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 18, 2020 • 8min
Spotlight on Anxiety: Are You Rehearsing Unhappiness? EP: 341
So often, when you are feeling anxious, if you examine the thoughts you’ll find that you’re pre-living out an imagined situation--and generally not a positive situation. It's like you're rehearsing unhappiness. Here's how to stop.
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Dec 17, 2020 • 7min
Spotlight on Anxiety: Schedule Your Worry Time EP: 340
Taking a page from project management, today I’m talking about scheduling your worry time so that you can put up some boundaries around your attention without having to try to stop worrying altogether, which is a pretty tall--as in impossible--order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 16, 2020 • 20min
Spotlight on Anxiety: Tips from an Anxiety Pro EP: 339
Today I’m interviewing the fabulous Leigh Medeiros, author of The 1-Minute Writer, a developmental editor, and a creativity coach. and someone who has lived with at times severe anxiety for over 30 years for her tips on anxiety's lessons, as well as how to work with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2020 • 8min
Spotlight on Anxiety: Two Acupressure Points to Chill the Heck Out EP: 338
There are two spots on your body that really help quiet the swirling thoughts of anxiety according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Today I talk you through how to find them and stimulate them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2020 • 11min
Spotlight on Anxiety: What It Is & Where It Comes From EP: 337
When something feels as high-stakes and as interior as anxiety does, it’s really helpful to shine a light on it and observe it, which helps you see it as something that is separate from you. That's what we're doing today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2020 • 8min
Calm the Eff Down, Revisited: Finding Your Way to Acceptance EP: 336
Rolling with tough times requires acceptance. Which might seem like you're giving up, but really it's just laying down your resistance. When you can access acceptance, you get to stop putting effort into trying to change things you can’t change. (Which is exhausting, plus futile.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2020 • 12min
Calm the Eff Down, Revisited: The Need for Alone Time Is Real EP: 335
Alone time is also how we catch up to ourselves, process our emotions, and just be, without having to respond to anyone. For those of us quarantined with other people--especially parents with kids--it is also scarce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 9, 2020 • 26min
Calm the Eff Down, Revisited: How to Be Real with Your Kids (without Crushing Their Spirit) EP: 334
It’s a lot harder to be patient and thoughtful -- and honest! -- with your kids when you're with them all the livelong day. Today I’m happy to have my friend Judi Ketteler, author of the book Would I Lie to You? Here with us to talk about how to be honest with kids without being TOO real (especially when you're stressed out). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8, 2020 • 14min
Calm the Eff Down, Revisited: Eff the F Bomb EP: 333
Are you overrelying on the F bomb? It's awfully easy to do... but it’s a slippery slope, and the next thing you know you can be dropping F bombs all over the place, including when it's just not appropriate. (Been there!) (Caution: There is cursing in this episode.)
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Dec 7, 2020 • 11min
Calm the Eff Down, Revisited: Tap Back into Empathy EP: 332
These are intense, extreme times. Everyone is triggered. And that means it's really hard for us to have empathy for each other--and for ourselves--thanks to something called 'amygdala highjack'. Here's a way out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
