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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Breaking Old Habits: You Need a Plan (Plus, Wha...
In order to successfully outrun an already established habit, you’ve got to have a plan. Otherwise, you’re going to be winging it, and likely to run right off the road when you hit any kind of bump.
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Breaking Old Habits: It All Starts with This On...
Habits are like icebergs--you can perceive just the tip of them, when actually most of them exist underneath the surface of your awareness. You can’t just throw some dirt and some grass seed on the tip of an iceberg and turn it into a...
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Spotlight on Self-Care: What Do Dirty Dishes Ha...
Today’s big idea is controversial. And it is that household chores, like doing the dishes or folding the laundry CAN be done in such a way that they qualify as self-care. Gasp!
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Spotlight on Self-Care: Are Hobbies Self-Care? ...
Most people think self-care means getting a massage, or a pedicure, or taking a yoga class, but little things like doodling, cooking, and even stamp collecting can help you keep yourself in a good spot. Kevin, a listener who collects stamps, shares...
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Sex as Self-Care, an interview with Alicia Gauv...
Whether it's with a partner, or yourself, sex is an indisputable part of being a person and therefore has a role to play in being a better person. It's also an important way that we take care of ourselves on multiple levels--physical and...
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The Self-Care of Learning New Things EP: 388
Although there’s nothing pampering about trying something you’ve never done and, let’s face it, probably doing pretty badly at first, opening your mind and possibly your body up to a new skill or discipline is a great way to keep your mind...
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When Your Self-Care Unleashes Big Feels EP: 387
While self-care is a wonderful thing, in can also be an occasion for you to come face to face with all kinds of different emotions--sadness, anger, grief, shame, agitation, you name it. And since many of us have a tendency to not want to experience...
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Spotlight on Self-Care: Pro Tip--Make Time for ...
When you think of the ‘self’ in self care, you probably think about your body and your mind. But today I’m talking about a way to take care of your energetic--aka your vibe.
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Self-Care Can Be Things You Don’t Really Want t...
Sometimes self-care is the equivalent of eating your lima beans (or insert your other least favorite vegetable). And while that’s not sexy or particularly exciting, it’s OK. Because perhaps viewing these not-so-pleasurable things as important...
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Making Self-Care More Than a Buzzword EP: 384
You can here so much about self-care that it starts to smell a little off to you. I totally get that, and so does today's guest, with Macala Lacy, a community-based yoga teacher, mental health therapist, and wellness educator based in Los Angeles. She...
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Spotlight on Self-Care: Sometimes All You Need ...
While we think of self-care as something you DO--like yoga, or meditation--self-care doesn’t always have to be an action. Sometimes it’s a decision--a simple yes or no.
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Spotlight on Self-Care: Build the Self-Care Hab...
This week on the podcast is all about self-care--something we all need to do, and often need reminders to do, and now, in the midst of this pandemic winter, our self-care requirements are higher than ever. Also, what else are you going to do??
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What My Dry January Taught Me EP: 381
I just spent the month of January NOT drinking, and it really gave me some insights that surprised me, in terms of how it made me feel and also in what I learned about drinking’s specific effects on women, on the individual and collective level.
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3 Ways to Get Around Impostor Syndrome EP: 380
Today's episode is a listener-suggested topic: that feeling that you're a fraud and you're going to get found out. Ugh so many thoughts about this one! Including three ways through it.
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How to Eat for Better Mental Health, an intervi...
A lot of us are feeling anxious or depressed, and meds and therapists can help, they aren’t the only tools we have. One of the tools that most people don’t consider to be related to mental health is nutrition. So I’m interviewing my go-to...
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Books That Made Me a Better Person in 2020, Par...
Today on the podcast I’m sharing the final four books that are on my list of 8 Books that Made Me a Better Person in 2020. These aren’t necessarily the books I loved the most during 2020, although some of these were absolutely transporting reads....
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Books That Made Me a Better Person in 2020, Par...
We can't be part of the solution for a problem we don’t truly understand--the books I chose for this list will open your eyes, mind, and heart to seeing the world differently. More clearly. They will build your resolve to be part of the solution,...
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De-Cluttering: Where to Start EP: 376
Today's episode will help you figure out where to start your de-cluttering process--what will give you the biggest bang for your buck without being too overwhelming.
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De-Cluttering: Is It Bad to Give Away Things Yo...
Sure, de-cluttering sounds like a good idea, but what about those sentimental things that you don’t use, don’t need, but the thought of getting rid of them gives you a little pang? Namely, things you received as gifts, and things that were created...
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5 Minute Routines to Help You Get Organized, an...
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...
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De-Cluttering: Making Space for Who You Are EP:...
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...
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De-Cluttering: Letting Go of Who You Were (or W...
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...
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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,...
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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...
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Mantras for 2021: How Mantras Make Life Easier,...
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...
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