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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Oct 22, 2021 • 12min
The 5-Day Dawdle: Day 5: Get Your Stretch On EP: 562
Devoting some time to stretching is a great way to check in with yourself and your body and see how you’re feeling, where you might be feeling tension that you weren’t aware of, and just sending yourself some love. But you probably already knew that. Today is not about knowing, it's about doing. Legs up the wall * Both feet straight up the wall for a few minutes * Open your legs into a V for a few minutes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2021 • 10min
The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 4: Visit Your Mother (as in, Mother Nature) EP: 560
The great thing about nature is that it has that magic ability to both calm you and energize you. And that’s precisely what we’re after during this week dedicated to dawdling and replenishing. Let me know what you do to replenish! Take a pic of you enjoying some nature and tag me on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 20, 2021 • 11min
The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 3: Physical Pleasure, Yes Please! EP: 559
Now that you’ve said no to some stuff and cleared some space in your schedule and your head, and you’ve spent some time alone and had a chance to digest some emotions, let’s get your senses involved and do something that feels physically fantastic. Let me know what you do to replenish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 11min
The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 2: Take 20 Minutes Alone EP: 558
Spending time alone is a key ingredient for replenishment. The thing is, when you’re alone, no one is talking to you, or asking you to do something, and you can hear yourself think. Even if you are the most extroverted extrovert, alone time is still helpful and important. Let me know what you do to replenish! Take a pic of you during your alone time and tag me on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2021 • 10min
The 5-Day Dawdle, Day 1: Let’s Slow it Down a Bit EP: 557
This week on the podcast I’m doing things a little differently, and trying to create some space for us all to slow down a little bit, catch our breath, and refill our wells a bit. I’m calling it the Five-Day Dawdle--as in, five days of doing the definition of dawdling, which is to move slowly . Every day this week I’ll give you one easy thing you can do with whatever you’ve got, wherever you are, to slow the heck down and make space for replenishment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2021 • 9min
A Tactic to Feel Better About the Big Decisions That Feel Like They’re Taking Too Long EP: 556
There are many big, capital-D decisions that can take a really long time to figure out. Things like, should you move, change jobs, break up, have kids, or anything that feels like it’s going to change your life. These big decisions require taking your time, being patient, and thinking things through. But it’s really hard to be on the verge of figuring out what to do next. So how do you find some peace during the decision-making process? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2021 • 8min
How to Make Decisions Quickly: Decide When You’ll Decide EP: 555
One way to avoid overthinking or ignoring some of the things that you need to decide is to give yourself a deadline. In other words, some times you need to decide WHEN you’re going to decide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2021 • 18min
How to Stop Overthinking Everything EP: 554
Because you are listening to a podcast called How to be a Better Person, you give a shit, about a lot of things, including making good choices. And that desire, while beautiful, can also be a slippery slope into overthinking. I mean, we’ve all been there, right? That’s why I’m excited to be interviewing Melody Wilding, a licensed social worker, an executive coach and author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2021 • 11min
Choose Love: Making Decisions from the Heart EP: 553
One of the reasons why decisions can be so taxing is that we’re over-relying on our brains to make them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for making pro and con lists and doing research and mulling things over, but your brain isn’t the only game in town. There’s also your heart, which is all about love. It sees possibility and seeks expansion and understands things like truth and beauty--all things that the rational mind is kind of unimpressed with. I've got an exercise that will help you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 11, 2021 • 12min
How to Use Intuition in Decision-Making EP: 552
Most of us know the basics of decision-making--name the problem, list the options, weigh the pros and cons of each, and choose the best one. But sometimes, the straightforward, tried and true approach just doesn’t work. Especially now in the Covid era, when there are so many added decisions we’ve needed to make that often feel like impossible choices.For some decisions, you need a way to cut through the noise, give your rational, thinking mind a break, and check in with your gut, aka your intuition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
