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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

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27:08

[Leigh Medeiros, what's next]: Expanding your...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/20

In this final installment with Leigh Medeiros--who is like a personified pep talk for pursuing your creative work--we talk about her most delightful visions for the future and exactly what happens in her cacao ceremonies, as well as: - Why Leigh finds many social media videos incredibly inspirational (reframing what you might otherwise consider 'mindless scrolling') - The importance of expanding your creative capacity - Why she loves learning from drag queens - Which social media videos are giving

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24:07

[Leigh Medeiros, inner stuff]: A hilarious--and...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/18

In this second part of my interview with "The One-Minute Writer" author and screenwriter Leigh Medeiros, we dive in to the squishier parts of writing and being creating, including: - Why it's crucial that you share your work without disclaiming it - The screen play she almost gave up on because her inner critic was going bananas--a hilarious and so relatable store - Why it matters that you pursue your art (prepare for goosebumps) For detailed show notes, with links to everything we discuss--plus

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25:13

[Leigh Medeiros, practical matters]: The power of...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/16

Leigh Medeiros is an award-winning screenwriter, author, and all-around creative who, when she isn't making her own work, is help others make theirs. Leigh is the author of "The One-Minute Writer: 396 Micro Prompts to Spark Creativity and Recharge Your Writing." She also write a column for Script Magazine called "The Climate Screenwriter," is the co-producer of the Writing Climate Pitch Fest, and founded the Linden Place Writer's Residency in Bristol, Rhode Island (where, full disclosure, I was a

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20:32

[Katy Bowman: What’s coming up]: Can clearing clutter...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/13

In this third and final part of my interview with Katy Bowman, a biomechanist and leader of the “movement” movement, we get a peek at her next project, the life changes she’s envisioning, and what she learns from birds. - A sneak peek at her next project, which involves a lot of psychology - The author who inspired Katy to think about living life differently - Her desire to write a more beautiful book - The connection between clutter and creativity, and why she’s staring to work on getting rid of

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25:08

[Katy Bowman, inner stuff]: The similarities between...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/11

This week’s guest, biomechanist Katie Bowman, is the author of 11 books on movement, including the bestselling “Move Your DNA” and her most recent book, “My Perfect Movement Plan.” Katy is also the founder of Uphill Press, an independent publishing company that has sold more than 300 ,000 copies of its books and had them published in 16 languages. Today we're talking about all the inner stuff that goes into Katy's writing, the thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, likes, dislikes, resistance, et cetera,

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27:20

[Katy Bowman, practical matters]: Finding the kind of...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/09

This week my guest is biomechanist Katy Bowman, author of eleven–count ‘em, eleven–books that explore how to improve health and boost well-being through movement, including the best-selling “Move Your DNA,” as well as her newest, “My Perfect Movement Plan.” Her back catalog includes “Rethink Your Position,” “Movement Matters,” “Dynamic Aging,” “Grow Wild,” “Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief,” “Diastasis Recti,” “Don't Just Sit There,” “Whole Body Barefoot,” and “Alignment Matters.” In fact, Katy has

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17:30

[Chelsey Goodan, part 3: Owning your weird self as a...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/06

In this final installment of my talk with Chelsey Goodan,* author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, we talk a lot about the many, many perks of embracing your particular brand of weirdness, as well as:- The power of friends to keep you inspired - What teens AND adults can do to find their people and make meaningful friendships - The payoff that comes from paying attention to what in your life needs to change - Using a milestone birthday–even one that’s a ways off–as fuel -

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18:58

[Chelsey Goodan, part 2: Balancing ambition with...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/04

In part 2 of my interview with Chelsey Goodan, author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, we really break down the inner parts of writing, including how to be OK with the fact that people may misunderstand you.(If this sounds familiar, it’s because this week’s episodes are replays–I figured, since it’s back to school season re-airing an interview with an author who extols the power of teenage girls made a lot of sense!) Other things we cover: - The mistake most

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21:54

[Chelsey Goodan, part 1: What teens really need from...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/09/02

This week I’m talking with Chelsey Goodan, keynote speaker, screenwriter, and author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls. As the mom of a 16-year-old girl, I just didn’t even think twice about inviting Chelsey on to Finding the Throughline. I literally read the title of her book and was like YES.This week’s episodes are replays–I’m airing them again now because my kids are back to school this week and a) I need a little bit more time in my schedule to shift into this different

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23:19

[Kimothy Joy: what’s coming up]: Drawing inspiration...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/30

By the end of this final installment of my interview with Kimothy Joy, author of “Extraordinary Wing Women: True Stories of Life-Altering, World-Changing Sisterhood,” “Focus Pocus: A 90-Day Guided Journal,” and “That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women,” my cheeks were hurting from smiling. So many exciting ideas in here!We talked about: - Why Kimothy is absorbing everything she can about AI right now, and the very cool ideas about how we might be able to use it and why women and

