Finding the Throughline with 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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Crucial Wisdom for Those Looking to Get Back to...
Today I’m talking with someone who helps people think about work in new ways all day, every day, and she knows a lot about how to counsel people who are making changes in their work lives. Tami Forman is the executive director of Path Forward,...
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Make Your Job Easier and Your Work More Fulfill...
Today’s big idea is something that can help you get more energized about work, AND help you deliver more value and make a bigger impact while also having to try less hard. YES I know this sounds like magical thinking, but it’s not.
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Rethinking Work Post-Covid: Have We Been Gettin...
If we are in what economists and journalists are calling a Great Reassessment of work, what do we want to take in to account when we’re doing this re-assessing?
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Creating New Boundaries for Our Current Late Pa...
Do you still want to hug everyone? Are there places where you want to continue wearing a mask? Was there a part of pandemic life that you want to keep going? Or something you DIDN'T do (or people you didn't see) during the pandemic that you realize...
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Two Basic Types of Boundaries: Incoming, and Ou...
There are two types of boundaries, and we tend to only think about one of them, which means you could be neglecting an important way of keeping yourself in a good place.
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How to Enforce a Boundary Without Being a Jerk ...
Today I'm talking with Amy E Smith, a life coach who teaches chronic people-pleasers how to stand up for themselves without being a dick. I mean, yes please! Amy gives a masterclass on what boundaries are, how to figure out what boundaries you might...
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Setting Boundaries Creates Freedom EP: 468
Drawing boundaries might feel limiting, but anytime you put some guardrails around something, you actually plug up holes where energy could leak out of, or outside distractions could get in through. And corralling your energy is, paradoxically,...
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My Fave Boundaries Definition: A Way to Show Se...
Most of us think about boundaries as a means of self-protection, which they are, but thinking of them solely that way puts you in a defensive stance, like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish mascot. And that stance takes a lot of energy to maintain, even if...
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The Good News About Menopause EP: 466
Sure, there's plenty of things about perimenopause that suck. But as a post-menopausal person, I'm here to tell you about what you have to look forward to. (It's good news.)
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Getting Help for Your Perimenopause Symptoms EP...
I value Western medicine, I truly do, but there are some things where it’s not all that helpful, and women’s health and wellness is generally one of them. Here are three types of health care practitioners who might be able to really help...
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Self-Care for Perimenopause, an Interview with ...
Today I’m talking with Jolinda Johnson about the many symptoms of perimenopause, many of which I think will surprise you, as well as easy but powerful things you can do for yourself that mitigate those symptoms. Jolinda knows her STUFF!! I learned a...
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Can Perimenopause Cause This Thing (Fill in the...
Could your fatigue be related to perimenopause? Could your weight gain? What about your back pain? Because perimenopause can trigger a whole slew of seemingly disconnected symptoms, the probable answer is yes. Come learn some of the more surprising...
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Perimenopause Is a Feminist Issue EP: 462
For too long, this natural shift that every person with a uterus and ovaries goes through has either been seen as either sad, scary, or shameful. It’s time to normalize perimenopause, and bring it into the light.
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Yay, Summer!: The Secret to Having the Best Bea...
For today’s big idea, I’m sharing my VERY BEST tip on how to have just a fabulous time at the beach. It’s so good, I can’t even believe I’m sharing it, because now it will be out of the bag, and if more people start doing it, at some point...
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Summer Health and Wellness: Getting Enough Slee...
With all the extra sunlight and the heat that’s happening right now, it can be hard to get good sleep. I know it feels like all that extra sun is penetrating straight into my brain! So let’s talk about how to get the zzzzs you need even now.
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Summer Activities for Kids: A Guide to Getting ...
Today I’m talking with Katy Bowman, biomechanist and bestselling author of many books, including her newest, Grow Wild: The Whole-Child, Whole-Family Nature-Rich Guide to Moving More. We break it down how to get kids back into moving their bodies...
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Summer Bucket List: The to Key to Doing All the...
Today's tip is making a summer bucket list, which helps ensure that you actually DO all the summery things that you love the most, so that you don’t roll up to September with that nagging feeling that you didn’t have the summer that you wanted....
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Summer Inspiration: The True Purpose of Summer ...
Summer is about way more than sun, swimming, and barbecues. It’s about refilling your well after a long winter and a chilly, rainy spring. And that’s doubly, ESPECIALLY true after a pandemic winter!! Knowing what summer is really about helps you...
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Stress Reduction Tips: Doing This One Thing Mak...
No matter what you’re going to do to relax, or how long you have to do it, something you need to do to really maximize your efforts is to establish your own safety. This is a piece that most advice on how to relax misses--but when you implement this...
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Stress Reduction Methods that Make a Big Differ...
Sometimes you want and need a form of stress reduction that is "done for you" so that you can really go deeply in to the restorative relaxation zone. These three modalities can really help you go there and lessen the effect that stress is having on you.
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2 Stress Reduction Activities that Take 20 Minu...
Today I'm sharing two stress reduction activities that you can do at home, with a tiny bit of equipment but nothing more exotic than a couple of blankets or a pillow, in about 20 minutes, and they can really transport you to another state of being.
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Stress Reduction Tools You Can Use to Relax in ...
One of the insidious things about stress is that it will try to convince you that you don’t have time for anything that’s not related to getting things done. I promise you, you have a couple minutes for yourself, and you CAN foster relaxation in...
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Stress Reduction: What Relaxation Is, and What ...
Vegging out, doing nothing, and even leisure skills are not what I’m talking about when I say relaxation. That’s because relaxation is a specific physiological state of being. And in today’s stressful world, it often doesn’t happen by...
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Avoid Burnout Working from Home: A Mother’s Gui...
If you’re a mom home with kids, your burnout is potentially at a whole ‘nother level after being your kids teacher, therapist, cruise director, best friend, playmate, nurse. I just want to say, I see you. I honor you. Today’s episode is...
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Avoid Burnout Working from Home: Make It Fun EP...
We have it in our head that work equals effort, which means hard, which means not fun. But you’re working from home. No one is observing you. You absolutely can, and absolutely should, find a way to enjoy it more.
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