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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Apr 23, 2021 • 8min
Help the Planet: The Single Most Impactful Way to Combat Climate Change EP: 431
There is one thing that has a huge potential to enact changes that will protect the earth and help our climate heal, and that is to join forces with an organization that is lobbying the government to adopt climate-friendly laws and practices. This helps enact sweeping changes that really move the needle; it also helps you personally in SO many ways. Let's discuss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 22, 2021 • 8min
Help the Planet: We Are Throwing Away WAY Too Much Food EP: 430
Finding ways to waste less food is great for the planet. And… it’s not something that we’re doing all that well. In fact, according to the United United States Department of Agriculture, one pound of food per person per day goes to waste--that's up to 40 percent of the entire food supply. Zoiks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 21, 2021 • 20min
Help the Planet: Get Growing (and Relieve Your Eco Anxiety), an Interview with Emily Murphy EP: 429
Today I’m interviewing Emily Murphy, a regenerative organic gardener, nature activist, and author of the book Grow What You Love, asking her what we as individuals can do in our own yard, and on our windowsills, and in our own communities, to grow the change we want to see in the world and help us feel like we're doing our part. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2021 • 9min
Help the Planet: Should You Pay a Premium for Renewable Energy? EP: 428
How you power the lights, the heat, the cooling, the devices, and all the electronic doo dads in your home is one of your biggest levers for either contributing to climate change, or steering us away from it. Yet renewable energy costs more than fossil fuel-based energy. OR DOES IT? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 19, 2021 • 9min
Help the Planet: Why Paying $2 More Now Saves a LOT Later EP: 427
Of course we want to make the planet a better place... but that often means paying a little bit more for the things that have a smaller footprint, whether that's recycled copy paper or organic strawberries or low-VOC paint. Is it worth it to spend more on environmentally-friendly things? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2021 • 20min
The Gift of Hard Times, with Brooke Thomas EP: 426
Today I’m talking with Brooke Thomas about how the tough times are an invitation to re-connect both with our bodies and with who we are at our core. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 15, 2021 • 13min
How to Handle the Haters, with Harriet Marsden EP: 425
Journalist and author Harriet Marsden is used to dealing with haters. As evidence, an anonymous reader sent Harriet a copy of my book (How to Be a Better Person), with a very passive aggressive note, and Harriet had the good humor to snap a pic and post it on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2021 • 18min
Breaking Free from PSD (Patriarchy Stress Disorder), with Dr. Valerie Rein EP: 424
When I first encountered the idea that we’re talking about today, I definitely looked like a meme of a person whose mind has just been blown. It’s the idea that in general, women are vulnerable to thinking less of themselves, chronic stress, and warped perceptions of their own worth because we live in a patriarchal society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2021 • 18min
Using Herbs to Love Yourself (and Your Health), with Kim Charlot EP: 423
Yes, doctors are helpful but the person who has the most sway over your health, is you. In today's episode, I talk with herbalist Kim Charlot of Eden's Leaves about how she came to embrace herbs as a primary part of her wellness strategy, and how you can use these gifts of nature to do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2021 • 23min
Moms Are Taking It on the Chin, with Rachael Ellison EP: 422
Now that kids are home pretty much all the time, there’s been a lot of coverage in the media about how women are bearing the brunt of taking care of kids while schools, daycares, and now camps are shut down. I want to take a look at the reality of this, and not just what the headlines say, so I interviewed Rachael Ellison, co-host of The Breadwinners podcast and an expert on work-life balance, for her take.
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