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26:31

[Kimothy Joy, inner stuff]: Getting over people...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/28

In this second part of my interview with Kimothy Joy, author of “Extraordinary Wing Women: True Stories of Life-Altering, World-Changing Sisterhood,” “Focus Pocus: A 90-Day Guided Journal,” and “That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women,” I asked about the mindset side of writing and how Kimothy’s thoughts and beliefs impact her work and her life.(By the way, if you are ever needing a hit of inspiration, either from others or from within, I can't recommend these books highly enough

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23:57

[Kimothy Joy, practical matters]: How being creative...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/26

This week I am talking with Kimothy Joy, the author of “Extraordinary Wing Women: True Stories of Life-Altering, World-Changing Sisterhood,” “Focus Pocus: A 90-Day Guided Journal,” and “That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women.” A Denver-based artist and author who combines watercolor and hand lettering to create artwork that uplifts and inspires women worldwide, Kimothy has collaborated with the Women's March on Washington, the US Women's National Soccer Team, Gucci and Melinda

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20:37

[Lisa See, what’s coming up]: Dealing with the upset...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/23

In this final installment of my talk with Lisa See–bestselling author of so! many! beloved books, including “Lady Tan's Circle of Women” and “The Island of Sea Women’’--we find out what Lisa is currently working on bringing into existence and what she knows at this moment about where her personal through line is leading her next. Plus my final fast five questions.- How being at the Aspen Music Festival is helping her deal with the upset of writing her characters through a massively disastrous

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24:25

[Lisa See, inner stuff]: “When I get edits back from...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/21

In the second part of my conversation with hugely successful and popular (and oh my God, did this really happen??) Lisa See, author of Lady Tan's Circle of Women, The Island of Sea Women, and more, we talked about the interior side of writing–things like dealing with your inner critic and dealing with the parts you would really rather not do, thank you very much, including:- The fascinating tidbit of information her research taught her about Los Angeles - How the Chinese public discourse about

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24:32

[Lisa See, practical matters]: The fun little family...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/19

I'm talking with Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of so many beloved books, including Lady Tan's Circle of Women, The Island of Sea Women, Snow Flower and the Secret Ban, Shanghai Girls, and Dreams of Joy. Lisa's books often center the experience of women across time and cultures, particularly stories that have been lost, forgotten, or deliberately covered up.Lisa talked with me while she was on vacation and I'm so thankful that she carved out some time for us. We covered: - How

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25:32

[Minda Honey, what's next]: Embracing the strengths...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/16

(Note, this episode is a replay that originally aired in February.) In this final installment of my talk with author and essayist Minda Honey, we cover: * The insights–on double consciousness, omniscience, and overlapping timelines–she got at a recent conference * How Andre 3000’s new flute album is cracking open possibilities in her mind * The concept of a braided essay, and how it’s like making a charcuterie board * The book Minda could not put down (and that made her cry) For full show notes

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20:17

[Minda Honey, inner stuff]: Avoiding...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/14

In part 2 of my interview with essayist and author of the memoir "The Heartbreak Years," Minda Honey, we really break down the inner parts of writing, including how to stay focused on the impact your work is having when all some people want to do is complain.(Note, this episode is a replay that originally aired in February.) Other things we cover: * How an earlier school of personal essays bordered into too personal, or what Minda referred to as “self-exploitation”, and how to make sure you’re

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21:01

[Minda Honey, practical matters]: Answering the call...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/12

Minda Honey is the author of "The Heartbreak Years," a hilarious and intimate memoir of a Black woman finding who she is and who she wants to be, one bad date at a time.Minda's essays on politics and relationships have appeared in all kinds of amazing places, including Harper's Bazaar, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Teen Vogue, and Longreads. She is also the editor of Black Joy at Reckon, an online outlet where she also helms a newsletter that has nearly 60,000

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18:48

[Lucas Mann, what’s coming up]: Which reality TV show...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/09

In this final installment of my conversation with author and bookstore co-owner Lucas Mann, we talk about the books, writers, TV shows, music, and even dinners that are getting his wheels turning, including:The book he recently read with his book club that got him excited about writing in new ways and that he couldn’t stop talking about Why a long walk or bike ride can solve most problems The two writers whose work and ways of being inspire him The reality TV show he would forego sleep for weeks

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22:44

[Lucas Mann, inner stuff]: Getting around an inner...

Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley ·

2024/08/07

In this second part of my conversation with Lucas Mann, author of Attachments, Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances and co-owner (with his wife, Ottavia) of the fabulous Riff Raff Bookstore and Bar in Providence, Rhode Island, we really got into the evolution of his thinking about what it means–and what it takes–to be a ‘successful’ writer, and what the even means.Specifically, we talked about: The hardest part of writing for Lucas–namely, discipline–and why writing an article feels so

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