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Beyond the basement

Chris Kenworthy

Join Chris for unscripted reflections on the wild, tender and playful experience of being human. Each episode is like an intimate voice-note to you, with lively insight from the edge of discovery. People say you’ll recognise yourself in these adventures and encounters. And hear clarity, perspective and truth - with deep appreciation for life’s messy magic as it’s really lived through your body. Chris Kenworthy is an improviser, facilitator and embodiment coach. Find me at chriskenworthy.co.uk or

comedy improv

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00:30:02

Real you and improv you

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/24

Here are three big insights from the lovely improvisers who came out to play this Sunday for the third Undefended Improv workshop, this time in Liverpool, hosted with my friend Jen Hardy. In opening up, relating, and revealing what it's like really being us, we uncovered some universal truths that apply to life, whether you improvise or not. This one's for anyone tired of trying so hard to follow the rules and get everything right, keeping up appearances, yet deeply in need of more support and

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00:24:00

The absence of striving

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/21

Hey perfectionist: "Allow yourself acceptance and rest, trusting that there is loving, transformative power in the absence of striving." Easier said than done though, right? But what if no doing is required? Can you still progress, grow, have good things happen in life if you simply allow life exactly as it is? That's the work for every perfectionist, even though it's totally at odds with how we relate to the world. Quote from @enneagrampaths on Instagram.

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00:18:06

Focus on what's good

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/19

This is one of improv's finest and most transferable principles for getting you out of a tight spot. Whether that's a tricky scene, or just generally in life when you feel low mood or motivation. I certainly feel that way at the moment, so here I explore the value in focusing on what's good - like gratitude for what's here and now or our relationships.

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00:26:55

Why & how to feel the feels

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/13

Join me in the woods for a big one, exploring the case for having a more emotionally engaged experience, and how that affects quality of life. I'll also share 3 ways to change your relationship with how you feel those tricky feelings that every part of you wants to avoid.

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00:22:06

What endings tell you about yourself

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/11

A bittersweet one for you here, all about the way we handle change, a threshold, or something coming to an end. Also what this can invite or reveal about our inner world. I share reflections on work I've done to make endings smoother or at least less uncomfortable.

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00:13:56

Do you have enough play in life?

Beyond the basement ·

2024/06/05

Do kids annoy you? Or pets? What about high-vibe people? Or loafers; the rich and leisured classes; care-free folk who drift through life, unaffected. Ever feel jealous or sad you don’t? These strong reactions could be telling you something about your unmet need for play. Here I make the case for more of it in life.

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00:21:02

How to be playful and creative when you're feeling down

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/29

Sometimes we don't have big up-and-out-there playful energy Maybe you're flat, tired, lonely AND you have an appetite for some kind of light playfulness - you're in need of fun. In this episode we discuss that tension, and explore 3 ways to be playful and creative when you're a bit low.

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00:11:15

Half-in the sea, half out

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/26

A chilly swim in the English channel prompts some reflections on how the way we do one thing, is the way we do everything.

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00:22:54

The 4 elements of improv & life

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/23

Earlier this week, 8 improvisers explored their innate qualities of earthiness, fire, water and air and how that helps you relate and express to other humans. Here's what happened and how the 4 elements help or hinder us.

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00:18:56

How to unlock your creative potential: be selfish

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/23

Do you fear becoming an arsehole if you 'indulge' yourself or even dare to put your needs first? Do your needs even matter? Because your inner child certainly thinks so, it knows you DESERVE fun and pleasure. Yet as grown-ups we deny ourselves joy. Here's another installment of how to reclaim play and build a healthier relationship with your inner child.

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00:24:47

How would more fiery/airy/watery/earthiness help you...

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/20

Tomorrow, we're exploring the 4 elements in a workshop I'm leading. Each element has a quality that can feel familiar or less so, and with it an invitation to play with a different way of showing up in the world. In this episode I explore each element and give a favour or how to get playful with your elements, and what change that can bring about.

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00:31:10

Three insights on being your true self

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/16

Join me for a coffee walk, reflecting on three big insights to come out of Saturday's Undefended Improv workshop in Leeds. We explore tricky conversations, why everyone is waiting for everyone else to go first, and why it's easy to drop the mask when you stay with yourself and what you really care about.

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00:10:01

How to get what you want from life if you're a...

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/15

Chris has another rant about goals and a possible antidote to find your way through life with more ease, fun and fluidity.

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00:21:40

Unlock your creative potential: live at TNM Leeds 07/05

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/15

In this live recording, I explore who your inner child is, how it relates to creativity, and how to nurture yours so life's more joyful. Recorded live at The New Mondays creative network event in Leeds on Monday 7th May, 2024.

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00:21:31

Lead with love & humility: how to bring a thing into...

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/09

Leeds improv Co-Lab community is 1 year old. Here's 3 lessons I've learned (hard won) about taking risks, and turning an idea or hope into a real-life event.

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00:21:52

How to unlock creative potential: bringing out your...

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/06

Tomorrow at The New Monday Leeds, we'll be exploring how to help your inner child go nuts, creatively, by tapping into your innate playfulness. I'll do this through the lens of improv, during a short talk at this local networking event. This is me getting some practice in, and giving you the unedited, full-fat version full of tips and tricks on how to handle uncertainty, while feeling more free and expressed.

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00:19:00

Allowing for the possibility of imperfection

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/03

Lessons from the dancefloor in what happens when we quieten the mind and let the body do the talking, or more accurately, listening. This one is all about how old habits show up in new ways.

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00:08:22

Given time, stuff changes

Beyond the basement ·

2024/05/03

Welcome to a new segment: BtB nightz... Where Chris tries to make sense of bedtime philosophy. This one's about the nature of change, its inevitability and how it comes to our rescue.

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00:14:16

Choose nonviolence, fun & mischief on Mondays

Beyond the basement ·

2024/04/30

An odd thing happened recently. I realised I actually quite like Mondays these days. If you're anything like me, the start to the week often loons heavy with foreboding and an urgency to resume the grind. Here's an alternative, to reclaim your week. I'd add that this might help in how you relate to any tricky thing in your life; work, projects, people - not just Mondays.

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00:16:35

Why all that matters is you, me, in the here-and-now...

Beyond the basement ·

2024/04/29

It's been a while, but I've just returned from a super workshop in Lancaster where I bumped into myself again and learned more vital and pressing lessons in what it means to be human.

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