratitude that's been shown by science to have long-lasting beneficial effects (like, months or even years). Plus, two tiny gratitude stories that are still fueling me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2021 • 19min
Need an Antidote to Cynicism? (Who Doesn't?) Put On Your Wonder Goggles. EP: 584
Wonder is a positive emotion that has tremendous benefits, in addition to being so much fun to seek. But it’s not something we tend to think about much in the midst of the daily grind. I hope today’s interview will help change that. I’m talking with Andrea Scher, author of the brand new book called Wonder Seeker that is literally wonderful, and has been called a “Beacon of joy in a book.”Follow Andrea on InstagramCheck out her bookJoin her read-along e-course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2021 • 13min
Despite What Joe Pesci in ‘Goodfellas’ Thinks, Amusement Is Super Helpful. EP: 583
You know how in Goodfellas, Joe Pesci gets upset when someone calls him funny and he gets ticked off and says, "Am I clown? Do I amuse you?" all menacingly, like amusement is some kind of offense? Well, it's not. It's actually a SUPER powerful positive emotion and I've got an embarrassing story to tell that I think will help you experience it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2021 • 10min
The Secret to Using Your Emotions to Build You Up (instead of Wear You Out). EP: 582
Imagine that your emotional wellbeing is a see-saw. On one side are all the negative emotions, and on the other are the positive emotions. We tend to not focus on the positive emotions that much, and that's a darn shame because they have SO MUCH to offer in terms of refilling your well, making you more resilient, and just feeling more alive. Luckily, you can build and broaden your experience of them... and we'll start to unpack how today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
