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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Feb 3, 2021 • 13min
5 Minute Routines to Help You Get Organized, an Interview with Katie McCann EP: 374
Today I’m interviewing Katie McCann, a professional organizer in Westchester, NY and owner of the award-winning home organization company, Haven. Katie’s not just a whiz at organizing and de-cluttering, she’s also great at the emotional side of getting rid of things, and at making organization a regular part of your life. And that’s what I want to talk to her about today--simple practices we can use to get and stay uncluttered, five minutes at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 2, 2021 • 6min
De-Cluttering: Making Space for Who You Are EP: 373
De-cluttering isn’t just about getting rid of things, it’s about making room for what you need now and what will help you create a future you want. In other words, it’s an essential part of the process of making space for who you are--which is something you can't just leave up to chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2021 • 11min
De-Cluttering: Letting Go of Who You Were (or Who You’ll Never Be) EP: 372
Today’s big idea is that there’s a huge component to de-cluttering that can stop you in your tracks, and that’s the mental and emotional side of getting rid of stuff. Specifically, how to decide what you’re ready to let go of, and how to process the emotions that those decisions are going to stir up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2021 • 7min
Mantras for 2021: Reimagine the Possible EP: 371
I chose this as a final mantra for 2021 because there’s a common desire for things to get back to normal. I get it, I do. I want to go inside my friends' houses, send my kids off to summer camp, travel somewhere, make plans… But on a deeper level, there is no going back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2021 • 7min
Mantras for 2021: Stronger Together EP: 370
On the heels of a Presidential election when it feels like the gap between Democrat and Republican is a gaping hole it’s easy to be more aware of differences than similarities. Stronger together means we’re in this together--this life, this planet, this moment, and if we can acknowledge this truth we don’t have to focus on keeping others out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 27, 2021 • 21min
Mantras for 2021: How Mantras Make Life Easier, an Interview with Sonia Satra EP: 369
Today I’m interviewing Sonia Satra, an actress who played Lucy Cooper Spaulding on the Guiding Light for five years and is now the founder of Moticise--a mind-body practice that helps you create a life that you want. Sonia’s got a great origin story about the power of the self-talk to change your life, so I'm talking to her about why mantras work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 26, 2021 • 8min
Mantras for 2021: What’s Been Revealed Can Be Healed EP: 368
Today’s mantra is so helpful to remind yourself of this truth in response to all kinds of upsetting news or developments, big or small, personal or national. After all, you can’t change a habit you don’t know you have, and you can’t heal a wound you don’t realize is there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25, 2021 • 10min
Mantras for 2021: It’s OK Not to Be OK EP: 367
Because we’ve been living through a hard time that is not over yet, particularly in regard to the pandemic,this week on the podcast I’m talking about mantras that can help us stay grounded, hopeful, and helpful during 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 22, 2021 • 6min
Find Your Motivation: Maybe You Need to Do Nothing EP: 366
Sometimes a lack of motivation can mean you’re just all around tired. In which case you should just let yourself off the hook and rest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 21, 2021 • 7min
Find Your Motivation: Heed the Signs EP: 365
You may THINK you don’t have motivation to do something, but that just might be on a cognitive level. You might actually have a deeper desire to get going on something... if only you can recognize it. And a great way to do that is to tune in to the signs that you might be getting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
